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A.O. Smith to acquire Leonard Valve Company

A. O. Smith expands its footprint in the commercial water management market with the $470 million acquisition.
November 12, 2025

A. O. Smith Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leonard Valve, a leader in thermostatic and digital mixing valves, along with its Heat-Timer brand.


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Editorial Opinion | Kristen Bayles

When competition becomes community

At Nexstar’s SuperWeek, the sense of community within the trades was palpable.
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Kristen R. Bayles
November 5, 2025

People from all over the world came together with a shared purpose: to learn, grow, and help one another succeed. I sat with plumbers from Georgia during one session, and over lunch, I joined a group from Wisconsin. We talked about everything from the unique challenges of running a business in different regions to funny on-the-job stories that reminded us all why we love this industry.


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Plumber fixing a pipe and talking to his clients in the kitchen.
Guest Editorial | Joe Mozzone

Ethics in service businesses: Making production-based business models work

Necessary quality control elements within modern industry ideology.
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Joe Mozzone
October 16, 2025

As many companies adopt growth-oriented language, it’s important to explore the tactical strategies behind it. Key benchmarks to consider include: What roles do we need to fill in the next few years? How do we retain our experienced employees? Who is our ideal customer and how many will we have in three years? What are our projected revenues in 5 and 10 years? Are our plans aligned with healthy gross and EBITDA margins?


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Nexstar Network hosts annual Super Meeting

Nexstar's annual Super Meeting took place Sept. 29th-Oct. 3rd at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado.
October 14, 2025

Super Meeting included the Annual Meeting, where members welcomed a new Board of Directors. 


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SJE acquires LangeTech

This acquisition aims to grow the company's engineered control solutions business.
October 8, 2025

SJE focuses on expanding its customer base and strengthening its presence across the U.S.


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Jason Noel, Kevin Hill, Jackie Sponsler and Eric Corbett.

CEO Warrior hosts War Planning workshop to help home service businesses battle growth challenges

This two-day course provides trades business owners with financial strategies, customized plans and the tools to dominate their markets.
October 1, 2025

The workshop will take place on Oct. 21-22 at CEO Warrior's headquarters in Eatontown, New Jersey,


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The Home Depot launches digital project planning tool for pros

The tool centralizes material lists, order tracking, delivery preferences, pricing visibility and team collaboration.
September 23, 2025

The Home Depot has introduced a digital Project Planning tool aimed at helping professional contractors organize and manage complex jobs through a single platform.


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The team at Cooper's Plumbing & Air.

Purpose over paychecks

One Georgia business tries new retention strategies inspired by the tech industry.
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Kristen R. Bayles
September 22, 2025

Faced with costly turnover and a tightening labor market, Cooper’s Plumbing & Air partnered with Reins to launch an equity-based incentive system that gives employees real ownership in the business. The approach has boosted retention, strengthened culture, and offers a model for how contractors can keep teams engaged beyond paychecks alone.


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FieldEdge by Xplor and Service Autopilot by Xplor Team with Coast

This partnership aims to help service businesses save on fuel and prevent fraud.
September 15, 2025

The businesses have teamed up to launch a GPS-powered fuel management solution for service businesses. By integrating Coast’s smart fuel card technology with FleetSharp GPS tracking, businesses gain real-time control over fuel spending and fraud prevention


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Grizzly MEP expands into Mid-Atlantic region with Excel Mechanical partnership

New partnership diversifies Grizzly’s geographic footprint by entering into the high-growth D.C., Maryland and Virginia markets
September 10, 2025

This partnership aims to accelerate Grizzly's growth. 



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Nexstar Network Hosts 32nd annual Super Meeting

More than 900 members and vendor partners attended Nexstar Network’s annual Super Meeting, held Sept. 24–27, 2024, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Over the course of four days, the event featured dedicated spaces and times for members to meet with their business coaches, as well as multiple social and networking events. Every day and event was designed to help owners in the trades make connections, learn how to take their businesses to the next level, and harness emerging technologies in the industry.  

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