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Kaman Industrial Technologies (KIT), the industrial distribution business Kaman Corp. has built up in recent acquisitions of Minarik, Zeller Electric and others, has secured a national distributor agreement with Schneider Electric. KIT, one of the largest power transmission (PT) distributors in the United States, immediately becomes a distributor for Schneider Electric's lines of industrial automation and control products as well as select power control and protection products commonly used in motor control applications.
It was the acquisition of Zeller Corp., Rochester, N.Y., in August that opened the door for KIT to forge a wider relationship with Schneider. KIT made a similar agreement with fluid power giant Parker-Hannifin after acquiring Catching Fluidpower last year. Zeller was part of Schneider Electric's ACE (automation and control excellence) Distributor program and had already set itself apart with a staff of engineers offering technical support to industrial customers. At...