Datastream Systems, Inc. added three industrial suppliers to its iProcure Web-based integrated procurement network. Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp., W.W. Grainger and BOC Gases will offer their products through the iProcure network. The network offers a choice of over five million parts and technology solutions. The network also offers an array of suppliers not limited to industrial products. For example, Ricoh Corp. signed on to offer office automation solutions.

Air Systems International has been producing private label breathing air products for E.D. Bullard Co. Under the terms of a new exclusive marketing agreement, Bullard's sales force will manage the worldwide sales, marketing and factory representation of Air Systems brand products.

Rockwell Automation has added to its MRO parts management services. The company will support Reliance and Allen-Bradley brands as well as more than 1,000 brands of electrical and mechanical spare parts through Outsourced MRO, a Rockwell Automation Global Manufacturing Solutions program. Customers will pay a monthly service fee to Rockwell Automation for maintaining MRO inventory and pay for parts as needed.

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The Caldwell Group, Inc. acquired Woodstock Crane & Hoist Co. ... Pearl Abrasive Co. acquired Blade Roller ... Tencarva Machinery acquired Hudson Pump & Equipment Assoc. ... Johnson Wax acquired Unilever's DiverseyLever division ... Applied Materials, Inc. acquired the assets of Schlumberger's electron-beam wafer inspection business ... Parker Hannifin Corp. agreed to acquire operations of Italian hose and rubber manufacturer ITR SpA ... The Sullivan Corp. purchased the manufacturing rights to Alpha Workholding Solutions ... Precision Industries acquired certain assets of The McGraw Group ... Valley National Gases Inc. acquired Gas Arc Supply, Inc.

Cyntell Tool Co. was named a Supplier of the Year by the National Minority Supplier Development Council ... Applied Industrial Technologies received the 2001 Supplier of the Year Award from Coors Brewing Co. — Shenandoah Brewery ... CRC Industries, Inc. and Fuchs Machinery, Inc. received Industrial Supply Manufacturers Assn. Value-Added Partner of the Year Awards ... Textron Fastening Systems received a Voluntary Protection Programs award from OSHA ... Lear Corp. received the Most Innovative Use of Plastics Award in the Body Interior category from the Society of Plastics Engineers.

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"Will the real Kenn Fischburg please stand up?..." Fischburg appeared in November on the TV game show To Tell the Truth. He was invited as a guest because he created the Web site www.toiletpaperworld.com and organized the encyclopedia of toilet paper. Fischburg is president of Consumer Interstate Corp.

Many businesses are considering restricting their employees from talking on cell phones while driving. As cell phones have become more common, so have car accidents involving cell phone use. If an employee has a collision during a business call, the company may become a target for lawsuits. New York has banned handheld cell phone use while driving and 44 states are considering similar bans.

BOC's LoTOx™ technology has cut smog-forming pollutants from three power boilers at the Medical College of Ohio in a project funded by the Ohio Coal Development office. The program demonstrates technologies that allow the burning of lower-cost coals while reducing NOx, SOx, fine particulates and other emissions.