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-- Industrial Distribution, 1/1/2001

Pentacon, Inc. elected John ("Jack") C. Dannemiller to the company's board of directors...David M. Downey has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Applied Energy Co. in Dallas, Tex., and chief executive officer of Sharp Controls in Charlotte, N.C...IMARK Group appointed David C. Perry vice president of marketing... MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. promoted David Sandler to chief operating officer...Power/mation appointed JD Teter motion product line manager in St. Paul, Minn., and Greg Dieck motion product line specialist based in the Illinois office... Applied Industrial Technologies named Chris Christensen unit president of fluid power...