Plumbing & Mechanical in October interviewed Rob McDonald, president and CEO of A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co., at the company’s headquarters in Dubuque, Iowa, about issues facing the plumbing and waterworks industry. Before taking on his current responsibilities in 2012, McDonald was vice president of sales and has held other positions in the company. Andrew Young McDonald, his great-great-grandfather, founded the company as a plumbing shop in Dubuque in 1856. Today, A.Y. McDonald’s products include waterworks brass, plumbing valves, pumps and water systems, and high-pressure gas valves and meter bars.