Volume 10, Issue 4 - Oct 2017
The Supplier
WUE UPDATE
The WUE board of directors approved the distribution of checks and certificates totaling over $5.4M (based on member purchases for the period from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017). These checks and certificates have been sent to all members. The staff at WUE thanks all of their member/customers for their on-going support. Where else can you buy overhead and underground construction materials and required tools at competitive prices, shipped to members out of the three WUE warehouses and delivered weekly by WUE trucks directly to your warehouse PLUS receive a substantial year end refund on your purchases. ONLY FROM WUE!
ERMCO, a cooperatively owned manufacturer of transformers has again extended capital credits to WUE for purchases of transformers from them during calendar year 2016. These credits are extended to WUE members as part of our fiscal year end patronage and on-going redemption of WUE outstanding capital credit certificates.
The WUE test lab has again expanded their testing services and now offers testing of fiberglass hotstick tools. Additionally the test lab now offers the assembly of both grounds and jumpers that are built to your specs. WUE is stocking many of the common clamps and ferrules in order to provide the grounding and jumper kits within a short lead time. Please see your WUE account manager for stick testing pricing or call your WUE inside sales specialist to order replacement grounds or jumpers built to your specifications. Per OSHA 1910.269 Part J, fiberglass hotstick tools should be tested every two years and whenever required.
Russ James has joined WUE as a Utah based account manager and will begin to call on most electric utility accounts in Utah, northern Nevada and southeast Idaho. Additionally material will begin to be stocked at a warehouse in Salem, UT for quick shipment to the member/ customer base. Russ is a native of Utah and has many years of experience in serving the Utah market.
WUE has been approved as a distributor for Makita battery and gas operated tools. Please see your WUE rep for a catalog or to sample test a unit.
WUE has also been approved as a Millerbernd carbon and stainless steel street lighting pole and arm distributor. Please contact your WUE inside sales specialist for a quote request or questions about your specifications.