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The Plumbing Manufacturers Institute is sponsoring Senate Bill 651 in the California legislature in order to clarify Section 116875 of the Health and Safety Code, the statute that was amended by the plumbing lead reduction law AB 1953.

Kohler Co. announced that it planned to lay off 160 employees from its Kohler, WI, operations effective July 13.

New company is known as McJunkin-Red Man, thanks to DJIA.

Taco Inc. was recently the recipient of an export achievement award given by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Service.

Tyco Fire & Building Products announced the opening of the Grinnell Mechanical Grooved Products warehouse in Avon, MA.

Weldbend Corp.’s founder and CEO, James J. Coulas, Sr., died peacefully at home on July 4, apparently of heart failure, at age 92.

Activant Solutions Inc. has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Intuit Inc. to acquire the Intuit Eclipse™ Distribution Management Solutions business.

Home Depot lowered its profit forecast yesterday and now expects earnings per share to fall as much as 18 percent this year and annual sales to fall for the first time in the company’s history.

Combined U.S. factory shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for May totaled 739,647, up 8.5% from May 2006 shipments, according to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI).

Watsco, Inc., Miami, and ACR Group, Inc., Houston, announced that they have executed a definitive merger agreement under which Watsco will seek to acquire ACR’s outstanding common stock in a cash tender offer of $6.75 per share.