Activant, a distribution software provider, will host a series of executive sessions throughout the country designed to help distributors discover the additional value they can bring to their business.

Myson Inc. has launched an expanded Web site.

ABI slumps, but hotel boom goes on.

Red-hot steel prices, combined with record diesel fuel costs, are making construction unaffordable.

Last month’s housing starts were down 12 percent from February and reached a 17-year low, according to a Commerce Department report released today.

While Reed says starts fall, retailers retrench

eXchange Plumbing Products Online LLC has added a new Technical Forum on plumbing system design and installation to its Web site.

Microcad Software has released Autokitchen 8, allowing users to create realistic 3D kitchen designs powered by the AutoCAD OEM 2008 engine.

Embassy Group Ltd. (Elgin, IL), a limited group of plumbing, HVAC and PVF wholesalers, has selected Activant Solutions Inc. as a new recommended ERP resource for its members.

FKI Logistex has announced the Mini-Unscrambler conveyor, which orients cases into a single-file line at up to 100 cartons per minute for induction into high-speed material handling systems.