German plumbing manufacturer Dornbracht received the 2003 Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design for three products.
Radiator Specialty Company Sales Organization will be offering wholesale plumbing distributors the benefit of a single, unified source for the entire Douglas® line of tools and the General® “Plumbing Tools Plus” program.
Watts Water Technologies acquired the 40 percent equity interest in Taizhou Shida Plumbing Mfg. Co. Ltd. that had been held by its former joint venture partner, Yuhuan County Cheng Guan Metal Hose Factory.
Charles N. Prudames, vice president of sales for Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., died Palm Sunday, April 4, in Montgomery, Ala., after a long bout with cancer. He was 64.
The Plumbing Manufacturers Institute held its first Demand Forecasting Seminar Feb. 24-25, which presented a model forecasting process to the 40 participants.