financial or wesco oil . litco international inc. type public company traded as nyse wcc industry maintenance repair and operations founded 1922 as westinghouse electric supply company headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania united states area served worldwide key people john engel chairman and ceo products electronic instruments & controls revenue us 7.513 billion 2013 us 6.579 billion 2012 operating income us 481 million 2013 us 333 million 2012 net income us 276.5 million 2013 us 201.8 million 2012 total assets us 4.617 billion 2013 us 4.630 billion 2012 total equity identical to total assets number of employees 9 200 2013 website www.wesco.com footnotes references financials 1 35 37 63 6 employees 1 2 wesco international inc. is a holding company for wesco distribution a multinational electronics distribution and services company based in pittsburgh pennsylvania . despite the international moniker the company makes nearly all of its sales in the united states . 2 wesco international inc. nyse wcc a publicly traded fortune 500 holding company headquartered in pittsburgh pennsylvania is a provider of electrical industrial and communications maintenance repair and operating mro and original equipment manufacturers oem product construction materials and advanced supply chain management and logistic services . 2012 annual sales were approximately 6.6 billion . the company employs approximately 9 000 people maintains relationships with over 18 000 suppliers and serves over 100 000 customers worldwide . customers include commercial and industrial businesses contractors government agencies institutions telecommunications providers and utilities . wesco operates seven distribution centers and approximately 400 full service branches in north america and international markets . citation needed contents 1 history 2 management 3 wesco subsidiaries 4 references 5 notes 6 external links history edit in 1922 wesco distribution was formed as a subsidiary of the westinghouse electric corporation also based in pittsburgh . it had existed for decades within westinghouse as the subsidiary charged with selling and distributing company components in the electrical and industrial fields . wesco maintained close ties to its parent . in 1994 the private equity firm clayton dubilier & rice cd & r arranged for the purchase of wesco from westinghouse . cd & r sold wesco to the cypress group for 1.1 billion in june 1998 . this group formed wesco international inc. which is the current owner of wesco distribution . 3 on may 12 1999 wesco held its initial public offering on the new york stock exchange selling 9.72 million shares for 18 per share raising 175 million . in 2008 the company was recognized for environmentally sustainable business practices through an environmental stewardship award from veolia es technical solutions . 4 notes 1 in november 2010 the company acquired tvc communications a distributor of broadband communications network infrastructure for about us 250 000 000 . 5 management edit chairman & ceo john engel wesco subsidiaries edit avon electrical supplies carlton bates company cbc cca formerly control corporation of america communication supply corporation eecol electric eesco tvc maxcell nctc white sands engineering satellite engineering group . founded by george gardner in 1952 in lewistown pennsylvania . tvc is the oldest distributor of construction materials and supplies for the cable television telecommunication and data communication industries . citation needed the company expanded in the ensuing decades and by 2010 had three divisions white sands engineering maxcell and marathon . white sands engineering based in phoenix arizona is the leading manufacturer of custom made cable harness in the u.s. for the cable television telephone satellite broadcast data delivery and computer industries . citation needed maxcell produces textile innerduct . marathon provides products for communications networks . wesco purchased tvc communications and its divisions for a purchase price of 246.5 million in december 2010 . wesco distribution canada wesco distribution china wesco distribution de m xico wesco integrated supply wis wesco sps whitehill lighting & supplies state college pa w.r. controls references edit a b wesco international inc. . edgar . form 10 k. u.s. securities and exchange commission . february 21 2014 . commission file number 001 14989 . wesco international inc. company profile . yahoo finance . archived from the original on august 15 2012 . retrieved march 26 2014 . buyout firm joins wesco managers in takeover . archives . the new york times . april 25 1998 . archived from the original on march 26 2014 . veolia honors wesco . american recycler . 12 5 . united states . may 2009 . p. a 5 . wesco completes acquisition of tvc communications . telecom mergers & acquisition monthly newsletter . united states information gatekeepers . november 2010 . p. 4 . notes edit veolia es is likely veolia 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