The one thing during the pandemic that I have missed much more than others is the face-to-face interactions that occur throughout our industry. A month prior to the widespread shutdown I was at the massive AHR Expo and KBIS-IBS trade shows and then the legacy WIT and Embassy (now combined as The Commonwealth Group) buying group meetings.
ISCO Industries (ISCO), a Louisville-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping solutions provider, announced an agreement to sell Aquatherm polypropylene piping systems across the entire United States.
Tom Noon, principal of ASA business intelligence partner Industry Insights, will use the recently released 2020 ASA Operating Performance Report (OPR) to identify profit-improvement opportunities for surviving these trying times.
The Granite Group, a Concord, New Hampshire-based distributor of plumbing, heating, cooling, water and propane supplies, has added Alicia Criniti as senior vice president of marketing.
Oatey Co., a manufacturer in the plumbing industry, announced that Darryl Jones is now serving as manager, commercial sales training, and Karen Fox has been promoted to national showroom sales manager.
On a same-store basis, member sales across all AD’s divisions and countries were down 6% through the first six months of this year, to $21.6 billion, driven by a 13% decline in Q2
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