Pacific Plumbing Supply Co., Seattle, has hosted several grand openings for branches in Seattle and Puyallup, WA, and Anchorage, AK, providing barbecue lunches and awarding prizes to attendees. The wholesaler
Jacuzzi Brands said a definitive merger agreement has been signed under which affiliates of private equity firm Apollo Management L.P. will purchase Jacuzzi Brands in a transaction with a total
EMCOR Group (Norwalk, CT) bought Akron, OH-based S.A. Comunale, a privately held fire protection and mechanical contracting company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. S.A. Comunale will become a
FlowGuard Gold® Pipe & Fittings promoted Mike Lipke, Marty Musgrave and Gary Warren to regional sales managers. Lipke is regional sales manager, West; Musgrave is regional sales manager, South; and
Archer Daniels Midland Co. has executed a four-year contract extension for electrical materials purchased for Maintenance, Repair, and Operations to supplyFORCE, an MRO national contract solutions company. The new electrical
The Midwest Distributors Association announced the recipients of its 2006 Scholarship Awards: Tony A. Comp, who will enroll at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, and was sponsored
LA-CO Industries announced the winners of its summer 2006 Regular Flux® promotion. Depending on the location of the winner, each was awarded tickets to see a San Diego Padres, LA
Hussung Mechanical Contractors received the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, awarded by the Better Business Bureau serving Louisville, southern Indiana, and western Kentucky.
MJSI and Orgill have agreed to sell MJSI's HydroClean 660 water fill valve in Orgill's five distribution centers across the country. In addition, the HydroClean will be offered through Orgill's
T&S Brass and Bronze Works was named South Carolina's Small Manufacturer of the Year for 2006 by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).