Viega Gets The Press To Press-Fit
Viega hosted a 2-day trade media-only training program at their impressive facility in Nashua, NH.
A classic fable about salesmanship concerns two shoe salesmen sent to remote Africa. The first wires back, "Forget it, nobody here wears shoes." His go-getter counterpart sends the message: "Loads of opportunity here! Nobody has shoes!"
The folks at Viega feel that way about their plumbing and hydronic systems and ProPress fittings. Press fittings occupy no more than 5% of the U.S. market thus far, compared to around 60% in Germany, a Viega executive told me. Similar shortfalls exist in potential demand for the company's PEX-based PureFlow plumbing and ProRadiant heating systems. That spells big opportunity, and the reason why Viega has been aggressive in promoting itself for long-term gain in the U.S. and Canada.
Part of that effort
included a 2-day trade media-only training program held last week at Viega's
impressive training facility in Nashua, NH. This reporter and eight others from
various industry publications did some hands-on
work with Viega's systems along with competing methodologies. Despite
all those wordsmiths wielding power tools and torches,
the building is still standing.
- by Jim Olsztynski
Supply House Times Managing Editor Pat Lenius tries her hand at a "primitive" sweat joint while Viega's Media Communications Specialist Tricia Musgrave awaits her turn in the background.
A classic fable about salesmanship concerns two shoe salesmen sent to remote Africa. The first wires back, "Forget it, nobody here wears shoes." His go-getter counterpart sends the message: "Loads of opportunity here! Nobody has shoes!"
The folks at Viega feel that way about their plumbing and hydronic systems and ProPress fittings. Press fittings occupy no more than 5% of the U.S. market thus far, compared to around 60% in Germany, a Viega executive told me. Similar shortfalls exist in potential demand for the company's PEX-based PureFlow plumbing and ProRadiant heating systems. That spells big opportunity, and the reason why Viega has been aggressive in promoting itself for long-term gain in the U.S. and Canada.
Training Manager Jason McKinnon explains a radiant piping connection
- by Jim Olsztynski
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