Supply House Times articles from January 2002

Supply House Times archives from January 2002

Hughes offers program to help customers. (News: companies ... associations ... people ... government ... trends).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... In keeping with its new tagline -- "Solutions. Supply. Service." -- Hughes Supply (Orlando, Fla.) has introduced HughesPlus, a program that enables its customers to take advantage of group-buying benefits from featured partners to save money on...

ISH NA adds exhibitors, hires conference manager. (News: companies ... associations ... people ... government ... trends).(International Sanitation and Heating North America)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... ISH North America announced that Honeywell, American Standard and Mansfield Plumbing Products have committed to participating in ISH NA 2002, expanding its exhibitor list to more than 125, not including pavilions from several European...

Obituaries.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 1, 2002... * Mitchell Robinson, 77, founder of Modern Supply Co. (Knoxville, Tenn.), and a past president of the Southern Wholesalers Association, died Dec. 10. He is survived by his wife, Natalie; a daughter, two sons and their spouses; and seven...

Robinson Supply.(hires new sales manager)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Robinson Supply (Fall River, Mass.) named David Martin sales manager. Based in Cranston, R.I., he will oversee the company's 13 outside salesmen, covering Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Ferguson Enterprises.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The wholesaler also announced five new presidents/general managers. Robert Polka, regional sales manager/Southwest region, was named president/general manager of the Albuquerque, N.M., branch. John Rhein president/general manager of the Belton,...

Gerber Plumbing Fixtures.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Gerber Plumbing Fixtures named Susan Hunter manager/product development and Hunter quality assurance. Prior to joining Gerber, she spent 24 years at Mansfield Plumbing Products.

Elkay Manufacturing.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Elkay Manufacturing received the President's Award from W.W. Grainger in recognition of its contribution to Grainger's new online Repair Parts Center. In other news, Elkay's faucet manufacturing plant in St. Charles, III., has been certified...

Economy Turns Consumers to Lower Priced Products. (News: bath & kitchen).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... In its third quarter report of sales and earnings, Black & Decker, parent company of Price Pfister, noted that the weak economy caused a shift in consumer buying preferences toward the lower-priced items in the Price Pfister plumbing products...

Delta Faucet.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Delta Faucet has designed new user-friendly packaging for its products in 2002, with full-color graphics and side panels containing product line art and UPC codes for efficient stocking and easy identification.

Consolidation is the big buzzword in the steel business with the attempted merger.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Consolidation is the big buzzword in the steel business with the attempted merger, spurred by desperation, of USX and Bethlehem Steel, and perhaps other U.S. firms.

Usinor SA.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Meantime, French steel company Usinor SA has secured a deal to create the world's biggest steel company, now known only as Newco. The company said Nov. 22 it agreed to a deal to buy Spain's Aceralia Corporacion Siderurgica SA and Luxembourg's...

Spirax Sarco.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Spirax Sarco has purchased M&M International of Bergamo, Italy. M&M is a manufacturer and distributor of solenoid and piston-activated valves.

Hughes Supply.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Consolidation of another sort is being practiced by Hughes Supply, which aims to reduce the number of venders it deals with from 13,600 to about 8,000, according to an article in the Orlando Sentinel. The company especially wants to eliminate...

ITC recommends array of steel import penalties. (News: pipe-valves-fittings).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The International Trade Commission 20173 announced its recommendations for remedies to unfair steel imports on Dec. 7. Although mostly in favor of various tariffs and quotas, the six commissioners failed to reach consensus in presenting their...

2001 pipe & tube shipments (net tons in thousands, through August 2001). (News: pipe-valves-fittings).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... 2001 Pipe & Tube Shipments (Net tons in thousands, through August 2001) STANDARD Domestic Mkt. Import Mkt. PIPE Welded % Welded % YTD 2001 898.3 51.0 632.8 36.0 YTD 2000 1,010.3...

The Management Information Systems Group.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * The Management Information Systems Group promoted Liza Roney to marketing manager. Roney, a five-year veteran in the marketing field, has worked for MISG for 18 months.

Ingersoll-Rand Co.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Ingersoll-Rand Co. announced that its Thermo King business unit acquired Grenco TK from GEA AG of Germany. Grenco, a refrigeration equipment sales and service business, has been a Thermo King dealership for nearly 40 years and has 11...

Honeywell.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Honeywell reported 2001 third-quarter ongoing net income was $360 million or 44 cents per share, excluding $668 million (after tax) in repositioning and other charges. Honeywell sales for the third quarter were $5.8 billion, down 4% from the...

ACR Group.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * ACR Group announced that net income for the six-month period that ended on Aug. 31, 2001, increased 33% to $1.44 million or 13 cents per share. Sales from this period were $86.2 million, an increase of 17% from $73.4 million in the first half...

[0] Robinson Supply.(opens new store)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Robinson Supply (Fall River, Mass.) opened its sixth store -- Robinson HVAC Supply, located at 226 Prestige Park Rd., East Hartford, CT 06108, phone 860/291-9260, fax 860/291-9551. Craig Iannucci is the store manager.

Air Management Supply.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Air Management Supply moved into a new 50,000-sq. ft. facility in Omaha, Neb. The new location more than doubles the size of the previous facility and houses the corporate offices and a technical training center.

