Hirsch has now created a single, integrated website. www.Hirsch.com, where customers have a convenient way to order the products they need, access product information, and more.

Under new leadership, the company has launched an array of digital marketing and advertising products, including social media, e-newsletters and website advertising.

Knieps, who joined Viega in 2006, has been active with PMI since 2015.

Knieps, director of technical marketing at Viega, and Martinez, product compliance manager at Delta, served as the co-chairs of PMI's Advocacy/Government Affairs Committee during 2017 and 2018.

The former chairman of the board and CEO of A. Y. McDonald Industries and president of Brock-McVey Co. had vast industry experience and served on numerous boards in both Dubuque, Iowa, and Lexington, Kentucky.

Fainberg, who previously worked with United Pipe from 2008 to 2015, will provide sales representation for the metropolitan New York City and Southwest Connecticut region.

The company has announced the acquisition of Long Island Plumbing and Climate Control Distributors Inc., an established supplier of plumbing, heating and HVAC products.

McElroy found its niche in the thermoplastics world in 1969 when Phillips DriscoPipe asked the company founder Art McElroy to design a 2-inch prototype machine for its high-density polyethylene (PE) pipe product.

Humorous responses ranged from "Is this a hoola hoop?" to "This is like a rainbow."