Southwire CEO retires after four decades in the industry After more than four decades of leadership in the electrical industry and a decade as President and CEO of Southwire, Rich Stinson has announced that he will retire from the company. At the same time, the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Norman Adkins, has also announced his retirement, which will take place in April of 2026.  Since joining Southwire in 2015, Stinson’s leadership has been focused on long

Nidec rolls out new line of EV powering equipment Japanese motor company Nidec , which calls St. Louis home for its American operations, has long been an established electric motor brand. It also has a history of expanding into other innovative areas, as it just did with the introduction of electric vehicle charging equipment. "Leveraging Nidec’s global footprint and decades of experience in renewable energy, energy conversion and electrical grid management, we bring you our

Waldom Awards for electromechanical products and more Waldom Electronics (Rockford, Illinois) announced the winners of its 2024 ESG Awards October 23, which were presented during the company's annual dinner held ahead of the ECIA Executive Conference earlier this week. Waldom says its series of awards represent "the only ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) recognition program in the IP&E (Interconnect, Passive, and Electromechanical) distribution industry, honoring s

America's largest nuclear plant set to go in Georgia with a $35 billion price tag After officially adding Units 3 and 4 and putting them online this month, a famous Georgia power plant is now the country's largest nuclear site, at no less than a $35 billion price tag. Run by major utility Georgia Power---specifically its Southern Nuclear division---Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia, features four reactors. With the recent completion of Units 3 & 4, the first new nuclear uni