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TouchSensor Technologies, a division of Methode Electronics, announces the LevelGuard sewage-rated pump switch

The Cold-Shot Pipe Freezing Kit from General Pipe Cleaners repairs an operating water system without draining water lines

Webstone’s line of push-connect ball valves and fittings includes six new designs — water connectors, water connectors with ball valve, drop ear elbows, slip couplings, check valves and additional reducing fittings.

A.O Smith, BrassCraft, Navien and Plumbine Services announce promotions and new hires.

Uponor recently launched Uponor Innovations — a new, wholly owned subsidiary and corporate enterprise designed to identify emerging markets and create new, innovative products.

Nearly 100 plumbing contractors and leaders from across the country met in Kohler, Wis., June 26-28, to focus on a variety of challenging issues facing the plumbing industry. The three-day conference, led by Union-Affiliated Contractors Chairman Robert Melko (who also serves as the Chicago Plumbing Council chairman, PAMCANI vice president and Local 130 Joint Apprenticeship Committee co-chairman), began with the annual Plumbing Industry Council Meeting.

The Copper Development Association has converted its popular Copper Tube Handbook into an app that can be downloaded directly onto an iPad or iPhone and carried onto the jobsite. By searching for “Copper Tube Handbook” in the Apple App store, users now have this manual readily available on their mobile device.

The public comment form, as well as instructions, can be found at www.iapmo.org/Pages/ReportonComments.aspx.

Nexstar's 2013 Super Meeting, Oct. 3-5 in Indianapolis, opened with a keynote address by football great Emmitt Smith. He explained that much of the advice his coaches and mentors gave him over the years transferred into the business realm after he retired from football.

Change isn’t always easy, especially for service businesses that are already dealing with aggressive competitors, demanding customers, shrinking margins and a whole host of productivity issues. With everything else going on in a business owner’s day, evaluating which business software solutions to purchase ends up on the back burner.