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General Tools & Instruments’ PalmScope is a full-featured pocket-sized video inspection system built to survive the harsh environments of HVACR maintenance and plumbing.

John Baethke, president of John Baethke & Son Plumbing in Chicago, loves technology but doesn’t see automating his inventory management system on his fleet of service trucks anytime soon.

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

Bosch Thermotechnology offers the new Greensource Complete Design with Innovation series SM model heat pump that incorporates green technology for residential applications.

Watts’ new TRITON pipe fusion system is a plastic pipe-welding solution that uses radio frequency electromagnetic technology to dramatically improve pipe-joining and testing times.

As contractors, we love spending money on any new tools we can get our hands on for the trades we do, but not so much when it comes to stepping up and investing in other powerful business technology tools.

Gastite launches new website at www.gastite.comfor its yellow flexible gas piping, FlashShield ‘enhanced protection’ flexible gas piping, and underground polyethylene systems.

A nationwide group of building information modeling users, known as the BIMForum, released the first-of-its kind standard establishing definitions for how complete BIMs need to be for different stages of the design and construction process.

Maxwell Systems introduces Pro-ContractorMXversion 3.1, which delivers important capabilities to enhance intercompany transactions, change management, lien management and reporting.

Punchey’s new hardware and software give small businesses access to powerful customer relationship management tools, as well as rates optimized for businesses with orders of $50 and more.