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		<title><![CDATA[REXEL: SOLID FIRST QUARTER 2008: 3.1% ORGANIC GROWTH, ROBUST PROFITABILITY]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200805/ai_n25417052]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SOLID FIRST QUARTER 2008:  3.1% ORGANIC GROWTH, ROBUST PROFITABILITY  - Organic sales growth on constant and same day basis: +3.1%*  - Robust profitability: Adjusted EBITA of 146 million EUR or 5.8% of sales vs. 5.5% excluding favourable non-recurring items in Q1 07  - Net income up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Orbis Believes Hagemeyer Worth More Than 4.25 Euro / Share.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5570/is_200710/ai_n23660523]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HAMILTON, Bermuda, October 11 /PRNewswire/ --    - Considers Proposed Sonepar Offer Unacceptable    Orbis Investment Management Limited, ("Orbis") manager of  the Orbis Funds, which currently hold approximately 8.2% of Hagemeyer  N.V.'s ordinary shares, noted the recent intended offer for  Hagemeyer by Sonepar...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sonepar USA subsidiary buys two distributors Stuart C. Irby Co. of Jackson, Miss., a subsidiary of Sonepar USA, recently signed an agreement to acquire Burmelster Electric Co. of Minneapolis and High Voltage Testing Laboratories of Fargo, N.D. Burmeister was established in 1919 to serve utilities in the upper Midwest. While...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One Australian servicer buys another P&H MinePro Services Australasia of East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, has agreed to acquire the G&D Donnelly electric motor repair business. The acquisition is intended to complement existing P&H MinePro electric motor repair capabilities to provide an OEM motor repair shop network in eastern...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonepar USA Expands into Texas with Acquisition of Crawford Electric Supply]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Jan_8/ai_n17096418]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Sonepar USA announced that it has acquired Dallas-based Crawford Electric Supply Company, Ltd. CESCO, the largest independent wholesale electrical distributor in Texas. The acquisition confirms Sonepar USA's geographic footprint extent into the fast-growing Texas market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Founded in 1986, CESCO has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deal expected to strengthen Irby&#39;s market position]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5277/is_200510/ai_n24305912]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON - The recent acquisition of family-owned Stuart C. Irby Company with Sonepar USA, a subsidiary of family-owned Sonepar SA Paris, brings two industry leaders together. From an international strategic perspective, the merger is beneficial for both, believes John Lox, who heads the international business program of Mississippi State University's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some action better than none, NAM warnsCongress needs to break the gridlock that has gripped the U.S. policy making apparatus, John Engler, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, told the board of governors of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. "We are facing as serious a set of circumstances as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SoneLight creates efficiency.(Tech Notes)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4694/is_200406/ai_n17242734]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Sonepar USA announced the launch of SoneLight, a  project management service available within ElekNet, the company's  online order entry system, which automates the procurement process from  bidding, order entry and inventory tracking to shipping, billing and  confirmation. SoneLight is a culmination of a multi-year,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Argentina: Electric hardware retailers unit to compete with.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5563/is_200006/ai_n22850733]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The arrival of the French chain Sonepar Distribution in Argentina  made the local distributors of electrical material unite in order to  survive the multinational. Sonepar is leader in Europe, with sales of  more than US$4,800mil, and arrived in Argentina at the beginning of the  year with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2000 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Argentina: Sonepar acquires Richetta.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5563/is_200003/ai_n22848880]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sonepar Distribution, a French electric materials retail trade  chain, has acquired a 51% stake in the Cordoba based Richetta, that will  play as spearhead to expand operations both in Argentina and South  America.Plans are to set up new branches of Richetta, that had sales for  US$11mil...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marshall to form alliance with Sonepar]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EL MONTE, CALIF.--Marshall Industries and Sonepar Electronique International SEI of France agreed in principle to form a strategic business alliance, providing marketing and operational resources and customer support to one another.  "The joint resources of Marshall Industries and SEI will provide the framework for delivery of quality service to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 1994 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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