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October 2006

Acklands-Grainger Taps New President

Grainger, Chicago, IL, North American industrial distributor, announced that Court Carruthers, 34, has been named president of its Canadian subsidiary, Acklands-Grainger Inc. Carruthers’ new responsibilities include growing and improving Grainger’s business operations in Canada, which had sales of $428 million USD for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2006. “We have a tremendous opportunity to improve

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Core Inflation Jumps 0.6%, Wholesale Prices Fall

quarter of 2006 after surging at a 29.6-percent SAAR in the second quarter of 2006. Crude goodsThe Producer Price Index for Crude Materials for Further Processing fell 3.4% in September following a 2.2-percent increase in August. Prices for crude energy materials turned down after rising in the previous month. Conversely, the basic industrial materials index

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Praxair Acquires Hobart Industrial Gases

Praxair Distribution Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., Danbury, CT, has acquired Hobart Industrial Gases of Fort Wayne, IN. Since 1956, Hobart Industrial Gases has supplied a wide array of packaged industrial, medical and specialty gases, welding equipment, supplies and services to Indiana and Ohio. “This acquisition provides a great opportunity to integrate the strengths and

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DXP Enterprises Acquires Safety International

DXP Enterprises, Inc., Houston, TX, has acquired Safety International, Odessa, TX, for $2.2 million in cash and approximately $.5 million worth of debt. The company provides safety and environmental consulting and training services as well as safety equipment sales, service and rental. The acquired business has operated since 1963. The deal was funded under DXP’s

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MDM News Digest 3619

in August was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,200.7 billion, 0.3 percent above the revised July estimate of $1,196.8 billion. The August figure is 4.4 percent above the August 2005 estimate of $1,150.3 billion. During the first eight months of this year, construction spending amounted to $793.2 billion, 7.2% above the $739.9

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Three Distributors in One

Three independent distributors have decided to open a branch together. The three-in-one approach will give their customers more products in one location and makes the niche distributors more competitive and attractive to vendors. The branch will open in November.Three independent distributors in central Pennsylvania APR Supply (HVAC/plumbing), Industrial Piping Systems (pipe, valves & fittings) and

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Global Growth Outlook

2006, experience a 0.5 percent gain during the fourth quarter, and then a 1.5 percent gain through the first and second quarters of 2007. As China allows for more currency flexibility and as the new Mexican government builds credibility in the wake of a tense post-election period, MAPI expects the dollar to fall modestly by

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A European Economist’s Perspective on the Global Economy

Dr. Daniel Thorniley, senior global consultant of the Economist Corporate Network in Vienna, Austria, presented Global Business Outlook” at the recent European Power Transmission Distributors Association annual meeting in Austria. Thorniley is a senior consultant to about 250 corporations including Dow, Dupont, Glaxo SmithKline, Henkel and SKF. Some of the more interesting observations gleaned by

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Technology Case Study: Managing Complex Pricing

to do the transactions but they couldn’t do it quickly enough.” Two weeks later, after additional training, the test was successful. “Going live was basically a non-issue,” Ludwig says.The Bottom LineHTI’s ERP system supports rapid growth, enabling the company to incorporate new acquisitions. The company has greater visibility into supply, demand and changing costs. HTI

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