NEW BUSINESS: CAPE GIRARDEAU COMPANY EXPANDING TO MURRAY, KY.

Cape Electrical Supply Co. of Cape Girardeau has opened a store in Murray, Ky. Southfork Electrical Supply is the company's 12th location.

"We've been doing business in Murray for seven years out of the Paducah Southfork store," said Bob Garrett, vice president of Cape Electrical Supply, which was founded 46 years ago. "This move is a natural extension of our service area and allows us to better cover that market with local inventory and sales representation."

Cape Electrical Supply employs more than 90 people. The list of stores includes stores in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, West Plains, Park Hills and Arnold, all in Missouri; Paducah and Murray in Kentucky; Marion and Carbondale in Illinois; and Dyersburg, Tenn.

The company is an authorized distributor for many of the top brand names in electrical equipment and components and recently expanded in both industrial automation and data-communications segments.