Viega broke ground at a ceremony in McPherson, Kan., March 14 to officially begin construction of its new 439,000-square-foot production, logistics and office complex.

Taco Inc. announced a price increase for its residential products and accessories, effective March 16, due to commodity increases in 2006.

A set of standards for the design and construction of log homes and other log structures will soon be available.

Lochinvar’s new ARMOR Water Heater offers thermal efficiencies up to 98 percent.

The PHCC Educational Foundation will award more than $100,000 in scholarships this year through the help of its generous sponsors. Application deadlines are June 1, 2007.

The Econoburn™ boiler from Alternative Fuel Boilers utilizes a combustion technology called “Gasification” to capture, extract and transfer this energy that typical wood furnaces simply waste.

As it exists, this system works relatively well, but it could be further refined. See if you can spot some design details that would provide equal or better performance while using less hardware.

These Reed crimpers squeeze the copper rings used on brass fitting PEX systems.

According to Business Week.com, at least two private-equity firms have formed to consider bids for HD Supply, the wholesale distribution arm of Home Depot.

CIPHEX’s popular one-day table-top trade show will return this fall in cities across Canada.