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Few would argue that technology has had - and will continue to have - enormous impact on the way business is done. But the expanded use of technology and increased reliance on integrated-supply does not represent a threat to distributors.

The joint venture McJunkin-Cambar Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire the electrical business of McJunkin Corp.

Affiliated Distributors and supplyFORCE.com have joined forces with the 64-member industrial-supply cooperative I.D. ONE.

Master distributor Smith-Cooper International has acquired Flo-Rite Products Co., a Vancouver, Wash.-based distributor of valves and accessories.

The Piping Connection, an industrial-PVF buying and marketing cooperative formed in mid-1997, has joined forces with C.L. Watt, its counterpart for plumbing, heating and air conditioning distributors.

Ferguson Enterprises has expanded its presence in the Midwest through its recent acquisition of Donovan Industrial Supply Corp., St. Louis.

PSDI, a provider of enterprise asset maintenance and MRO e-commerce systems, has acquired the semimonthly newsletter Modern Distribution Management, which covers the overall industrial-distribution market.

Worldwide demand for plastic pipe will reach 4.6 billion meters - or nearly 3 million miles - by 2003.

Ferguson Enterprises will make its maintenance, repair and operations parts and supplies inventory available to customers through iProcure.

The availability of industrial space in large buildings (100,000 sq. ft. or more) slipped from 8.3% in the second quarter of 1999 to 8.1% in the third quarter.