Since the Rees Scholarship Foundation was founded in 2003, it has awarded more than $850,000 in scholarships to more than 500 deserving students and instructors.

The event will take place Saturday, Sept. 14, to help nearly 50 veterans, seniors and residents with disabilities who do not have the physical or financial means to pay for home repairs.

Russel Metals has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of City Pipe & Supply Corp. for approximately $160 million.

Together, the organizations are working to close the gap in both trade and gender within the plumbing industry.

The company, which began in 1963 and started by carrying one product line, now stocks more than 275 HVACR product lines such as Honeywell, Johnson Controls and Danfoss.

To assist leading distributors in transforming their social selling practices, the NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence is partnering with Texas A&M University on the new research consortium.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, FRA.BO is among the world’s leading manufacturers of copper, stainless steel, carbon steel, brass and bronze fittings for plumbing installations.

This summer, Viega completed a two-year building program in McPherson, Kansas, that included a new 205,000-square-foot manufacturing plant.