TORONTO, ON, September 18, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ECS Electrical Cable Supply (ECS), one of Canada's largest independently owned wire and cable distributors, will exhibit at Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC) 2026, taking place October 19 to 21 at the Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, in Toronto, Ontario. Attendees can find ECS at Booth #323.

The centrepiece of the ECS booth is an electric formula race car designed and built by Toronto Metropolitan Formula Racing (TMFR), a student engineering team at Toronto Metropolitan University. ECS sponsors the team as part of a broader commitment to youth-led engineering programs: the hands-on, student-run projects where the next generation of electrical talent learns the trade before it ever reaches a job site.

That commitment is practical as much as it is philosophical. Canada's electrification buildout across new generation, storage, transmission, and distribution will be delivered by people who are still in school today. Youth-led programs like TMFR give those students real components, real constraints, and real consequences for getting a termination wrong. ECS backs them because the industry's capacity to deliver depends on it.

Techspan Industries donated the component kits used throughout the car's electrical system: high-voltage hook-up wire, lugs, ring terminals, crimp connectors, fuses, heat shrink, and mounting hardware. The car will sit on the booth floor as a display-only exhibit.

"Connecting people and powering success is not a tagline for us. It is the actual business, and it starts long before a project reaches a job site," said Kirk Readings, Chief Revenue Officer, ECS. "The students on this team specified, terminated, and tested every connection on that car themselves. That is the same work our customers do every day, just at a different scale. Partnering with youth-led programs is how our industry makes sure there are people ready to build what Canada is about to build, and being part of that matters more to us than anything we could put on a product sheet."

Belden and Techspan Industries are both partners on the ECS booth at ETC 2026. The booth will carry product literature from both companies, and representatives from both will be at the booth with the ECS team for the run of the show.

Electricity Transformation Canada brings together utilities, developers, contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers working on Canada's electricity system, from renewable generation and energy storage through to grid and distribution infrastructure. ECS supplies cable into all of these sectors from its nine locations in Canada and the two locations in the United Arab Emirates.

ECS technical and account team members will be in the booth throughout the three-day event to talk through product specifications, applications, lead times, and supply program options, and to introduce attendees to the TMFR students behind the car.

Event Details
What: Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC) 2026
Where: Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario
When: October 19 to 21, 2026
ECS Booth: #323
Booth Partners: Belden, Techspan Industries

About ECS Electrical Cable Supply

ECS Electrical Cable Supply is an independently owned Canadian distributor of wire and cable, serving the industrial, commercial, energy, infrastructure, and renewable sectors for more than 40 years. Headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, ECS operates nine locations across Canada (Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto/Mississauga, Hamilton, Montreal, and Halifax) plus two locations in the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. ECS is a Platinum member of Canada's Best Managed Companies, an honour it has held since 2011. Learn more at ecswire.com.

Media Contact
Sharon Singh, Brand Manager
ECS Electrical Cable Supply Ltd.
[email protected]

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