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Cox ProGroup, which represents private label products for Ferguson, appointed Chip Hardy as sales manager for southern Virginia.

Madison, Wis.-based First Supply LLC named Joe Poehling chairman and promoted Dick Adix to president.

A controlling interest in Crane Plumbing LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of plumbing fixtures and specialty plumbing products in the United States and Canada, has been purchased by one of the affiliates of Sun Capital Partners, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based private investment firm.

Newport News, Va.-based wholesaler Ferguson announced its acquisition of J.D. Daddario Co., based in Franklin, Mass., and Meckco Supply Co., headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.

Manufacturers rep firm Emerson-Swan, based in Randolph, Mass., named Parker Wheat president/chief operating officer; Jeff Dirksen, senior vice president/engineered sales; George (GL) Simas, senior vice president/distribution sales; Ken Fagan, senior vice president/business development; and Jed Swan, vice president/marketing.

Grundfos purchased the German metering pump group Alldos.

The Water Quality Association will host the WQA Aquatech USA 2005 trade show March 28 - April 2 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.

A.O. Smith Corp. named Mark A. Petrarca vice president/human resources and public affairs.

The 2005 University of Industrial Distribution/University of Electrical Distribution (UID/UED), will be held March 13 -16 at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis.

Ferguson, based in Newport News, Va., opened its fifth XpressNet store in the metro Boston area, with another one on the way later this year.