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Industry veterans Jim Abrams and Terry Nicholson announced the launch of a best practices group.

Wenos, who has over 20 years of leadership experience in engineering and product development, will oversee the Engineering and R&D operations at Sloan. 

Penner most recently came from the Kohler Co. where he served as group president of Kohler Interiors.  

After beginning his career as a manufacturers rep selling product for Hammond Valves and Tyler Pipe, Joseph Martin started importing his own mix of products (including toilets and basket strainers) in the 1980s.

Plumbing and Pipe Technologies, Raleigh, N.C.

It has been said for many years now, by many companies, that it is hard to find skilled employees.

Polyethylene raised temperature-type materials have been used successfully in domestic hot and cold water piping systems for more than 20 years, and in application areas such as radiant underfloor heating and radiator connections, states a Dow Chemical report. 

The U.S. International Trade Commission recently determined there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of finished carbon-steel flanges from India, Italy and Spain.