The December issue of SHT featured Supply House Times
on the Road: AD Chairman and CEO Bill Weisberg talks inspiration at annual meeting; Distributor roundtable: Smart bets; and much more!
Who inspires you? That was the crux of Affiliated Distributors Chairman and CEO Bill Weisberg’s annual talk at the buying group’s recent record-breaking 2014 PHCP North American Meeting held in suburban Dallas.
Ward Manufacturing has come a long way from the company Joseph P. Ward founded in 1924 in Blossburg, Pa., with 30 employees who produced a small line of cast-iron steam and drainage fittings, plugs and bushings.
With corporate mergers and acquisitions in the doldrums of the post “great financial recession” aftermath, the increasing possibility of U.S. government action against the “tax inversion” dodge seems to have quickened a new wave of mergers and acquisitions.
While they continue to make products that save water, leading plumbing manufacturers say more needs to be done to use water efficiently inside and outside buildings.
The SRP Modulus adaptive modulating infrared tube heater provides unparalleled thermal efficiencies in excess of 80%. Rates range from 80,000 to 200,000 Btu/hr with a 40% modulating differential.
F.W. Webb recently acquired Watertown (Mass.) Supply. For more than 65 years and three generations, Watertown has specialized in plumbing and heating with a primary focus on repair parts for the trades, and for commercial, industrial and institutional facilities management.
Columbus, Ohio-based Carr Supply recently opened a new branch in Lima, Ohio where it will provide plumbing, HVAC, and water-service supplies and equipment to contractors in a five-county area of northwest Ohio.
La Crosse, Wis.-based First Supply recently announced the creation of a new organizational structure. Going forward, First Supply branches will be aligned into three geographical regions (Northern, Western and Southern) with each region managed by a general manager.
The SRP Modulus adaptive modulating infrared tube heater provides unparalleled thermal efficiencies in excess of 80%. Rates range from 80,000 to 200,000 Btu/hr with a 40% modulating differential.
Uponor’s PEX-a pipe support is a galvanized steel channel that provides continuous support of PEX in suspended piping applications, enabling hanger spacing similar to that of copper or steel pipe.
Xylem’s Bell & Gossett Suction Diffuser Plus helps maintain a uniform velocity profile and improves flow conditions with its Flow Cone technology, which eliminates recirculation zones that can occur with diffusers.
Perlick, known for innovative, high-quality undercounter refrigeration, introduces its first flow control faucet for residential use as a new standard feature — for its entire line of outdoor and indoor Signature Series beer dispensers.
The Hot Start showerhead, available in January 2015 from Niagara Conservation as part of the Stealth System, is a temperature-controlled, EPA WaterSense-certified showerhead.
The Wynford suite from Moen features a strong silhouette and traditional styling and offers a wide variety of faucet configurations and finish options.
Aquatic is adding eight new modern-style, drop-in tubs to its best-selling Serenity series, renowned for offering the ultimate in personalized hydrotherapy.