Business Briefs for the Week of Dec. 8, 2008

Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Frost Electric Supply, which will be celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2009, is moving forward with a new name, "Frost," and expanded product and service offerings. In addition, the company has opened a new, state-of-the-art Sales Center, located at the company’s Maryland Heights headquarters.

EMCOR Group, Norwalk, Conn., recently announced that the Portland, Ore., branch of its Dynalectric subsidiary has received a contract for the installation of electrical systems involved in the expansion of the Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, Ore. Dynalectric Oregon will be responsible for the installation of electrical systems, including power lighting, voice and data, security, nurse call, and DDC.

Irwindale, Calif.-based Falcon Electric celebrates its 20-year anniversary in providing products for mission-critical computing, biomedical, industrial and military electronic applications. Founded in 1988, Falcon was the first to introduce a patented, 1kVA high-frequency transformerless online uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to the U.S. market.