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As part of this alignment, Neenah Foundry, which Charlotte Pipe acquired in 2022, will transition from a wholly owned subsidiary to a featured product-line brand within the organization.
With more than two decades of engineering and product development leadership at A. O. Smith,
Aldrich steps into the role at a critical moment for the water heating industry.
Produced at Bri-Steel’s Oklahoma facility using advanced expansion technology, the historic pipe marks a major step forward for domestic manufacturing and large-diameter seamless supply.
HVAC, plumbing and PVF distributors can avoid costly relocations and support sustainability by using tailored design solutions to meet specific operational needs.
March 2, 2026
Wholesale distributors and manufacturers in the HVAC, plumbing, and PVF sectors face a unique challenge in their warehouses: extreme variation in product size, shape, weight, and material-handling requirements.
Other than abortion, religion, politics and the Middle East, is there anything more controversial and incendiary than the environment? You know … public enemy No. 1: power generation.
Further uncertainty for the PVF sector stems from tariff-related legal and political developments, labor shortages driven by retirements and rising demand from data center construction.
As of this writing, the prelude to the month of March is continued uncertainty concerning the status of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, predicated on the U.S. Supreme Court determination of the legality, the opposition party’s stance on a government shutdown deadline of February 13, the potential escalation of the Iranian crisis and persistent high interest rates.