Affiliated Distributors and C.L. Watt have agreed to join forces by Jan. 1, 2001. As a result, A-D will establish a new and separate Plumbing Division.
The Western Suppliers Association and the Pacific Southwest Distributors Association scrapped plans to have a joint meeting in 2001 after failure to resolve differences in opinion regarding funding for the event.
Responding to the ASA reorganization, which provides for six regions vs. the current 13, the Chicago Metropolitan Distributors Association announced its plans to merge with the Mid-America Supply Association.
The agreement to allow limited use of CPVC plastic pipe in residential applications throughout California was approved Nov. 14 by the California Building Standards Commission.
In response to disappointing results for its plumbing group in the third quarter, Hughes Supply is accelerating efficiency measures and evaluating the idea of branch consolidation within the group.
Messe Frankfurt, the organizer of the biennial ISH show, has formed a partnership with ASA, CIPH and PHCC-NA to introduce ISH North America in the fall of 2002.
The American Supply Association approved the application of the Central Wholesalers Association and the Michigan Association of Distributors to become ASA Region 4.
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