NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Indexes (EBCI) for both current and future North American conditions fell in April, 2008. After climbing for two straight months in February and March, the EBCI for current North American conditions fell by more than 20 points to 27.3, the lowest level recorded since late 2001. An index reading below 50 ...

Mercury vapor lamps are a type of high intensity discharge (HID) lamp that is less efficient than the now widely used metal halide and high pressure sodium lamps.  However, these mercury vapor lamps continue to be used, both in existing fixtures and in some applications where the lower cost of mercury vapor lamps and ballasts are attractive ...

The Motor Generator section of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently joined forces with the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (www.aceee.org/) to draft and recommend new motor efficiency regulations covering both general purpose and some categories of definite and special purpose electrical ...

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions grew for a second straight month in March. Still, at 47.9, the index again lagged the 50-point threshold that demonstrates industry expansion. What’s more, March was the fourth consecutive month that the index failed to top 50 points.  These results, ...

  NEMA’s Motors Shipments Index contracted 7.3 percent quarter-to-quarter during the last three month period of 2007. On a year-over-year basis, the index fell nearly 7 percent and has slipped in four of the last five quarters. Over the full calendar year, the index declined 3.5 percent after posting two consecutive years of double-digit ...

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association conducted their July Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for the current North American conditions gave up some of the sizable gain it reported a month ago. The index dipped to 45.7 from 50 in June, implying that business conditions facing the industry worsened slightly.   The ...

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) released the ANSI C18.2M, Part 2-2007 for Portable Rechargeable Cells and Batteries-Safety Standard. The new standard outlines performance requirements for portable, rechargeable cells and batteries to make sure of safe operation under a variety of user and environmental conditions. It is ...

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association’s Motors Shipments Index, which measures quarterly shipments of integral and fractional horsepower motors adjusted for seasonality and inflation.  In the first quarter of 2007, this number increased 2.4 percent based on a quarter-to-quarter basis. On a year-over-year basis, the data suggest a ...

With two months of growth in the rearview, North American business conditions decreased in May, according to senior industry executives responding to NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Survey. The Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions. Slipped to 38.6 in May down from 62 in April, its ...

The Lamp Section members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announce a joint industry commitment to work with public policies to provide more energy-efficient lighting for the U.S. market within a decade. Proposals are increasing at the international, state and local levels that will eliminate certain general-service ...