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WaterFurnace Breaks Ground on Sizable Indiana Headquarters Expansion

June 3, 2024

WaterFurnace International broke ground on a significant expansion of its Fort Wayne, Indiana headquarters on May 30.

DPHA Expands Online Education Program

June 3, 2024

DPHA announces the expansion of its online education system, DPHA University.

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Showroom Excellence

Using ChatGPT for Your Showroom

While I am a hardline fan of brick-and-mortar showrooms, I believe that using AI will only help improve the experience.

June 3, 2024

Jeff MacDowell

The more I use ChatGPT, the more I realize the benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help the customer experience.

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The Benefits of Master Distribution

Master distributors help ease pain points for wholesalers and, in the process, help them build their book of business.

June 3, 2024

Ruth Mitchell

Master distribution plays a pivotal role within the plumbing, heating, cooling and piping (PHCP) industry, offering the ability to streamline supply chain operations and enhance efficiency for manufacturers, wholesalers and their customers.

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Best Service In Town

Masters’ Supply Inc. celebrates its 85th anniversary and its promise of being the Best Service In Town.

June 3, 2024

Ruth Mitchell

In 1939, the Zoeller family set out to establish its foundation in Louisville, Ky. That year, brothers Carl and Vince Zoeller established Masters’ Supply Inc., a full-service wholesaler of plumbing and heating supplies.

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JABO Supply: A Cornerstone in the PVF Industry

As the West Virginia wholesale distributor celebrates its 60-year anniversary, it turns its focus to the future.

June 3, 2024

Ruth Mitchell

Headquartered in Huntington, W. Va., JABO Supply Corp., a wholesale distributor of pipe, valves and fittings, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

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PVF Market Overview

Bumpy Recovery for Manufacturing Sector

The sector was in contraction for most of 2023, but nine of 16 industries reported growth in April — the same as in March.

June 3, 2024

Stephen Letko

This issue finds us at the end of 2024’s second quarter, with the economy at an anemic 1.6 percent growth rate and an inflation rate of 3.48 percent.

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Mentor's Corner

Perseverance: A Forgotten Value

Enduring difficult times leads to character growth, a strong business and hope for the future.

June 3, 2024

Who among us has not experienced frustrations, disappointments and difficult situations? (Not one of us.) Perseverance appears in short supply today.

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Pipefitters Union Brings Strength to National Uptake of TENs

Countless building trades are assured of plentiful and high-paying jobs as utility thermal energy network systems continue to roll out.

June 3, 2024

Jay Egg

With the backing of the United Association plumbers and pipefitters union, utility thermal energy network systems were given a chance in New York as the Utility Thermal Energy Networks and Jobs Act of 2022 became law on July 5. Jay Egg explains how these energy networks can help the building trades and consumers.

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Q&A with Ben Poole, Creator of HVAC Tactical

‘I want this brand to be to HVAC what Red Bull is to action sports.’

June 3, 2024

Steve Smith

HVAC Tactical may have started out as a swag brand for HVAC contractors, but creator Ben Poole set out to create a lifestyle brand that represented the HVAC trade and had a bigger purpose than just selling clothes.