In front of another huge crowd of about 300
PVF industry executives, featured guest speaker Bob Tippee, Oil & Gas Journal’s longtime editor, returned and shared in detail his
publication’s 2012 midyear forecast. He also took time afterward to speak with
Supply House Times on a number of pertinent industry topics..
Legend Valve continues to
evolve since its founding almost 25 years ago. The Michigan-based manufacturer
recently relocated to a new 151,000-sq.-ft. headquarters and warehouse facility
in the Detroit
suburb of Auburn Hills, designed to further add to its commitment to superior
customer service.
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.
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.