Active
Plumbing Supply (Painesville, OH) hosted more than 75 contractors at its fourth
annual “Bikini Plumbers’ Van Wash” counter day Aug. 21 at its Cleveland branch.
Several
state-based health and environmental agencies have issued statements that
granite countertops typically found in homes do not pose a health risk to
consumers.
Hercules
Chemical Co., a century-old manufacturer and marketer of chemical and specialty
products for the commercial plumbing and heating industry, announced that, on
Friday, August 22, 2008, it filed a petition for bankruptcy relief under
Chapter 11 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania.
Charlotte
Pipe and Foundry hosted its first “College of Plumbing Knowledge” class for
plumbing engineers in June at its new 9,000-sq.-ft. training facility in
Charlotte, NC.