McJunkin Red Man Corp. has acquired St. Louis, MO-based LaBarge

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Pipe & Steel Company. LaBarge Pipe & Steel distributes carbon steel pipe for use in the North American energy infrastructure market. It four sales offices in St. Louis, MO, Houston, TX, Birmingham, AL and Charlotte, NC and a manufacturing facility in Wagoner, OK. Avnet, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, has offered to acquire U.K.-based Abacus Group PLC, a distributor of electronics components in 10 European countries, for ￡42.2 million ($73 million) in cash. In addition, Avnet would assume net debt from Abacus of ￡62.9 million ($108.8 million). 84 Lumber has announced 20 more store closings, according to news reports. The building materials distributors closed nine stores a few weeks ago. The company now has 335 stores, down from 400. Cummins-Wagner Co., Inc., Annapolis Junction, MD, a distributor of industrial process equipment and HVAC equipment in the Mid-Atlantic region, has acquired Rochester, NY-based Siewert Equipment Co. and Siewert Classic Co. SECO is a distributor/manufacturers representative in the sales of fluid process equipment and provides assembly, aftermarket service and engineered solutions.