In Brief
- Bradford White continued its
industry support by donating $15,000 to the Plumbing,
Heating, Cooling Contractors National Association. The
company gave $7,500 to PHCCNA's apprenticeship program and
another $7,500 to the National
Auxiliary College Scholarship
Fund. Ted Sikorski, vice
president/marketing, made the
donations in late September 2006
during a PHCC-NA breakfast
meeting, which Bradford White
sponsored, at the group's
convention in Chicago.
- Grainger recently awarded
three remaining 2006 scholarships
to technical education students in
Illinois, Ohio and Maryland,
completing the first year of the
company's Tools for Tomorrow
scholarship program. The
program provides funding for
students at select community
colleges to finish their second year
in a technical career program. The
final 2006 scholarships were
awarded to: Fernando Gomez of
Waukegan, Ill., in automotive
technology; Brandon Bogle of
Milford, Ohio, in electrical
engineering; and Troy Hastings of Baltimore in construction
management.
- The International Code
Council will move its world
headquarters to the heart of
Washington and into a Leadership
in Energy and Environmental
Design-certified building. Two
blocks away from the Capitol, the
new location is intended to
enhance relationships with the
federal government and national
and international organizations
that have a presence in
Washington, including the
National Association of Realtors,
the building owner.
- As a result of major changes the A. O. Smith Water Products Co. plant in McBee, S.C., made to its
safety program over the last four
years, the facility recently
achieved a safety milestone,
working 1 million hours without a
lost-time incident, the company
said. The 500 McBee employees
were recognized in a special
ceremony at the plant held on
Dec. 19, 2006. McBee is the sixth A. O. Smith facility recognized for
its excellence in safety
performance during 2006.
- Taco is raising prices on various
commercial products and parts,
effective Jan.19. The price
increases range from 3% to 7%.
Taco commercial products and
parts include base-mounted inline
pumps, vertical multi-stage
pumps, suction diffusers,
commercial circulators, doublewalled heat exchangers, pump
kits and tank units.