Affiliated Distributors recognized Red Man Pipe & Supply (Tulsa, Okla.) and Central States Industrial Supply (Omaha, Neb.) as the group's Highest Overall Growth PVF distributors in 2003. Highest Overall Participation awards, recognizing the percentage of purchases made with A-D suppliers as a percentage of total company purchases, went to All-Tex Pipe & Supply (Dallas) and Missouri-Kansas Supply Co. (Kansas City, Mo).