Articles by Jim Olsztynski

What are we to make of all the buybacks from consolidators and utilities?

Mr. Rooter is spending $2 million on TV ads; Ben Franklin launches an audacious experiment.

Warm weather and plenty of cold beer made it a pleasant journey for more than 30 travelers who spent a week in Germany, March 23-30.

Our market economy has a way of skewing perceptions of value.

Jobsite safety results from a mindset, and from economic incentives.

Rheem Water Heaters hosted the industry's trade press in a series of visits to its Montgomery, Ala., facility in early February to unveil the Rheem Guardian System[tm], a new line of residential gas-fired, atmospheric water heaters specially designed to meet the new ANSI Standard.

Creative recruiting aims to shore up the elite ranks, but what's there for the rest?

The modern world would do just fine without philosophers and sociologists. But not without plumbers.

It was peace, love and a harmony of ideas at this premiere event.

Some 200 hydronic heating aficionados gathered in Marlboro, Mass., on Sat., Nov. 23, to discuss their craft and their business. Most were contractors, but they were all "Wetheads."