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Natalie Forster: Social media success

Eastern Industrial Supplies uses social channels to promote company culture, connection and employee retention.

February 25, 2021

I’m always curious to hear about how distributors and others within our industry are utilizing social media. For some, it’s a new territory that they’ve yet to fully explore because there’s no internal team member with the time and knowledge to do so.

Bruce Merrifield: Automate the picking of your losing, small-dollar SKUs

Bruce Merrifield

February 25, 2021

Many distributors assume they can handle one more warehouse order for free. Aren’t all warehouse operational-costs fixed in the moment? And isn’t keeping people busier good?

Leonard Valve emergency valves

February 25, 2021

Leonard Valve has released a new addition to its emergency valve line-up: The Model 6020-LF.

ElectricEel pipeline inspection camera

February 24, 2021

Electric Eel’s eCAM ACE 100-Micro pipeline inspection adds a new battery cradle that accepts a Milwaukee M18 or equivalent battery.

Oatey Co. announces Representative of the Year winners

February 24, 2021

Oatey Co. presented awards to its top-performing manufacturer representative agencies of 2020, E.A. Langenfeld, Jones Sales & Marketing Group and RKR, recognizing their exceptional partnerships, accomplishments and contributions throughout the business.

Ferguson shares tips for trade pros during disaster recovery

February 23, 2021

According to AccuWeather Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers, the total damage and economic loss caused by the historic storm could be close to $50 billion.

AIM/R remembers longtime member Tom Bailey

February 23, 2021

Tom joined AIM/R as a rep member early on in the 80’s. Tom always believed in this organization as a way to further the professionalism of any rep agency.

ASA joins appeal on DOE rule to change showerhead water-flow limit

New standard would allow 2.5 gpm on each showerhead nozzle.

February 22, 2021

The American Supply Association (ASA) recently joined the Alliance for Water Efficiency in its appeal to the United States Department of Energy related to allowable flow-rate changes for multi-head showers, and the subsequent negative affects it will have on business operations for ASA members, as well as overall negative water-efficiency consequences that will result.

Hilti pipe pressing tool

February 22, 2021

With a long travel, it eliminates the need for an expensive and bulky booster when working with stainless steel or black steel pipes over 2”.

Navien NPE-2 series condensing tankless water heaters

February 18, 2021

The new NPE-2 series condensing tankless water heaters from Navien have industry-leading features such as 2” PVC venting up to 75’, TDR up to 15:1, and EZNav multiline control panel with setup wizard.