Distributors don’t get the benefit of always delivering a huge truckload to their customers. Distributors operate wholesale models.

If there is a poster child for the opportunity the PHCP-PVF industry presents for individuals, Winsupply’s Rob Ferguson would have to be a finalist to be cast in that role.

The topic of tariffs that have affected the industrial PVF supply chain still remains front and center, according to fittings manufacturers.

Supply House Times traveled to Lebanon, Tennessee to chat with Lochinvar executives, including Director of Marketing Michael Troka, Program Manager-Product Development Robert Wiseman, Product Program Manager Mike Juhnke and Product Coordinator Jonathan Baggett.

As Supply House Times went to press just before the Christmas and New Year’s holiday, volunteer leaders of the American Supply Association began to put the finishing touches on arguably the association’s most important initiative ever, tackling three mega issues and providing long-term sustainable solutions to them that will strengthen member companies and as a result the industry in general long-term.

High efficiency boilers and water heaters, and pumps — and products designed to avoid bottlenecks caused by the skills gap — were the name of the game at AHR Expo in Atlanta this week.

Here’s a sampling of product introductions on Day 2 of this year’s AHR Expo in Atlanta. 

Here’s a sampling of what we saw opening day at this year’s AHR Expo in Atlanta.

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The factors impacting the manufacturing industry in the coming year – and ways to turn potential obstacles into game-changers.