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A. I. McDermott (Oshkosh, Wis.) held its 60th annual dealer meeting with 400 contractors and suppliers in February at the Oshkosh Convention Center.

LASCO Fittings has added J & J Sales, located in South Holland, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, to its sales force.

Newport News, Va.-based Ferguson agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Full Service Supply, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kennametal, in April, subject to assignment of certain customer contracts.

R & R Plumbing Supply Corp., based in Worcester, Mass., is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Wolseley plc, Reading, England, parent company of Newport News, Va.-based Ferguson, has restructured management of its North American operations.

Las Vegas, Nev.-based Kelly's Pipe & Supply, a four-location plumbing wholesaler, was acquired by Hajoca Corp., Ardmore, Pa., in March.

Sunroc Corp., a water cooler manufacturer based in Dover, Del., and owned by OASIS Corp., will permanently shut down June 30, according to published accounts in the Dover Post newspaper and the Delaware State News.

Grundfos Pump Corp. presented John Kochan Jr., president of Metropolitan Industries, with an outstanding partner award during the Sheet Metal Contractor Exhibition in Oak Brook, Ill., in March.

Embassy Group Ltd., based in Elgin, Ill., and WIT & Co., based in Decatur, Ill., have had a meeting in which there has been some preliminary discussion of a possible merger or some other combination of the two buying groups.

Control Supply Corp. (Copiague, N.Y.) is hosting its third annual manufacturers day on June 2.