Don't miss our coverage of the HVACR cooperative's event from The Wholesaler Editor Ruth Mitchell. 

AD hosted the AD PHCP Spring Network Meeting in the nation’s capital, bringing together independent distributors from the plumbing, PVF, and HVAC industries. 

Puget Sound Pipe & Supply (www.pspipe.com) is a Seattle-based corporation owned and operated by the Stratiner family since its inception in 1917.

M&N Plumbing Supply (www.mnplbgsupply.com) is a proud family-owned and -operated wholesale distributor headquartered in Denver.

Buying groups have increasingly become a pivotal force in the plumbing-heating-cooling-piping (PHCP) industry by strengthening supplier relationships and providing tools for our ever-changing market landscape. 

AD is reporting a record result for 2023 in owner/member sales, which increased 5% over prior year to $78.9 billion.

IMARK Plumbing recognizes members and suppliers who achieved results and successfully participated within IMARK marketing programs.

A meeting of the AD Chairmans’ Council was held Jan. 24-25 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The merger will close on Jan. 1, 2024.

The awards show honors high levels of performance in sales growth, sales conversion, marketing, engagement with AD and giving back.