Cooper Cameron announced its name will be officially changed to the shorter, Cameron. Ed Will, vice president of marketing for Cameron's Drilling & Production Systems group, made the statement to a gathering of oil and gas E&P professionals at the company's OTC event.
Walter Industries Inc. and Mueller Water Products Inc. announced the closing of the initial public offering of Mueller Water Products' Series A common stock.
E&S Valve Components of Longview, TX, has been acquired by Array Holdings Inc., based in Muskogee, OK, effective May 1, 2006. E&S Valve Components was a subsidiary of Valve Components Inc., Muskegon, MI, which also owns DynaTorque.
As of mid-April, Industrial Info Resources (www.industrialinfo.com) was tracking 5,185 industrial projects in the United States with planned construction starts in 2006. These projects represent $169 billion in project spending.