UK-based Yorkshire Copper Tube Ltd. announced plans to market copper tube to the North American plumbing and heating market.

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors has released a set of proposed standards for participation agreements for e-marketplaces.

On July 27, seven months after emerging from Chapter 11, Laclede Steel Co. once again filed to be put under its protection while the company attempts to close its steel-making facility in Alton, Ill., and sell its Pipe Division in Fairless Hills, Pa.

Matco-Norca has completed the acquisition of the PVF Division of Calsak Corp.

The Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association will examine the future of the industry and PPFA's role in it at its 2001 Fall Meeting Sept. 30 to Oct. 3.

Gerald Mahony, founder and past president of Mahony Fittings Inc., in East Windsor, Conn., has died.

Brief news items on financials, promotions, new hires, awards, special projects, etc., in the PVF industry.

Bob Cooper, executive vice president of Smith-Cooper International, talks about today's master distributors.

Prominent wholesalers share some insights about the business and where it's heading.

Dennis Killelea, general manager for Hammond Valve Co., has passed away.