FIFE ELECTRIC GETS FORD CONTRACT: MINORITY FIRM HOPES FOR EXPANSION.

From: Crain's Detroit Business | Date: December 7, 1998| Author: McCRACKEN, JEFFREY | Copyright information

Fife Electric Co. of Novi has signed a contract to be the sole electrical-equipment supplier to Ford Motor Co.'s Rouge complex in Dearborn. The deal, expected to generate $12 million in annual sales, is the first for Fife since minority business owner Douglas Venable acquired a majority of it in August.

Fife, a distributor of electronic products for manufacturing plants and construction companies, will supply Ford with fuses, lighting, lamps, wiring cable and other elect...

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