We are in the spotlight from time to time. View articles, news releases, videos, blogs, reports, and other media coverage about Sonepar Canada and its family companies.

Energy Saving Week 2013!

logoESWfinal

This year marks Sonepar’s third edition of Energy Saving Week (ESW)! A global movement with local applications – from May 13th to May 17th – Energy Saving & Environmental Week is happening worldwide as a Sonepar Group initiative. The world’s largest privately-held electrical distributor is setting the stage in promoting the benefits tied to energy [...]

Francois Anquetil Joins EFC Executive Committee

EFC’s 2013 Annual General Meeting Association is pleased to announce the 2013-2014 EFC Executive Committee. More details and photos on the event will be communicated in upcoming InfoElectro newsletters. As the Canadian association moving the electrical, electronics & telecommunications markets forward, EFC is driving initiatives in our industry. This includes electrical safety, government relations/advocacy, sustainability, [...]

Sonepar France/NRA Lighting to Sponsor Dynamo Exhibition

Sonepar France will be involved for the first time in sponsoring culture and the arts. Alongside Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, the company will be supporting “DYNAMO, un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l’art, 1913-2013″, an exhibition running from April 10 to July 20, 2013. The exhibition will bring together for the first [...]

Mining convention: Let the hard rockin’ begin

With demand for metals red hot again, it feels like the Klondike for miners. An army of 25,000 from 125 countries is expected to show at the industry’s biggest annual blast, opening today in Toronto Amid boom times in the metals business, the centre of corporate Canada will be transformed into a mining mecca this [...]

CenturyVallen’s Heidi Griesbauer-United Way 2012 Employee Campaign Chair of the Year

CenturyVallen was honored this year by being nominated for four awards at the United Way Red Tie Gala – 2012 Awards of Distinction. It is with great pleasure and pride we are able to announce CenturyVallen’s own Heidi Griesbauer walked away victorious last night with the Employee Campaign Chair of the Year – Private Sector [...]

Coal Association of Canada: New Report Shows Importance of Coal to British Columbia

A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that coal makes a significant contribution to the British Columbia economy through employment, tax revenue and contribution to provincial GDP. In 2011, the coal industry generated an estimated $3.2 billion in provincial GDP and approximately $715.2 million in tax revenue for all levels of government including $399 million [...]

New BlueWay Website

Sonepar Canada unveiled today its new interactive BlueWay website. First of its kind in the electrical distribution industry in Canada, the new BlueWay site showcases our focus on quality and innovative solutions. The new website has streamline navigation, new tablet-friendly functions, improved tools and a new visual design-making it simpler for you to find the [...]

Philips Lighting Reorganizes Sales and Operations Efforts

Philips Lighting is reorganizing its North American business sales and operations around a solution-selling approach. These efforts, the company says, will give partners and customers access to the full suite of Philips’ lighting products through a centralized organization that will accelerate their own ability to service customers. Over the last few years, the company has completed [...]

The OELplus Pactum Agreement

Working with sister companies Sesco and Lumen, Osso Electric is proud to announce a partnership agreement with the OEL and Pactum Resources, to help OELplus contractors to run a prosperous and competitive business. As a long time supporter of the OEL, Osso Electric Supplies is excited to work with OELplus companies to support this initiative. “We are very excited to [...]

Sonepar Strengthens its Partnership with KVC

The partnership between KVC and Sonepar started in 2008, and has continued to blossom in so many ways since then. Today the KVC group consists of more than 15 companies, all specializing in the distribution of electrical and communication products, and has sales of almost double what it was in 2008. It is the market leader in [...]