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Plumberex Specialty Products, based in Thousand Palms, Calif., filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in April.

Next Plumbing Supply (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) opened its second branch earlier this year in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Consolidated Supply Co. (Portland, Ore.), a privately held plumbing and waterworks wholesale distributor, announced the following personnel changes: John Cobb was appointed waterworks sales manager.

Hughes Supply (Orlando, Fla.) opened a Mega-Center in Miami.

NAW/DREF: The Distribution Research and Education Foundation of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors named Adam J. Fein, president of Pembroke Consulting, to a second four-year term as DREF Fellow.

Red Jacket Water Products/ITT Industries is offering a sales incentive program: "Be An All Star."

A.I. McDermott Co. (Oshkosh, Wis.) drew more than 300 contractors, suppliers and employees to its 59th annual dealer meeting in February.

Watts Water Technologies acquired the 40% equity interest in Taizhou Shida Plumbing Manufacturing Co. Ltd. that had been held by its former joint venture partner, Yuhuan County Cheng Guan Metal Hose Factory.

Quality Sales Inc., based in Vancouver, Wash., was named “GROHE Rep of the Year” for 2003.

Wolseley plc, Reading, England, reported a “particularly impressive” performance of its North American Plumbing and Heating division, which includes Newport News, Va.-based Ferguson, for the half year ended Jan. 31, in its unaudited interim results.