Flowserve also announced an agreement with Inpro/Seal Co. to market Inpro/Seal® bearing isolators.

Emcor Group Inc. reported revenues of $2.30 billion in the first six months of 2004, up slightly from $2.21 billion in first-half 2003.

Lewis Kling has been named to the newly created position of chief operating officer at Flowserve Corp.

ASA's Industrial Piping Division launched a raw materials report, “Market Materials Digest” by Ed Scott, on June 29 to members of the American Supply Association Vendor Division and Industrial Piping Division.

The Industrial Supply Association (ISA) has named John Buckley its executive vice president.

Amcast Industrial Corp. said it has signed a definitive agreement to sell most of the assets of its Flow Control division to a U.S. subsidiary of the Dutch group Aalberts Industries N.V. (Amsterdam:AAL).

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) signed a historic one-year Alliance with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to enhance worker safety and health in the nation's steel mills.

“Living in Wild Times: Shortages, Inflation, Globalization… What's Next?” is the title of a wide-ranging panel discussion sponsored by the American Supply Association's Industrial Piping Division at this year's ASA Convention in Boston.

Pipe-eating bug: Biotechnology researchers at The Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Md., have sequenced the genome of the desulfovibrio vulgaris bacterium that has caused substantial economic losses in the petroleum and other industries around the world.

Strahman Valves Inc. of Florham Park, N.J., has acquired MG Process Valves.