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Ruth Mitchell

Ruth Mitchell

Ruth Mitchell has spent 20+ years with ASA, the national organization that serves wholesaler distributors and their suppliers in the PHCP — PVF industry. As director of Meetings and Conventions, she conceptualized and executed opportunities for members to connect and network with their industry partners. Her industry knowledge and experience makes her a perfect fit as editor for the number one publication serving wholesalers and distributors in the PHCP community, The Wholesaler. Ruth can be reached at [email protected].

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The Collins Co. Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary

Empowering employees, the company is relentless about service and improvement — a direct result of its high-performance culture.
July 6, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
In 1920, T.J. Collins opened the doors to Collins Plumbing Supply in Holyoke, Mass. He previously spent 14 years as a manager of another well-established wholesale distribution company out of the Northeast, where he saw an opportunity to strike out on his own and focus strictly on plumbing products. 
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A Legacy of Innovative Solutions

General Pipe Cleaners marks 90 years of designing durable products to boost customer productivity and professionalism.
June 1, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
For nine decades, General Pipe Cleaners tenaciously leveraged technical progress to develop inovative and long lasting tools that simplify work to boost customer productivity and professionalism.
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Master Distribution in the New Era

A look at navigating the new frontier.
June 1, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
The master distributor's role adds value to the supply chain by carrying products not traditionally on hand within a typical wholesale distributor's inventory.
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Distributors Giving Back

Our industry steps in to lend community support in unconventional ways.
June 1, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
Across our nation, plumbing and heating wholesale distributors — deemed an essential industry because of the products that are manufactured, sold and installed — are part of the effort to keep our communities safe and healthy.
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A Passion for PVF

Harold Armstrong, Armstrong/Weatherly, is the 2020 inductee into the PVF Hall of Fame
May 4, 2020
Ruth Mitchell

Harold Armstrong, Armstrong/Weatherly, is the 2020 inductee into The Wholesaler's PVF Hall of Fame.


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Showcasing Excellence Through Kindness

Leeps Plumbing Supply, a company built on service, and honoring God in all they do.
March 31, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
When searching for excellence — in any fashion — it is not always what appears to the eye, but what is also felt. It’s that intrinsic something that sets one or another apart, gives it a twist and keeps your attention.
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‘We Go Where Our Customers Go’

PHCP distributor Baker-Mitchell opens new facility to better serve its customers all along the East Coast.
March 2, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
In the mid-1940s, James Sanford Mitchell Sr. and Charlie Baker were two enterprising friends working for Crane Co., and on a mission to break out on their own to open a wholesale distribution company.
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Interacting in a Mobile-First Environment

The Granite Group takes its motto of ‘Our people, our products, our service, our relationships’ to the next level.
March 2, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
The Granite Group (TGG), a family-owned and -operated plumbing, heating, cooling, propane and PVF wholesale distributor based out of New England, announced the launch of its “My Granite Access” mobile app.
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IAPMO: At the Forefront of Plumbing Health and Safety

Delivering on its mission of protecting the public’s health and safety.
February 3, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
In 1995, Russ Chaney, a gentleman with a strong background in the plumbing and mechanical industry, continued his journey by accepting the position of CEO at The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO).
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PVF Around the US

PVF owners give a snapshot of the primary issues they will deal with this year: business forecasting, skilled labor crisis, infrastructure spending and tariffs.
February 3, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
The Wholesaler reached out to wholesale distributors from coast to coast to tell us what was happening in their areas and what to expect down the road. Here is what each had to report.
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