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Hughes Supply, based in Orlando, Fla., made three contributions to disaster relief organizations in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley.

Plumbers Supply Co., a plumbing, heating, and piping wholesaler headquartered in Louisville, Ky., recently opened a 40,000-sq.-ft. residential and light commercial plumbing facility in the Bluegrass Industrial Park at 2102 Production Drive.

SUPPLY HOUSE TIMES Editor Jim Olsztynski comes up with one good topic after another for his editorials (see Editorial, July 2004, page 164).

LASCO Fittings has appointed the following manufacturers rep firms:

Watts Water Technologies reported sales of $403.3 million for the first half of 2004, a 19% gain over the same period of 2003.

The Black & Decker Corp. signed an agreement to purchase the Tools Group from Pentair Inc. for about $775 million in cash.

WAGO Corp. named Dean Esparza regional sales manager covering the Southern California Los Angeles Metro area.

Colonial Commercial Corp. reported revenues of $28.67 million in 2004's first half, up from $19.05 million in the 2003 period.

Watts Water Technologies promoted Scott Bardreau to national sales manager for Watts Wholesale Plumbing and Heating Products, where he most recently served as southeast regional sales manager.

National Waterworks Inc., a distributor of water and wastewater transmission products, reported sales of $697.2 million for the six months ended June 25, 2004.