The Plumbing Manufacturers Institute held a workshop July 15 and 16 to "promote a better understanding of codes, standards, conformity assessment, certifications and more."
The Central Wholesalers Association and Michigan Association of Distributors officially merged Sept. 1, after a formal vote was taken at a joint annual meeting in June.
Speakers from the Copper Development Association cited numerous reasons to install all-copper fire sprinkler systems at a seminar held at the Restoration & Renovation Conference in Baltimore last spring.
Hughes Supply (Orlando, Fla.) said it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Marden Susco, LLC, a southern California supplier of underground piping products for use in municipal water, sewer and storm drain systems.
Underwriters Laboratories in Santa Clara, Calif., oversees a test system that meets industry performance standards for testing backflow protection devices to ANSI/ASME A112.18.3.