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

Large-diameter pipe demand in the U.S. is forecast to grow 2.3% yearly to 194 million feet in 2005, valued at $7.4 billion, according to a Freedonia Group study.

iPower Logistics LLC and MRO Software have reached a strategic agreement to integrate MRO Software's supply-side group of hosted solutions with iPower's current business application systems.

Amcast Industrial Corp. announced its intention to pursue its strategic growth plan as an independent company and to conclude the strategic alternatives review.

The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors elected Illinois Superintendent of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety David A. Douin as its chairman.

American specialty steel producers continued to lose more than 25% domestic market share to export-led strategies of foreign countries and producers last year, according to data released by the Specialty Steel Industry of North America.

McJunkin Corp. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Automation & Control Specialists of Dublin, Calif.

Industrial-PVF distributors who have not yet jumped into electronic commerce are not facing imminent obsolescence, according to Bruce Merrifield.

Customers of Pennsylvania Machine Works are now able to receive free product training through the Internet at the company's Web site or on a computer disk.

Fred V. Keenan received the first American Supply Association award named in his honor for his lifetime achievement in the industry.