http://ewweb.com/ en-us http://ewweb.com/mag/electric_siemens_unveils_first Siemens has teamed up with custom motorcycle shop Orange County Choppers to build a custom electric motorcycle. The Siemens Smart Chopper, which will be featured on the TV show American Chopper, was unveiled last month. We wanted to build this unique chopper to raise environmental awareness and reflect what the 69,000 employees of Siemens USA are doing to help America stay on the cutting edge of tomorrow's mag Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT http://ewweb.com/newswatch/electric_square_prevails_counterfeit The finding by a district court jury that Breakers Unlimited, Noblesville, Ind., purchased and sold counterfeit Square D circuit breakers was just the latest skirmish in a long campaign by Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., which owns the Square D brand, to put a stop to the growing problem of commerce in counterfeit electrical products. The jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District newswatch Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT http://ewweb.com/news/latest/electric_hubbell_expands_utility Hubbell Inc., Orange, Conn., signed a definitive agreement to buy the Burndy connectors business from FCI Group for $360 million in cash. The addition of Burndy expands Hubbell's offering in several markets, most significantly the market for high-voltage connectors and tooling for electric utility transmission and distribution operations. Hubbell and FCI are expected to close the deal by Oct. 1. Burndy, latest Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT http://ewweb.com/news/bulbo/electric_meta_griffith_celebrates Meta A. Griffith, owner of Griffith Electric Supply Co., Inc., was not surprised that a party was being held in her honor on July 19, but she was surprised by how many levels of government marked her special birthday with resolutions, letters of congratulation and even a street dedication. After all, it's not every day a business leader gets to celebrate her 100th birthday. The City of Trenton resolved bulbo Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT http://ewweb.com/mag/electric_oldie_not_moldie Our population is evolving faster than ever into a strange mlange, never seen in history: we're getting older, fatter, more ethnic and wealthier than ever. Those traits don't seem to cobble together easily in my mind. I don't perceive the wealthy as old and fat and Hispanic (or Asian or fill in the blanks), but then it's getting harder to clearly define who's wealthy and who's not any more, since mag Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT