November 3, 2016
Thirteen organizations, including a number of lighting companies, were presented with Electro-Federation Canada (EFC)’s 2016 marketing awards at the organization’s “Future Forum” event held on November 2 in Brampton, Ontario.
This is the third year for the awards program, which recognizes EFC member organizations demonstrating marketing excellence and innovation within the Canadian electrical manufacturing and distribution industry. The program is supported by EFC’s Marketing & Communications Committee.
Winning submissions were selected by an independent panel of external judges with expertise in each area. EFC staff, members or award sponsors are not involved in the selection process.
“In its third year, EFC members continue to embrace this awards program and showcase innovation in our industry,” said Jim Taggart, President & CEO. A list of winners by category appears below.
“Click & Order” e-commerce, sponsored by Datagility
• Manufacturer (over $50M) — Universal Lighting Technologies
• Distributor (over $50M) — Gescan, a division of Sonepar Canada
Integrated Marketing, sponsored by Kerrwil
• Manufacturer (over $50M) — Eaton and Thomas & Betts Canada (2 recipients)
• Distributor (over $50M) — Gescan, a division of Sonepar Canada
Merchandising & Display, sponsored by Somerville
• Manufacturer (over $50M) — Universal Lighting Technologies
• Manufacturer (under $50M) — Liteline
Customer Event/Trade Show, sponsored by Electrical Business
• Manufacturer (over $50M) — Eaton
• Manufacturer (under $50M) — Convectair
• Distributor (over $50M) — Lumen, a division of Sonepar Canada
Sustainability, sponsored by Product Care
• Southwire Canada
Corporate Social Responsibility, sponsored by Electrical Line
• Manufacturer (over $50M) — Southwire Canada and Standard Products (2 recipients)
To view information on each award recipient, visit www.electrofed.com/announcing-2016-efc-award-winners/. EFC will start accepting 2017 entries in February. Visit www.electrofed.com/awards for information.
This year Salex has welcomed a wide range of new and expanded partnerships in lighting and controls to service the GTA and Southwestern Ontario region. Most recently, Salex has announced the addition of OSRAM Digital Lumens to their list of brand offerings. This new partnership includes representation from Windsor to Belleville and Smooth Rock Falls.
Panasonic Lighting Americas, Inc. recently announced a strategic partnership with Inter-Lite Sales (ILS). Based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, the agency will support both Universal Lighting Technologies (ULT) and Douglas Lighting Controls (DLC) distributor networks across the British Columbia region.
