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• Executive vice president of Stanion Wholesale Electric Company to retire
  

  Otto Buche has announced his retirement from Stanion Wholesale Electric Company in Pratt, Kan. Effective Jan. 31.

• Graybar to open new facility in Joplin, Mo.
  

  The new Graybar branch, located at 1705 S. Main Street, will open its doors on Jan. 30.

• WESCO posts 21% sales gain in 2011
  

  WESCO’s 2011 success can be seen, in part, in the 11.6% rise in its stock price from Jan. 13 to Jan. 26, the day it made Q4 and full-year 2011 results public.

• Did Vegas just host the Consumer Electrical Show?
  

  With 153,000 attendees on the look-out for the latest in consumer-tech geegaws, some might have been surprised by a heavy presence for…plain old electrical technologies.

• Robroy Industries hires recent grad as industrial engineer
  

   Robroy Industries Conduit Division has hired Eric Faulkner as an industrial engineer.

• Grainger’s Q4: Sales up 14%, 2012 target is $9 billion
  

  With $2.1 billion in Q4/11 sales (up 14% over Q4/10), Grainger finished 2011 with $8.1 billion—up 12% from one year earlier.

• Griffith Electric Supply Company promotes on-site trailer service
  

   In this month's Watts New e-mail newsletter from Griffith Electric Supply Company in Trenton, N.J. the company is promoting its on-site inventory program.

• There’s a lot more to lighting
  

  Thomas E. Glavinich is a U. of Kansas professor who does lots of research on the electrical industry. He speaks frequently to contractors.

• A.L.P. Lighting Components hires inside sales manager
  

  Dawn Hankins has rejoined A.L.P. Lighting Components as the inside sales manager for A.L.P. LexalLite.

• NorthEast Electrical Distributors raises flag over new headquarters
  

  NorthEast Electrical Distributors held a flag raising ceremony at the company's new headquarters in Brockton, Mass.

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