Plumbing Group Pipeline: May 10, 2022

Plumbing Group Pipeline In this new weekly feature, Plumbing Group Chief Editors Nicole Krawcke and Natalie Forster will highlight timely news stories. In this week’s update:

distributors report record sales gains in early 2022;
Luxury Products Group launches a new podcast;
ASME expands its government affairs team;
Viega fittings earn additional Navy approval; and
Liberty Pumps’ new Material Handling Center is on track to be completed by the end of the year.

This article was originally posted on www.pmmag.com.

Nicole Krawcke is Chief Editor of Plumbing & Mechanical and PM Engineer magazines. She joined BNP Media in 2014 and served as Web Editor and Business Management Editor of The ACHR NEWS. Prior to joining BNP, she worked at Patch.com, a hyper-local news platform focused on community journalism. She has 10 plus years of writing and editing experience and holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Michigan State University.

Natalie Forster is Chief Editor of Supply House Times. Prior to joining BNP Media in 2020, she was an editor and digital content director for Southern Trade Publications, a publishing company with titles focused on the PHCP trades and the real estate industry. Natalie holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.