Family business takes on a new meaning when you walk into Addison, Illinois-based Porter Pipe & Supply. Visitors, longtime customers and brand-new team members alike say they feel a welcoming, family-like energy throughout the company’s locations — no matter which of its five branches you’re in.

Rinnai is now offering a national accounts program to its commercial business partners. The program is designed to be a turnkey hot water solution for its commercial customers and includes both repair and replacement services. 

The American Supply Association announced a partnership with Carhartt Company Gear, the uniform solution business unit of the 132-year-old Carhartt apparel manufacturing brand.

HARDI released its monthly TRENDS report, showing the average sales performance by HARDI distributors was an increase of 26.4 percent during August.

The A. O. Smith University class schedule is flexible month-to-month, and sessions are offered on a variety of topics, including residential training, commercial training, tankless training and heat pump training.

Sonnhalter partnered with Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity for a 12^th year during its annual Sonnhalter Tool Drive, which ran the entire month of August and collected $26,500 worth of donations of tools and building materials. Since Sonnhalter began its efforts in 2010, it has collected $336,500 in donations.