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The agreement covers Quebec and the Ottawa Valley. “Between the Ventes Electra team and the Laplante team, we will bring out service levels to an unprecedented level,” says Electra President Scott Lambert.

Established in 1978, Ventes Electra is a commercial lighting parts manufacturer based in Montreal. The firm has a 20,000 sq ft warehouse in Montreal and through representatives across Canada, offers over 10,000 in-stock light replacement parts and lenses for indoor and outdoor use. Find out more about Ventes Electra: www.venteselectra.com.

As manufacturers’ agents, Laplante & Associates represents product lines for the electrical, mechanical, commercial, industrial and original equipment manufacturing markets. The agency has been in business for 60 years, and is operated by brothers Marc and Paul Laplante, who succeeded their father Leo: http://laplante.co .

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