NHRAW focuses on Market Center Distribution. (News: hydronics/HVACR).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Undeterred by events which have reduced travel and attendance at other national events, wholesaler members of the Northamerican Heating, Refrigeration and Airconditioning Wholesalers Association turned out in force to address the future of...

Trade name listings.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2002... A.O. Smith--Smith, A. O., Electrical Products ACCELERATOR--Western Water Products AccessAbler[R] Access Panels--Sachwin Products, Inc. Acclaim[TM] Baths--Kohler Co., Sterling Brand Accubid Pro--Accubid Systems Accu-Crimp[R]--Flow...

Manufacturers alphabetical listings.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2002... A&B Stainless Valve, Inc. P.O. Box 325, Califon, NJ 07830-0325 (908) 832-7121; (800) 526-1715 Fax: (908) 832-5232 valves@abstainless.com www.abstainless.com Linda A. Berg, V.P.; Dawn Pursell, Controller Stainless and exotic alloy...

Products listings. (Access Panels-Nuts, Coupling, Toilet).(Bibliography)
January 1, 2002... Access Panels * Acorn Engineering Co. Diversified Plastics Fluidmaster, Inc. William H. Harvey Company * Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. * MIFAB Plastic Oddities, Inc. Potter Roemer Sachwin Products, Inc., Access...

Product Listings. (Partitions, Toilet-Zone Controls).
January 1, 2002... Paste, Heat Absorbing, Pipe Joining Pastes, Soldering Barnett, Inc. Canfield Technologies J. W. Harris Co., Inc. William H. Harvey Company * Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. Highside Chemicals * Hodes Co. La-Co...

Master distributors.(industrial supply houses)
January 1, 2002... HVAC Neuco, Inc. 5101 Thatcher Rd., Downers Grove, IL 60515 (630) 960-3800; (800) 323-7394 Fax: (800) 453-9244 Email: neuco@neucoinc.com Web: www.neucoinc.com Contact: Tim Stelzer, V.P.,Sales; Contact: Bill Neustadt, Pres....

Residential faucets -- part I: this is an updated version of the product training course introduced by Supply House Times in 1979. (College of Product Knowledge).
January 1, 2002... Faucet Mechanisms During the last 20 years, we've seen a shakeout in terms of faucet mechanisms used in this country. The types of valving most popular back then are still the leading ones today, but several lesser technologies have...

OSHA new rule now in effect. (ASA News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's revised illness and injury recordkeeping standard is now in effect (as of January 1, 2002). According to information from OSHA's website, the change from the regulation (originally written in...

IRS new mileage rate. (ASA News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The IRS has announced the optional standard mileage rate to use for 2002 in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business purposes. The standard for 2002 will be 36.5 cents/mile for all business miles driven. The rate...

New year, new opportunities! (ASA News).
January 1, 2002... The coming months offer some great chances for distributors and manufacturers to get together with their trading partners all around the country. ASA urges you to consider attending one or more of these regional events, which focus in on key...

Education foundation. (Corner).
January 1, 2002... THE COST OF NOT TRAINING During the Facing the Forces of Change workshop at the recent ASA Convention, participating ASA leaders identified Margin Pressure as the trend expected to cause the most industry pain in 2002. Assuming our...

Database task force meets. (ASA News).
January 1, 2002... A group of volunteers is expected to meet in January to create a detailed plan for developing our industry's standard numbering database. ASA has assembled a group of about 15 technology experts representing distribution firms, manufacturers...

Eclipse donates to database. (ASA News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Eclipse enterprise software, a well-known solutions provider in the PHCP distribution industry, has made the generous offer to ASA of supplying needed hardware and software to support the association's initiative to build an industry standard...

Source adds new content. (ASA News).
January 1, 2002... Seventeen new manufacturers were added to Source ASA+ in 2001. In addition, 15 more are expected to be added over the next 3 months, bringing to 86 the total number of vendors whose catalog pages and information are included in the program. ...

New stuff on our website. (ASA News).
January 1, 2002... We've added some new reports and other resources to the ASA website! Visit www.asa.net, and download interesting and valuable content. For example: "Supplier Excellence Criteria -- Supply chain performance benchmarks in the PHCP industry,"...

Brass Craft. (Products).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... ProCoat is a protective coating to provide corrosion resistance on gas connectors. It has been engineered to withstand prolonged exposure to common household chemicals, hydrochloric acid used in masonry and solder flux and ferric acid commonly...

A.O. Smith. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The company offers a broad selection of commercial hydronic boilers with all-copper heat exchangers, including 90% efficient Legend boilers (rear) up to 1 million Btu input, and 84% efficient Genesis boilers (front) up to 2.5 million Btu. Both...

Athena Controllable Flush Co. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The EcoFlush dual mode toilet handle provides an easy, affordable way to conserve water. It converts a standard front-flush toilet into an efficient, low-flow toilet. The dual mode handle lets the user choose the amount of water needed for each...

The devil's advocate. (Editorial).(wholesale customers should know your wholesale advantage)(Brief Article)(Column)
January 1, 2002... The term "bull session" has a bad connotation in that the quality of the information exchanged in such encounters tends to be suspect. Be that as it may, a recent bull session with an old friend gave rise to a central issue of your business....