The course will feature in-depth information on Legionella and water supply systems, backflow issues and several other important plumbing subjects.

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

From its 1949 beginnings in the back room of a Coney Island bakery, Slant/Fin has grown to become the largest baseboard heating manufacturer in the United States and one of the nation’s top boiler manufacturers.

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.

With a combined revenue in excess of $8.5 billion, 138 members and 1,450 locations across the continental United States, this new group will become, by revenue, the largest plumbing group in the country.

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.

On May 10, Cpl. Kyle Moser and his family received the keys to a mortgage-free, injury-specific accessible home in Batavia, Illinois.

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