UPDATE

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 10/1/2000

Company News

Haas Automation, Inc. opened a Haas Factory Outlet & Turnkey Facility in Flat Rock, Mich.... Power/mation has added GE Fanuc Automation products to its offerings for its St. Louis, Mo. customers ... Bisco Industries, Inc. opened facilities in Orlando, Fla., and Warrensville Heights, Ohio ... YCI Supermax has named two new dealers , Diamond Jack Machinery and J & M Precision ... Air-Way manufacturing introduced Air-Way Direct[tm], a same-day shipping program for fittings and adapters... Interlake Material Handling, Inc. of Naperville, Ill., has entered into a teaming agreement with Sandvik Sorting Systems, Inc., of Louisville, Ky. ... Material Handling Services, Inc., has been named a BT Prime-Mover industrial equipment distributor ... BCI, a manufacturer of materials handling products, has moved to a new location in Omaha, Nebr. ... Century Sales & Service Ltd. consolidated its two Calgary, Alberta, branches into a single location ... ANESCO of Kingston, Penn., and United Electric Power of Hicksville, N.Y., both joined the IMARK Group ... J.F. Bennett Inc., a cutting tools distributor in Mt. Clemens, Mich., celebrated its 25 ^th anniversary in August ... Eaton Corp. will pursue the sale of its Vehicle Switch/Electronics Division ...

Acquisitions & Mergers

Norton Co. agreed to acquire Chemfab Corp. ... Ametek, Inc., has acquired the switch, industrial battery charger, and direct-current motor business of Prestolite Electric Inc. ... Industrial Holdings, Inc. acquired Orbitform, a manufacturer of engineered fastener setting machines ... Milacron Inc. agreed to sell its industrial magnets business to Magnequench, Inc. ... Textron Fastening Systems acquired Rego Mold and Tool ... TRW Inc. sold two non-core businesses within its sensors and components product line to Measurement Specialties, Inc. ... Westburne Inc. acquired Anesco, an electrical supplies distributor in Kingston, Pa., and SPT Electric Group of Companies of Princeton, N.J. ...

Awards

Gerotech, Inc. has been recognized as the Top 1999 Mori Seiki Distributor in North America ... Burkert Contromatic Corp. won Flow Control magazine's Product Innovation Awards 2000 for its TOP Control ^TM Head ... Porteous Fastener Co. received the Contractor of the Year award for providing jobs for persons with disabilities and economic disadvantages from the nonprofit organization, Community Rehabilitation Industries ... Bergen Industrial Supply Co., Inc., received the 1999 Supplier of the Year for MRO Services award from Schering-Plough Corp. ... The Lincoln Electric Co. received the NorTech Innovation Award for its Multi-Weld System.

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