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Bath & kitchen market reaches historic high

May 11, 2021

The industry increased full-year sales growth expectations to 13.4% in 2021, up from their rating of 10.7% in Q4 2020.

Leak detection is no luxury

Leak detection technology becoming mandatory, customers should know all facts.

Ian Greene

May 11, 2021

Plumbing leak detection technologies with automatic shutoff have been available for years. But recently, more customers are demanding devices and a greater number of brands are entering the market.

Institutional insight

Institutional projects resume, product trends provide opportunity even in challenging market.

Natalie Forster

May 10, 2021

As of April 2021, commercial projects are resuming in most parts of the country as public spaces open up and resume operations that are more regular.

Technology relations

Contractors and distributors discuss CAD systems, BIM modeling and reliance on eCommerce.

Natalie Forster

May 9, 2021

In an effort the help distributor members better understand the needs and adapt to evolving expectations of contractor customers, the American Supply Association’s D.NEXT Lab team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign conducted research focused on contractor purchasing habits, ordering and receiving preferences at distributors, big-box retailers and online.

Mike Miazga: No ordinary lab experiments

Live events return as ASA is hard at work performing research for members.

Mike Miazga

May 6, 2021

When I was in middle and high school, I always worried about the gas valves that were at my work station during science/chemistry classes. What if an explosion occurred? What if someone left the valve open? Do these things even work?

Jeff Valles: Share your knowledge and success

Be authentic, proud and loud.

Jeff Valles

May 6, 2021

I was visiting Salem Plumbing Supply in Beverly, Massachusetts, for the first time and had not a clue where to go. As I approached a counter sales person, Ralph Sevinor, the owner and one fine gentleman, saw me and grabbed my arm and said, “I want to show you something.

Dan Holohan: Sludge, scale and bouncing boilers

Understanding the causes of pipe scale.

Dan Holohan

May 5, 2021

Clogging up heating surfaces is sort of like having all the traffic lights in your town turn red at the same time, and then stay red.

Uponor names Michael Rauterkus president and CEO

May 5, 2021

Uponor’s board of directors has appointed Michael Rauterkus as president and CEO of Uponor Group and chairman of the executive committee. He will join the company and assume the CEO responsibility on August 21.

ASA Washington weekly update

May 5, 2021

ASA joined other national organizations in a letter supporting the Save Local Business Act. The letter is in support of the Save Local Business Act, which is being reintroduced to serve as a contrast to some provisions of the PRO Act, as well as an Obama Administration rule on what constitutes as a joint employer for purposes of labor organization.

The Granite Group opens relocated Portland, Maine location

May 4, 2021

Concord, New Hampshire-based PHCP-PVF distributor The Granite Group announced the opening of its relocated Portland, Maine branch at 331 Warren Avenue. The new branch sits just a few miles away from The Granite Group’s original location on St. John Street.