Slant/Fin hosts High-Efficiency Expo

Slant/Fin’s Keith Muhlmeister leads a customer tour of Slant/Fin’s factory at company headquarters in Greenvale, N.Y. Photo credit: Mike Miazga/Supply House Times

Slant/Fin hosted its High-Efficiency Expo in late September at company headquarters in Greenvale, N.Y. The event featured exhibits from Slant/Fin and partners such as Taco, Beckett, Wöhler and National Grid. Factory tours and a variety of seminars also were offered. Slant/Fin displayed a number of its products, including live-fire demos of its VSLII, EC and CHS boilers. A barbeque lunch was severed to attendees.

“The expo is the most special event we do in any year,” Slant/Fin Chairman and CEO Adam Dubin told Supply House Times in a video available at www.pmmag.com/videos. “This is Slant/Fin putting its best foot forward. We bring in people from all over the country and everything is on display. It’s a one-of-a-kind event.”

Vice President of Sales Bob Flanagan added: “It gives contractors and our customer base the opportunity to come down and meet us.”

Dubin stressed visitors who toured the factory were given a firsthand glimpse into the essence of the 66-year-old company founded by Dubin’s late father, Mel.

“We put a lot of care into these products and that comes from my father on down,” Dubin said. “It’s instilled in all of us in the way we test products. No corners are cut. By meeting all of us, they get to see the care we put into the products we make. They will see a product made by people who have been making boilers for 20, 30 and sometimes 40 years. People work their whole careers here and those are people who care about the products they are making.”

The event was capped by comedian Jim Breuer, who provided attendees with plenty of laughs during his time on stage.

Mike Miazga (former group editorial director for BNP Media’s Plumbing Group) is now the vice president of sales/membership at the American Supply Association (ASA). Supply House Times is proud to be the official publication and brand of the ASA — a relationship that spans more than a decade.

Mike’s relationship with BNP Media and the Plumbing Group continues today. He now writes a monthly ASA-focused column for Supply House Times and acts as an editorial consultant to BNP Media’s Plumbing Group.

In his 10-plus years at BNP Media, Miazga was senior editor of Plumbing & Mechanical and PM Engineer before taking over chief editor duties at Supply House Times in 2011. In addition to his role as editorial director, Miazga continued as Supply House Times chief editor and the editor of the American Supply Association’s PVF Outlook eNewsletter. He also enjoyed three stints as PM Engineer’s chief editor, holding dual roles as Supply House Times and PM Engineer chief editor on two occasions.

Miazga started his career in newspapers at the age of 19 and has more than 25 years of newsroom, management, editorial and public/media relations experience, and is a former high-school baseball and golf head varsity coach. Mike and his family are still based out of the Chicago area (with ASA Headquarters in Itasca, Illinois). You can reach Mike at PlumbingGroup89@gmail.com.