Corporation, headquartered in Covington, Louisiana. Perez
de la Mesa will remain active on the NAW Board as im-
mediate past chairman … Puradyn Filter Technologies
recently announced that DistributionNOW is the distribu-
tor for Puradyn bypass oil filtration products in the oil and
gas, downstream and industrial and manufacturing services
industries … Ubisense Group plc, a provider of enterprise
location intelligence solutions, and Cedar Rapids, IA-based
electrical/industrial distributor Van Meter Inc. have formed
a strategic partnership to aid the advancement of smarter
manufacturing processes in North America … MRC Global
has agreed to sell its U.S. Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG)
business to Tulsa, OK-based Sooner Pipe, a subsidiary of
Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars America, for $48 million. MRC
said the business did approximately $305 million in 2015
sales … Salinas, CA-based Green Rubber-Kennedy Ag has
announced that Steve Gulick will be assuming responsibili-
ties as sales manager. Gulick has been with the company for
20 years … Apex Tool Group recently
announced the appointment of James
J. Roberts as its new CEO and a member
of the board of directors. Thomas Wroe,
Jr., former CEO and current chairman
of the board, will continue to serve
on the board of directors as executive
chairman … Motion Industries has
launched its first online pneumatics
catalog. Motion created the catalog
by starting with its broad pneumatic
product offering and narrowing it down
to just over 1,800 commonly ordered
items organized into 13 subcategories
… Atlas Copco is breaking ground on a
new 180,000-square-foot facility in Rock
Hill, SC to meet the growing customer
demand for high-quality equipment
and support. The $20 million project
will serve as the new production and
assembly facility for Atlas Copco’s North
American Construction Technique divi-
sion … 3M recently announced that it
has agreed to sell its Pressurized Poly-
urethane Foam Adhesives business to
Innovative Chemical Products Group
(ICP), a company of Audax Private Eq-
uity, for an undisclosed amount.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
On Feb. 17 Motion Industries announced it will acquire Missouri
Power Transmission, a PT equipment
and industrial supplies distributor based
in St. Louis. MPT distributes chains,
sprockets, bearings, seals, electric motors and controls, belting, and other
industrial parts … Fluid power and
motion control products and services
