Novolipetsk Steel, the leading Russian steel producer, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the largest U.S. steel pipe and tube manufacturer, John Maneely Co. (JMC).
HVAC distributor Temperature
Equipment Corp. (Lansing, IL) acquired Excelsior Manufacturing & Supply, a major Midwestern HVAC
distributor and sheet metal manufacturer.
David E. Rodgers, deputy assistant energy
secretary for energy efficiency within the
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of
Energy, recently discussed the government's various green building goals with CNET.
Izetta Marie Lute, 88, of McDermott,
OH, who co-founded Lute Plumbing Supply
(Portsmouth, OH)
with her late husband, C. Hobert Lute, died at her home Aug. 30 after a long
illness.
Active
Plumbing Supply (Painesville, OH) hosted more than 75 contractors at its fourth
annual “Bikini Plumbers’ Van Wash” counter day Aug. 21 at its Cleveland branch.
Several
state-based health and environmental agencies have issued statements that
granite countertops typically found in homes do not pose a health risk to
consumers.