No one goes to work expecting to be seriously injured — or worse — but, unfortunately, it happens. In the latest figures released (for 2017), 5,147 workers died during their duties on jobsites.

For Patrick Gentry, owner and president of Holland, Mich.-based T.A. Gentry Supply Inc., the key to success is simple. Rely on old-school conventions. It’s a business acumen that’s not fancy, but it works. 

Xylem Bell & Gossett recently celebrated the official reopening of its Little Red Schoolhouse, the company’s suburban Chicago training center for PHCPpros dedicated to the plumbing and heating industries.

The company's staff members are committed to a wide variety of projects both locally and globally.

In 2019, the company partnered with Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity for a 10th year during its annual Sonnhalter Tool Drive, which collected $28,000 worth of tools and building materials.

Hiller previously won the Nashville Business Journal designation in 2015, 2016, and 2018.

Wanting to find a way to give back to its community, the company started the PayItForward initiative.

When Cheever snowboards in World Cup races this winter, he'll have the Viega logo on his uniform. When he installs hot water heaters this summer, he’ll have Viega fittings in his toolbox.

The company received the gold award in "Brand and Reputation Management" for the U.S. influencer program it launched for Kapro Tools.