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The Home Depot® said it will acquire Orlando, FL-based wholesaler Hughes Supply for an aggregate consideration of $3.47 billion, including the payment of $46.50 per outstanding share and the assumption of $285 million in net debt.

Submersible Wastewater Pump Association (SWPA) will offer a two-day program, March 13-14, 2006, in Baltimore, MD.

Bradford White sponsored a team to compete in a fishing tournament, the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Eastern event.

Holyoke Fittings Inc. hired Michael W. Burr as national sales manager.

Scientific Plastics hired Stan Tracz as a regional sales manager.

Midland Metal Mfg. Co. named Mike Pierron national sales manager.

The photo of Affiliated Distributors honoring Columbia Pipe & Supply as Affiliate of the Year, Leadership - Plumbing Division (page 58, December 2005 SUPPLY HOUSE TIMES) also included Jeff Pope, president of F.W. Webb Co.

Ferguson Enterprises (Newport News, VA) opened its first Xpress store in Carmel, IN, in November.

Webstone Co. and Raven Products said that a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in June regarding patent infringement relating to Webstone's Isolator® Uni-Flange Ball Valve, has been settled and dismissed.

Hughes Supply (Orlando, FL) appointed Steve Handschuh vice president of sales for its Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) business.