Electrical Industry Roundtable 2014 - 5

THE ROUNDTABLE RETURNS
April-May 2014
By: John Kerr, Kerrwil Publications
The commentary below is transcribed from an audio recording.
Industry executives ponder and discuss the future of the electrical
industry, as well as the issues and challenges for the industry, for
Electro- Federation Canada and for their businesses.
John Kerr moderated this roundtable, which included discussions with the following EFC
Executive team members:
John Sencich, Thomas & Betts Limited
Dave Syer, Sonepar Canada
Murray Chamney, lntralec Electrical Products Ltd.
2013-14 Chair, Electrical Council
2014-15 Chair, Electrical Council
Executive member, CEMRA Rep
Steve Branscombe, Independent Electric Supply Inc. Executive member, Distributor
Jean-Sebastien Bercier, Desdowd Inc.
OPENING REMARKS
RICK McCARTEN: This roundtable goes way back to the CEDA
days, where John Kerr used to facilitate a roundtable with a group
and talk about what is happening in the industry, where it's going
and some thoughts that percolate to the top on insights on the
industry.
JOHN KERR: ...Now working with EFC, one of the things people
keep telling me is that a roundtable is a pretty good idea;
brainstorming and talking about the issues of the industry in an
open way, is kind of neat. The advantages to this is that it fosters
some direction that might give us ideas and insight in tells of,
research we might need to do down the road, but a neat openfl
owing conversation is really what it is.
Executive member, CEMRA Rep
Canadian Electrical Wholesaler JUNE 2014
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