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Our 2024 PVF Hall of Fame inductee is Alan Lipp, co-CEO of Merit Brass. He has spent his career raising the bar within his company and the PVF industry he loves. Lipp believes that industry knowledge should not be hoarded, but freely shared to ensure the PVF industry’s future.
Novelist and philosopher William James understood that there is more to life than ourselves: “The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”
CDS President Jeff Camuso discusses 73 years in business, company rebranding and the AD opportunities that have boosted the distributor’s success.
May 6, 2024
In this installment of the AD Report, Justin Dunscomb, AD’s president of the PVF Division, connected with Jeff Camuso, president and CEO of AD member/owner Charles D. Sheehy (CDS), headquartered in Avon, Mass.
The move toward manufacturing efficient boilers continues regardless of whatever pressures bare down on the hydronic heating industry from government regulations.
This Spartanburg, S.C., rep firm attributes its success to segment diversification, contractor/engineer training and AIM/R networking.
May 6, 2024
Pro Marketing, a South Carolina-based rep agency, is in its 42nd year of representing manufacturers in the Carolinas, South Georgia and East Tennessee.
The PVF Roundtable Charitable Foundation has provided more than $2 million in scholarship funds to eight college and trade schools.
May 6, 2024
At the end of each year, usually during the Guest Speaker Dinner in October, the PVF Roundtable presents colleges and trade schools with oversized check scholarship donations to directors and chancellors of said institutions.
Showroom consultants in the Winsupply family must understand client likes/dislikes, budgets, timelines — and package everything together for the right look.
May 6, 2024
As a consultant, you need to be aware of all that to achieve the best results for your customers. You also need to be aware of the current trends and products and how to put them all together to achieve the look desired at the budget given.
This year, the value of projects anticipated to begin construction in the United States and Canada totals $21 billion, up from $11 billion in 2023.
May 6, 2024
Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info Resources (IIR) vice president of research for chemical processing and refining, expects to see an increase in North American chemical processing project spending this year, especially after a less-than-anticipated spend in 2023.
It was 33 years ago on a blistering cold Friday night in Billings, Mont., when the Grainger emergency service operator notified me that I needed to call a customer immediately.
It’s not about adopting new technology; it’s about adopting a mindset of continual optimization and growth.
May 6, 2024
If you’re in the business of sales, especially within manufacturers’ rep agencies, you’ve likely heard about customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
By the time this article is published, the industry will be midway through the second quarter of 2024, with the oil markets being buffeted by worries about supply shortages and escalating geopolitical tensions.