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Meek/Beck & Associates, with offices in Livonia and Grand Rapids, Mich., now represents Watts Drainage Co. in the lower peninsula of Michigan.

Robinson Supply, Fall River, Mass., a wholesaler with six locations, is celebrating 50 years of service to the New England area in 2004.

Meyers Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., based in Pittsburgh, has been acquired by Lauren and Barry Friedman of Mt. Lebanon, Pa.

Bell & Gossett is offering Bulletin A-118 that describes a new isolation flow control flange, the Check Trol™.

Not all Hispanics working in construction are undocumented immigrants working at trade labor levels, said Rick Schwolsky, editor-in-chief of El Nuevo Constructor, a Spanish-language magazine distributed to 35,000 Hispanic and Latin contractors.

The Radiant Panel Association will set up its Radiant House exhibit at the 2004 ISH North America conference and expo to be held Oct. 13-17 at the new Boston Convention Center.

Midwest Distributors Association has revised its logo from MDA to MwDA, following a decision to protect the trademark rights of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which is also known as MDA.

Atlas Copco, a global industrial group of companies based in Stockholm, Sweden, said it plans to sell its electric tool business, which consists of two divisions: AEG Electric Tools, acquired in 1991, and Milwaukee Electric Tool, acquired in 1995.

Noland Co. (Newport News, Va.) opened a newly built $5 million, 51,000-sq.-ft. sales and distribution center in Bonita Springs, Fla., to serve as headquarters for its growing network of plumbing and HVAC branches in southwest Florida.

Orlando, Fla.-based Hughes Supply has acquired Todd Pipe & Supply, Hawthorne, Calif., which Hughes described as “the largest independent wholesale plumbing supplier in the high-growth markets of Southern California and Las Vegas.”