GSAL NEWS: CHANGING SCENE

Mercor Lighting
Mercor Lighting Joins Affiliated Distributors Canada 
Mercor Lighting, an independent lighting supplier with locations in Montreal, PQ and Concord, ON, is the newest member of Affiliated Distributors Canada.

Les Ventes Futura
BJ Take Appoints Les Ventes Futura as Manufacturers' Rep for Quebec 
Les Ventes Futura is now representing BJ Take Inc.'s complete product line of LED & fluorescent light fixtures in Quebec.

FuturPlus
FuturPlus Opens Ottawa Branch 
September 23 marks the official opening of a new 10,000 square foot FuturPlus location at 36 Antares Drive, Nepean.


GE Sells Appliance Business to Focus on Core Industrial Units
In a US$3.3 billion cash deal, GE is selling its appliances business to Sweden's Electrolux so that it can focus on the company's core industrial units.

Panasonic Lighting Names Joseph Damiani EVP, Sales and Marketing for PESLA
Panasonic Lighting Americas, Inc. has promoted lighting industry veteran Joseph A. Damiani to Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing of PESLA.

Kidde Recalls Residential Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms
This recall involves Kidde branded AC/DC powered residential smoke alarms and combination smoke/CO alarms, models KN-COSM-IBACA, i12010S-CO-CA and i12010S-CA.

UL Warns of Counterfeit UL Mark on Photovoltaic Panels
Photovoltaic panels labelled AstralENERGY 250W Model AE-CR250WP bear a counterfeit UL mark for Canada and the U.S