AD’s two newly elected directors are Steve Drummond, president of Source Atlantic and Dr. Don McNeeley, chairman and CEO of Chicago Tube & Iron. Lenin Juarez, managing partner at Action Gypsum Supply LP, was reelected by the membership.

LaPorte started his career at Factory & Mill Supply in Garfield, and in 1965 he started his own company, Bergen Industrial Supply Company in Elmwood Park, which he owned and operated until 2013.

The scholarship was established by the LDC of the SWA in 2015 to honor Dottie Ramsey.

The association’s annual convention will take place June 7-8 at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort.

The PVF distribution and manufacturing organization expands membership in the leading buying group to include eight subsidiaries.

The acquisition will enhance the company's flow control portfolio with patented and industry-leading products and solutions.

The company will release its 2020 fourth quarter and full year results on Feb. 11, 2021 after the market closes.

Together, members from SafetyNetwork and Delta represent over $3 billion in total annual sales, adding to AD members’ total annual sales of more than $45 billion.

For too long, the federal government has failed to pass a badly needed stimulus package while political disagreement between Democrats and Republicans have made its passage improbable.

While the outcome of the Senate races in Georgia had yet to be determined when this column was written, the Electoral College met and declared Joe Biden as president-elect.