Business Briefs for the Week of Sept. 29, 2008

Winter Park, Fla.-based Palmer Electric Co., has branched out of East Central Florida and opened an office in Lakeland, Fla. The company has signed a long-term lease on a 1,550-square-foot office/warehouse in Ruthven Commerce Center on New Tampa Highway.

South Bend, Ind.-based industrial services provider MISCOR Group has acquired the business and assets of Visalia, Calif.-based Visalia Electric Motor Shop, Inc., a repair, maintenance and overhaul provider for mission-critical motors and generators.

Orange, Conn.-based Hubbell, Inc. has acquired USCO Power Equipment Corp., Leeds, Ala.; CDR Systems Corp., Ormond Beach, Fla.; and ElectroComposites Inc., Quebec, Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed.