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Steve Smith

Steve Smith

Steve Smith served as the editorial director of Plumbing Engineer in the 1990s, and brings 20 years of experience covering the plumbing, piping and radiant heating markets. From 1996 to 2009, Smith helped grow two industry magazines’ monthly editorial content, including adding seven supplemental publications. He has traveled throughout the U.S., and abroad to Japan, China and Europe to meet with industry leaders and represent various magazines. He can be reached at 847-564-1127 or [email protected].

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Flint 220 1

What's next for Flint...

... and why it might be what’s next for any older American city.
July 12, 2016
Steve Smith
If there’s any good news coming out of Flint, Michigan, it’s that the municipal water has improved so much in...
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Flint 220

What’s next for Flint …

… and why it might be what’s next for any older American city.
July 11, 2016
Steve Smith
If there’s any good news coming out of Flint, Michigan, it’s that the municipal water has improved so much in...
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Uponor 220

Uponor celebrates expanding PEX market with more than 1,000 customers

Company event was its largest yet and featured 13,000 square feet of education, product and networking.
June 20, 2016
Steve Smith
As best I can remember, I attended the very first Uponor convention in the early 2000s at the Rio Hotel...
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Liberty 220

Liberty Pumps celebrates latest expansion with open house

June 13, 2016
Steve Smith
Every workday at Liberty Pumps’ Bergen, New York, manufacturing facility begins the same way. As “members” – the company’s preferred...
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The Empire Likes Back

June 8, 2016
Steve Smith
Still think that Facebook is a fad? It’s easy to think that. The social networking service has only been around...
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Liberty 220

Inside Liberty’s new addition

June 8, 2016
Steve Smith
The work on the addition for Liberty Pumps began a year and a half ago with the first phase of...
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The missing middle

What type of “housing” does the country really need to put the trades back to work?
May 12, 2016
Steve Smith
The following graph got my attention during a general session on the economy at the 2016 Uponor Connections Convention. This...
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Provent 255

ProVent gains acceptance as the ‘norm’ rather than ‘alternative’

May 9, 2016
Steve Smith
ProVent’s single stack system is a cost-saving solution in multi-story plumbing jobs in three stories or more. “It saves money spent...
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Engineers research feasibility of flushing toilets with rainwater

April 7, 2016
Steve Smith
It’s one-part comedy and two-parts tragedy. While California homeowners have had to cut their water use by 25 percent, nearly...
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Supply 220

Supply New England: A True Distributor

How one distributor decided to get ‘bigger’ by concentrating on the lines it thinks are the best.
April 6, 2016
Steve Smith
In a quest to grow their wholesale operations, brothers Jason and James Reardon, owners of Supply New England, which operates...
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