The original owners of Colonial Mechanical Corp. of Richmond, Va., and Webb Technologies of Norfolk, Va., bought those companies back from Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp.
Cooper Cameron (Houston) has acquired Nutron Industries of Edmonnton, Alberta, a privately-held valve manufacturer, for a reported $50 million in cash.
This plastic toilet seat cleans and sanitizes itself in 15 seconds by rotating through a hygiene sluice that dispenses a citrus-scented, germ-killing solution on the seat's surface.
What follows is a summary of the February biannual Commodity Reports from ASA's Industrial Piping Division. More detailed information is available to IPD members exclusively via the Commodity Reports newsletter.