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Thomas & Betts Corporation (Thomas & Betts) is a designer and manufacturer of electrical components used in industrial, construction, retail, utility and communications markets. The Company also produces highly engineered steel structures, used primarily for utility transmission and commercial heating units. Manufacturing, marketing and sales activities are concentrated primarily in North America and Europe. Thomas & Betts sells its products through three channels: electrical, utility, telephone, cable, and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning distributors; mass merchandisers, catalog merchandisers and home improvement centers, and directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s), utilities and certain end users. It classifies its products into three segments: Electrical, Steel Structures, and Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC). In January 2008, the Company acquired The Homac Manufacturing Company and Boreal Braidings Inc. (Source: 10-K)