Proposal has imported goods taxed at 20%.

This has resulted in much smaller inventory carriage and cutbacks in personnel, as well as facility maintenance.

Chicago Tube and Iron recently announced the addition of Joseph Baucom as regional vice president. 

Epicor Software Corp. recently announced The Collins Companies has chosen its Epicor Prophet 21 platform as its ERP solution.
 

Grinberg, who died earlier this summer at the age of 91, spent more than seven decades in the PVF industry, building many companies into sustained successes. 

Ferguson Enterprises recently reached a settlement agreement with Lockwood International and several former Ferguson employees.

Long Beach, Calif.-based industrial PVF distributor Columbia Specialty Co., will convert its existing headquarters and distribution center to a 100% user of solar electricity.

Winsupply recently purchased majority ownership of K&J Supply, a Pensacola, Fla.-based distributor of industrial pipe, valves and fittings.

The survey shows North America accounts for 34,122 new and planned pipeline miles, by far the world leader in that category.