Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP and North America's leading producer of polyethylene pipe systems, named Ferguson (Newport News, Va.) its "Distributor of the Year for 2002." Performance Pipe presented the award at its Annual Distributor and Advisory Council Meeting held in February in Biloxi, Miss. Accepting the award on behalf of Ferguson were Rod Shelton, project manager, Centerville, Utah; John English, vice president/industrial plastics, Newport News, Va.; and Dave Lane, general manager, Lakeland, Fla.