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Boston Pipe and Fittings has relocated into a new 40,000- sq.-ft. building in Somerville, MA, including an expanded pipe fabrication shop.

U.S. Pipe and Foundry Co. has ceased production and manufacturing operations at its U.S. Castings plant in Anniston, AL.

Economic growth will continue in the second half of 2003, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in their 65th Semiannual Forecast.

Anderson Metals Corp. added more than 400 new brass push-in fittings for plastic, soft metal and nylon tubing for industrial markets.

Star Pipe Products (Houston) hired Brian Ragone as the new grooved mechanical market regional manager in the Midwest.

Crane Co. said that its English subsidiary, Crane Limited, has purchased the pipe coupling and fittings businesses from Etex Group S.A., including the Victaulic, Viking Johnson, Helden and Wask branded products, for a purchase price of 17.3 million pounds sterling in cash and assumed debt.

The Institute for Supply Management said economic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in June, while the overall economy expanded for the 20th consecutive month.

The Manufacturers Alliance says the situation may not be so bleak after all for U.S. manufacturing.

The Hydraulic Institute offers a comprehensive e-learning program titled "Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals, Design and Applications."

Endot Industries of Rockaway, N.J., has purchased a 65,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Pryor Creek, Okla.