The EPA released a draft specification establishing the criteria for high-efficiency bathroom sink faucets as part of its new WaterSense program that are a third lower than current federal standards.
Taco Inc. dedicated a new 60,000-square-foot addition to its Cranston, R.I., manufacturing facility in a ceremony Feb. 16 that featured local and state politicians and a performance by the Rhode Island Philharmonic.
Home Depot Inc. announced Feb. 12 it might sell or spin off HD Supply, its wholesale building-supply business, reversing a strategy that counted on sales to professional contractors and homebuilders to account for $25 billion of the retailer’s revenue in just three more years.
PM columnist Ellen Rohr has filmed a program for Public Television called “Is There A Business In YOU?” Filmed in front of a live studio audience, Rohr explores how to start and grow your own winning business using her Bare Bones Biz Plan.
ISH Frankfurt 2007 (March 6-10) spans five days, 20 separate exhibit halls, as well as outdoor displays. More than 2,300 exhibitors from all over the world and upwards of 225,000
American Standard announced last month that the $11 billion toilets-to-brakes conglomerate dating back to the 19th century would sell its well-known bath and kitchen division; spin off its vehicle controls group; and rename itself Trane after the flagship brand name of the one business it will keep.
Home Depot Inc. gave a seat on its board of directors to a member of an investment group that has been critical of Home Depot’s plan to sell to the professional trades.
In January, the Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) Board of Directors voted unanimously to create a new Hydronics & Radiant Heat Council in response to the growing importance these products have among many HARDI distributors. The organization estimates that nearly one-third of HARDI’s 450 distributor members sells hydronic/radiant heat products.
The Radiant Panel Association's award-winning Radiant Flooring Guide is the only annual publication that marries radiant heating with flooring/subflooring and presents these technologies as unified system.