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Affiliates of private equity firm Apollo Management L.P. will purchase Jacuzzi Brands for $12.50 per share in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007.

Distributor W. W. Grainger has teamed up with the American Red Cross to recruit and train corporate employees as disaster volunteers to help support the 70,000 disasters that the Red Cross responds to each year.

Viega’s first North American Educational Facility recently opened in Nashua, N.H. Industry partners, city officials and Viega personnel gathered to celebrate the official opening.

Canadian manufacturer HeatLink Group Inc., and its family of radiant heating and potable water products, announced a change in its U.S. operations.

Bathroom products manufacturer VitrA recently introduced a new logo.

Flowserve Corp., a provider of fluid motion and control products, announced the opening of two new Quick Response Centers: one in Orland, Calif., and one in Moerdijk, Netherlands.

Goulds Pumps, a brand of ITT Corp., recently awarded $1,000 college scholarships to 14 high school graduates.

Basco Shower Enclosures opened a new distribution center in Jessup, Md., which will serve the Baltimore/ Washington, D.C., area.

Switzerland’s Zehnder Group AG purchased Hydro-Air Components, a hydronic heating and HVAC manufacturer.

Spartan Environmental Technologies was recently appointed as a distributor of GasTran Systems' proprietary ozone injection system for wastewater treatment.