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.
Thermadyne Industries, a supplier of cutting and welding products,
honored Cee Kay Supply (St. Louis, MO), one of its leading distributors, on Cee
Kay’s 60th anniversary.
The A.I.
McDermott Co. (Oshkosh, WI) said it will serve as an authorized
distributor of the tankless line of gas water heaters offered by Noritz America
in Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and Northern Illinois.