supplyForce introduced its new Government Sales Division at the recent meeting of Affiliated Distributors to help A-D members gain access to this market.

Emerson also acquired the online wet chemistry analyzers product line of SI Industrial Instruments (Scientific Instruments).

Bakersfield Pipe & Supply (Bakersfield, CA) was among the PVF wholesalers honored by Affiliated Distributors at its recent annual meeting.

On April 8, the U.S. International Trade Commission launched a preliminary investigation into charges that China is subsidizing sales of certain oil country tubular goods.

Robert Baker, owner of Baker Sales, Slidell, LA, has been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the 2009 Louisiana Small Business Person of the Year.

Anvil International is relocating one of its four major regional service centers from Grand Prairie to Irving, TX, as well as a distribution facility located in Santa Fe Springs to Ontario, CA.

Specified Fittings Inc. and Total Polyethylene Inc. have merged under the Specified Fittings name.

Flowserve Corp. announced it acquired privately-owned CALDER AG, a $23 million Swiss company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of energy-recovery equipment and related proprietary technologies for the reverse osmosis process used in desalination plants around the world.

Western Water Works Supply Co. (Chino Hills, CA) has announced the opening of its fifth location in Southern California.

Eastern Industrial Supplies (Greenville, SC) has opened a new branch in Hanahan, SC.