Jim Murray (JMI) announced that effective Aug. 10, the company name will change to JMI Pump Systems. On the same day, the company is moving into its new Germantown facility.
RectorSeal, a manufacturer of HVAC/R tools and accessories, has named Mondale and Associates out of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, as its manufacturers’ representative for the territories of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and eastern South Dakota for HVAC/R products.
It has been a long time coming, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced issuance of the final rule "Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water."
Contractors are a mobile breed — constantly on the move, from job to job. With so much shuffling around, there is more opportunity for human error — tools ending up on the wrong jobsite on the wrong day. When you have inventory tied up across different jobs, in the back of a work truck or van, or in a warehouse on a high shelf that’s rarely dusted, it’s easy for mistakes to be made.
The Granite Group, a Concord, New Hampshire-based distributor of plumbing, heating, cooling, water and propane supplies, has added Alicia Criniti as senior vice president of marketing.
Oatey Co., a manufacturer in the plumbing industry, announced that Darryl Jones is now serving as manager, commercial sales training, and Karen Fox has been promoted to national showroom sales manager.
On a same-store basis, member sales across all AD’s divisions and countries were down 6% through the first six months of this year, to $21.6 billion, driven by a 13% decline in Q2