Articles Tagged with ''valves''

Amazon Supply, a new 8,000-lb. gorilla, has taken aim at many of the customers of PHCP supply houses. Amazon Supply is a separate unit, not an extension of the Amazon consumer side, and uses its own business-oriented website.

In its first 20 years of existence, McJunkin Supply Co.’s offices were housed on the second floor of the old Arcade building in Charleston, W. Va.

Birmingham, Ala.-based American Pipe & Supply Vice President of Sales Harry Hays likens his long industry career to that of a professional football player.

The recovery continues. For the second consecutive year, Supply House Times’ Premier survey reveals an increase in sales made by PCHP companies. The annual survey, conducted by Supply House Times and BNP Media Market Research, ranks the Top 125 PHCP wholesalers by their sales from the past year.

Buoyed by a new, bold vision and direction, the ASA Executive Committee recently commissioned the development of a new “brand” for the association.

Here are top products from 12 different manufacturers that were featured in editorial coverage in Supply House Times in 2011.

Dennis Holden was in a major jam. Holden, the owner of Las Vegas-based Ideal Supply, had a customer with an urgent need for valves and fittings used in conjunction with pumping chocolate syrup at a granola bar factory in New Mexico.