Northwest Pipe Co. announced that Stephanie J. Welty has been named Chief Financial Officer as of Nov. 1, 2007.

Total Fitting and Valve Co. acquired the assets and building from the former Modern Valve, a French-owned Genoyer Group company.

Equipment Valve is a leading distributor of specialized valves and actuation packages.

F.W. Webb Co. (Bedford, MA) has reached agreement to acquire the industrial piping distribution business of Burns Cascade Co. of Syracuse, NY, effective Nov. 1, 2007.

Tainted pet food, lead-laden toys and various other quality problems associated with Chinese-made goods lead us to wonder about the reliability of so many Chinese products imported by our industry.

Merit Brass hired Bill Maron as Southeast regional manager. He will cover the states of eastern Tennessee, Florida, South and North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama (except Mobile). He has spent

Bonney Forge Corp. has completed the purchase of several acres of property adjoining the existing WFI facility located in Houston that will more than double current manufacturing floor space. Three

Ferguson Enterprises, Newport News, VA, announced its purchase of PVF wholesaler Davidson Pipe Co., Brooklyn, NY, in a stock transaction completed Aug. 27. Davidson is the only PVF distributor in

Plymouth Tube Co. announced that an agreement has been achieved for the acquisition of Trent Tube from Crucible Materials Corp. The purchase includes the Trentweld Plant (East Troy, WI) and