UPDATE

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 12/1/2000

Company News

Industrial Sales Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Md., and Anchor Wire Rope of Chicago, Ill. and Weymouth, Ma., have changed their name to Performance Wire Rope & Fittings... DoAll Co. was recently awarded a renewable three-year integrated supply contract from American Standard Companies ... Mathews Conveyer has expanded service to Canada with a new headquarters in Oshawa, Ontario, and sales and service centers in Toronto and Montreal ... New Dominion Equipment Co. has formed a waste handling and recycling equipment division ... Clark Material Handling Co. has entered a subcontract manufacturing agreement with Hoist Liftruck Mfg., Inc. ... AHR Equipment Services, a division of ICM Equipment Co. LLC, began construction of its new 42,000-sq. ft. facility in Henderson, Colo. ... Marmon/Keystone Corp. purchased land in Lino Lakes, Minn., to construct a new warehouse/office distribution center ... Questron Technology, Inc., signed 10 new inventory logistics management contracts with new and existing customers and announced the opening of new facilities in Bristol, Va., and Greenville, Miss. ... supplyFORCE.com LLC added Platt Electric Supply, Inc., to its network of distributors ... Norton Co. has completed restoration of full manufacturing capabilities at its Surface Finishing Products business in Reynosa, Mexico ... The IMARK Group has added three new members: United Electric Supply, ANESCO, and United Electric Power ... Ingersoll-Rand Co. formed an Independent Power Sector . .. Kaman Industrial Technologies has joined EqualFooting.com's network of distributors and opened five new branch facilities in Ohio, Alabama, Wisconsin, Georgia and Texas... Noland Co. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend for its stockholders for the 67th consecutive year ... Rockwell Automation has introduced a PowerTrain maintenance program ...

Acquisitions & Mergers

Industrial Supply Corp. acquired Southern Tool & Supply Inc. ... Bostik, Inc. and Ato Findley, Inc. are integrating their organizations as a result of the merger of their respective parent companies, TotalFina and Elf Aquitaine, both of France ... SPX Fluid Power has acquired the hydraulic product lines of Brock Equipment Co. ... Westburne Inc.'s shareholders approved the acquisition by Rexal S.A. of all outstanding shares of Westburne ... Illinois Tool Works' Welding Products Group acquired Jetline Engineering, Inc. ...

Awards

Waukesha Industrial Supply was recognized by TruServ Corp. as their "Induserve Supply Member of the Year" ... Peel Industrial Supplies of Ontario received a Brampton Outstanding Business Achievement Award of Merit for 2000 ... Crellin Handling Equipment, Inc., was awarded an "Ascent Award" from Crown Lift Trucks ... U.S. Tsubaki, Inc., accepted the 1999 Supplier of the Year award from General Motors Corp.

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