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renovation will airbrush out of photographs light
switches, controllers and other sensors because
they are considered too poorly designed or don't
look good next to curtains or furniture.
"We're changing that picture,'' he said.
He pointed out one of its products on the
market four or five years now, a three-side
electrical outlet — designed jointly at Legrand
offices in West Hartford and in Syracuse, N.Y.
— that is decorative and positions flush to a
wall when unused. But when pressed, it pops
out to give users a more convenient way to
plug in a lamp or other appliances.
"It's one of the iconic products in our cat-
egory,'' Legrand North America's president
and Farmington resident said.
Barbara Lerner, executive director of the
West Hartford Chamber of Commerce, said
she recently found a set of Legrand's pop-out
plugs at Lowe's Home Improvement and had
them installed in her renovated bathroom.
"They were so high-tech looking and fashion
forward,'' Lerner said. "It's wonderful that they're
in West Hartford. It's
even better that they
are an active and sup-
portive member of our
community.''
Legrand Wiremold
plant manager Mike
Kijak is chamber sec-
retary and a board
member. Acquired by
Legrand in 2001, Wire-
mold makes, among
other things, durable
plastic covers, or
"raceways,'' that route and shield electronic wir-
ing and cabling strung along workfloors.
Mark McGovern, the town's economic-
development overseer, said Legrand's parking
expansion involves reconfiguring its existing
parking layout to increase slots. The town,
McGovern said, is awaiting submission of
Legrand's final site plans for installing the fuel
cell and reconfiguring parking spaces.
As for Legrand's future in West Hartford,
Selldorff said the company is staying put.
Most employees at headquarters are deployed
into administrative functions, he said.
However, Legrand North America annually
evaluates what it's doing and whether it makes
sense to continue. Over the years, Selldorff
said, the company has cycled certain products
in and out of its West Hartford production facil-
ity as conditions and markets warranted.
"We're extremely practical and analytical
about what we do and where we do it,'' he said.
"We're doing everything we can to ensure
we're staying effective.'' n
John Selldorff, President/
CEO, Legrand North
America in West Hartford
