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Construction employment continues to fall at same pace of past six months.
Overall economic activity improves in nine Districts, though most increases seen as ‘modest.’
Outside of transportation, new orders were down 0.6%.
Huttig sales were down in all major product categories.
Allied Bearings has locations in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.
US LBM Holdings agrees to acquire Edward Hines Lumber Co. in Chicago.
Power transmission distributor Kaman agrees to acquire Fawick de Mexico.
Ranson has one location in Sarnia, Ontario.
Schlumberger will buy Smith in a $11.34 billion deal.
Carrier Enterprise, a joint venture between Watsco and Carrier, contributed sales of $588 million for the year.
Gains mostly seen in Canadian transportation industry.
Grainger catalog now has more than 300,000 products; online, Grainger features 500,000.
Fourth-quarter sales bolstered by jan/san and technology products; industrial sales fell 18%.
Airgas: Acquisition proposals “grossly undervalue” the gases distributor.
December wholesale sales were up slightly; inventories fell.
With a year-end total of $1,771.91, 2009 was down 60.4% from 2008.
Anixter: Best sales performance in fourth quarter was in North American OEM supply end market.
Same-store sales for the gases distributor fell 14% in the quarter.
Base revenues for the diversified manufacturer declined 10%.
