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Control Supply Corp., based in Copiague, N.Y., is hosting its first Manufacturers Day on June 6 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Wolseley plc has acquired, for cash, all of the issued and outstanding stock of Clayton Acquisition Co.

That was the upbeat message delivered by ASA President Jack Hester and keynote speaker David Kohler to the 400+ attendees at the 74th annual convention of the Southern Wholesalers Association, held March 14-16 in Orlando.

Affiliated Distributors named Craig Geers vice president/Pipe, Valves and Fittings Division.

Wolesley PLC (Reading, UK): Richard Ireland, non-executive chairman, will retire from the company's board after its annual meeting on Dec. 13, 2002.

The Wholesale Distributors Association, which will celebrate its 74th anniversary in 2003, is planning to make some changes to its annual convention and is having discussions with the Southern Wholesalers Association on a possible joint convention in the future.

In 1896, Halsey W. Taylor lost his father to an outbreak of typhoid fever caused by contaminated water. In 1912, he developed a sanitary drinking fountain he named "The Puritan," and began producing it in Warren, Ohio.

Advance Tabco, a manufacturer of stainless steel industrial sinks, is being represented by companies throughout the country.

Grundfos Pumps Corp. now offers a 24-month warranty on all of its pump products.

Brass Craft Manufacturing Co. received the Silver Award for outstanding safety and health achievement at its Brownstown plant from the Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services.