September 14, 2006

GE, Fairfield, CT, has agreed to sell GE Advanced Materials (Silicones & Quartz) to Apollo Management, L.P., a private investment firm, in a deal valued at $3.8 billion in cash and securities.GE Advanced Materials is a $2.5 billion supplier of silicone-based products, silanes, sealants, urethane additives and adhesives; and high-purity fused quartz and ceramics materials. […]

US Electrical Services, LLC, Chester Springs, PA, has agreed to buy Duplex Electrical Supply Corp. effective August 25, 2006.  Herb Slater, president, founded Duplex in 1990. ‘We are pleased to have Duplex as a part of our ever-expanding team at US Electrical,’ said Greg Griswold, president of USESI’s Mid-Atlantic Region. ‘Duplex allows us to continue expanding our