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Briefs...Reverse auctions got put down

Sharon Tube Expands Wheatland Plant

Red Man Completes Canadian Purchase

Walter Industries To Buy Anvil, Mueller Parent

McJunkin Corp. (Charleston, W.Va.) has opened an office and warehouse at 841 Heinz Way, Grand Prairie, Texas (near Dallas).

Maverick Tube Corp. completed the acquisitions of Tubos del Caribe S.A., substantially all of the equity interests in Consorcio Metalurgico Nacional S.A. (Colmena S.A.), and Advance Corp. on May 27, 2005.

There are 793 active industrial projects scheduled to begin construction in 2005 and beyond in the “Lone Star State,” according to Houston-based Industrial Information Resources (IIR).

Led by China, total world steel production increased at a rate of 8.8% in 2004, according to the International Iron & Steel Institute (IISI).

Affiliated Distributors presented awards for “Greatest Overall Growth” to A.P. Supply Co. (Texarkana, Ark.) and Houston-based Piping and Equipment at its annual PVF Division Spring Network Meeting in Dallas, held in March.

As reported in Late-Breaking News in May Supply House Times, Newport News, Va.-based Ferguson Enterprises signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Full Service Supply (FSS), headquartered in Latrobe, Pa.