Ferguson Enterprises announced that on November 30, 2005, members of John H. Frischkorn, Jr., Inc.'s employee stock ownership plan voted to approve the merger of Frischkorn with Ferguson.
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry has formed a new Technical Services Department to provide education and technical support to engineers and contractors on the application and installation of all Charlotte Pipe products.
Seven U.S. standard steel pipe producers urged President George Bush to restrict surging imports of competing products from China through a special mechanism that he has declined to use before.
After a three-year downturn in grassroot plant construction activity in the U.S., manufacturers made a comeback in 2005, as the industry's grassroot plant numbers are once again in line with those posted at the beginning of the new millennium.
Affiliated Distributors presented Michael Horner, chairman/CEO of Frischkorn Inc., Richmond, VA, with its Affiliate of the Year, Leadership - PVF Division award at its North American meeting in September.
Farris Engineering, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp., announced the opening of a new sales office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and the appointment of Anand K as its regional sales manager.