In its final results for the year ended July 31, 2008 released in late September, parent company Wolseley plc reported that local currency revenue in the U.S. plumbing and heating operations (Ferguson) rose by 1.3% to $11,226 million, with trading profit 0.8% lower at $794 million, excluding $42 million of exceptional restructuring costs.
Speakers and participants at the International Emerging Technology Symposium co-convened by IAPMO and the World Plumbing Council on Aug. 19-20 in Chicago presented future solutions to today’s challenges within the manufacturing, engineering and trade industries as they pertain to water and energy conservation, sanitation and health, renewable energies and the sustainability of the environment.
A multiyear agreement is announced to offer the GE Money Home
Design program on HVAC and hydronic equipment for both residential and
commercial buildings.
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Brands (Jacksonville, FL), a distributor and direct marketer of maintenance,
repair and operations products, has acquired Eagle Maintenance Supply, a $17
million distributor of janitorial and sanitary supplies to the institutional
marketplace.