To say the industrial PVF distribution business has been challenging, worrisome, etc., the last few years would be the understatement of understatements.
Industrial PVF master distributor Service Metal has been affected by the oil-and-gas-downturn, but the St. Louis-based company is ready to meet the challenge head on.
Masters in the industrial pipe, valves and fittings space, particularly those dealing in the oil and gas patch, are in the midst of what can best be called a challenging period.
Sterling Heights, Mich.-based The Macomb Group has acquired the operations of Mechanical Supply Co., a North Carolina-based distributor of pipe, valves and fittings.