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MRC Global had sales of $1.268 billion in the second quarter of 2013, a decrease of 11% from the second quarter of 2012

The PVF Roundtable will once again meet four times in 2014 at the JW Marriott in Houston.

From the Metals Service Center Institute, U.S. and Canadian shipments of both steel and aluminum in August returned to the year-over-year trend that was experienced earlier in 2013 in contrast from modest growth displayed in July.

The Industrial Careers Pathway Steering Committee recently held its annual retreat in Rosemont, Ill., where it reviewed its current strategic plan, refined its action goals and progress metrics and developed a new three-year plan to advance the company’s mission to meet the need for a skilled industrial distribution workforce that will be challenged by an expected demographic shift.

F.W. Webb recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new 65,000-sq.-ft. facility in the Springfield (Mass.) Smith & Wesson Industrial Park.

Integrated Media Specialist Scott Franz was promoted to Plumbing Group Associate Publisher.

WinWholesale recently opened three new locations, bringing the total nimber of openings in 2013 to 10.

Kohler Manager of Codes and Standards Shabbir Rawalpindiwala is the recipient of the 2013 Joseph K. Seidner Award at the Canadian Advisory Council on Plumbing.

MSC Holdings, the parent company of Morrison Supply and Express Pipe & Supply, recently acquired the assets of Mesa, Ariz.-based Farnsworth Wholesale.

El Cajon (Calif.) Plumbing & Heating Supply has come a long way from its origins back in Penns Grove, N.J. Owner Shelly Hirshman Olsher’s parents opened a plumbing supply store in Penns Grove after World War I. Her parents moved to Southern California in 1973 and established El Cajon Plumbing & Heating Supply and The Bath Gallery, its designer showroom.