EA November 2025
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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | OCTOBER 2025
EA Reader Profile
19 Outshining any naysayer
How persistence has paid off for Dan Marks of Bohr Electronics
By Colin Gregory-Moores, EA Contributing Writer
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Safety & Health
24 Kenya believe it?
Safety in the electric utility sector — or lack of safety — often begins at the top
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
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Electrical Manager
26 Company peacemakers
The best managers know how to defuse the conflicts that too often arise among co-workers
By Bill O’Leary, EA Contributing Writer
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Conventions & Trade Shows
28 Fab four
Metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing shared the stage at Fabtech 2025
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
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Pump It Up
30 A pump compliance primer
Summing up the many standards and code requirements that pump users must learn and follow
By Bill O’Leary, EA Contributing Writer
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Energy
33 Global solar
The numbers don’t lie: Why the world should double down on solar energy
By Fazli Acikgoz, EA Special Correspondent
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50 Wire to wire
Report shows global electricity demand is likely to keep growing through 2026
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
Business Management
35 International player
How lessons learned from being ‘the biggest and best repair outfit in West Africa’ led to doing business around the world
By Michael Mitten, EA Contributing Writer
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Electric Avenue
38 EV charging stations of the future
How they’re evolving from simple plug-ins to advanced hubs offering speed, convenience, and integration with the grid
By Maura Keller, EA Contributing Writer
Power Transmission & Distribution
41 Starter pack
The basics of specifying and applying medium-voltage motor starters
By David Bredhold, EA Contributing Writer
Finance & The Workplace
46 Accounting outside the boundaries
How International Financial Reporting Standards differ from the U.S.’s Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor
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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | JANUARY 2025
Departments
04 The editor's comment
Energy and automation in the new year​
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05 Let's solve your problem
Answers to readers' questions about windings and coils
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06 Business
ABB and Innomotics open new facilities
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08 Associations
British trade group recognizes industry leaders
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16 Names & faces
Changes at Global Power Systems and Schneider Electric
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19 Plant happenings
ExxonMobil ‘exxonerated,’ and layoffs by another name
20 Know your industry
The IFR - Just your friendly neighborhood robotics federation
26 Calendar
Events on pumps, sales, electrical testing, power, and HVACR
44 Product Showcase
New tools and equipment for use in robotics and automation
51 Utilities
The use of automation and robotics by electric utilities
53 Classified advertising
Your monthly marketplace for equipment, businesses, and more
53 Cy's Super Service
The electrical service industry’s most prominent curmudgeon
54 EA puzzle
A crossword puzzle based on EA’s November and December issues
55 Moe, Genny & friends
The surreal world of an anthropomorphized motor and generator
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56 Direct & current
Manufacturer confidence grows, and Ohio gets new EV chargers
56 Advertising index
Who’s who—and who’s where—in this issue of Electrical Apparatus