2013 Press Releases

Purchase of Emery Electrical Sales expands 60-year old firm's offerings with new product lines from EPCO

MINNEAPOLIS, November 4, 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that E. F. Lombardi Company is now representing EPCO products throughout North Carolina and South Carolina. "We are thrilled to have added EPCO's quality products to our mix," said E. F. Lombardi President Carter Drinkard. "There's great synergy between our…

Energy-efficient TIGRESS perfect for low- to medium-bay sites, replaces metal halide-based temporary fixtures

MINNEAPOLIS, October 24, 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced the availability of its new TIGRESS™ Temporary Light Fixture, the low-cost, energy-efficient lighting solution for low- to medium-bay construction sites and a recommended alternative to metal halide-based temporary fixtures (under 250-watts). "An extension…

Thousands of EPCO products being used in renovation of the James Cancer Hospital, the new Solove Research Institute and 22-story Critical Care Center

MINNEAPOLIS, June 18, 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that Gaylor Electrical, the electrical contractor for Ohio State University Medical Center's $1.1 billion renovation of James Cancer Hospital, the new Solove Research Institute and the 22-story Critical Care Center, has…

Ideal lighting solution for workboats, freighters and other shipping maritime facilities

MINNEAPOLIS, April 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that it has added a two-foot light fixture to its GFF Series™ Linear Fluorescent Light Fixtures line (Gasketed Fluorescent Fixture) to meet a variety of unique wet-location applications, including commercial marine. EPCO President Jack Schuster explained that the two-foot fixture…

Chosen for UL listings for wet locations, reliability and ease of installation

MINNEAPOLIS, April 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that its eight-foot GFF Series™ Linear Fluorescent Light Fixtures (Gasketed Fluorescent Fixtures) are lighting North America's largest and most prestigious stallion barn at WinStar Farm. Seventy-nine EPCO fixtures are installed in all 24 stalls in the new stallion barn on the Versailles, KY.…

Facilities managers have cost-effective option for adopting highest-efficiency LED lighting

MINNEAPOLIS, February 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that it has added two new part options (14070 and 14076) for making its T8 Linear Fluorescent RetroFit Conversion Kits™ suitable for use with linear LED engines (T8 shaped LED tubes) that are classified per UL 1598C.

Strengthens company's position to take advantage of 2013 construction market outlook

MINNEAPOLIS, March 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that it has added three sales agencies to help continue the double-digit growth the company had in 2012. Florida Electrical Sales, Tampa, Fla, ELR Sales Inc., Liverton, Calif., and Ertel Company, Rosemont, Penn., are now part of EPCO's 34-agency network serving electrical distributors…

Incorporated of its trained assembly workforce has supported company's growth

MINNEAPOLIS, February 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that it has been named the 2012 Laura Zemlin Employer of the Year for incorporating people with disabilities into its work program. The award is named after the founder of non-profit Opportunity Partners, the Minneapolis organization that offers people with disabilities innovative services…

"Vented" end caps and heat sink screens lower tube guard's inside temperature by 25 degrees Fahrenheit

MINNEAPOLIS, February 2013
Engineered Products Company (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for Electrical Contractors, today announced that EPCO's T5HD (heat dissipation) Series™ Tube Guard is the only one recommended for higher-wattage, energy-saving T5HO fluorescent lamps. According to EPCO President Jack Schuster, "While T5HO lamps are a cost-effective lighting-system solution, their higher lumen…