The 2005 AHR Expo, held Feb. 7-9 in Orlando, Fla., set a record for number of exhibiting companies with 1,871 exhibitors taking up 372,955 sq. ft. of exhibit space. The show continued its trend of attracting a growing number of international...
Special to CONTRACTOR DES PLAINES, ILL. CONTRACTOR readers spend, on average, $18,805 a year on power tools, according to a survey conducted among the magazines readers in February. Most of those purchases are made through the traditional supply...
MILWAUKEE Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. announced that it entered into a stock purchase agreement to buy Atlas Copco AB's electric power tool and accessories business, currently conducted through Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. and Atlas Copco...
ST. LOUIS - Unico Inc., manufacturer of mini-duct central heating and air conditioning systems, has announced its Fall 2004 Heating Promotion. For each order placed between Sept. 6 and Dec. 3, Unico System contractors can receive a free Unico...
Special to CONTRACTOR CONTRACTOR readers spend, on average, $20,000 a year on power tools, according to an electronic survey conducted among the magazines readers in January. Most of those purchases still are made through traditional two-step...
Special to CONTRACTOR CHICAGO Saying its mission was to create the best-in-class power tool line for professionals, Ridgid introduced a line of 35 handheld corded, cordless, benchtop and stationary power tools Aug. 9 here to magazine editors. We...
When I first started in the trades, I missed the lead-wiping joint requirement on my Journeymans test by just one year. Although lead-wiped joints had been out of use for many years, the skills required to assemble suitable wipe-joints were deemed...
THERE MAY BE SOME place on this planet where every man and woman is still expected to look out for him or herself, with no one else to blame if something goes wrong, but it sure isnt within the borders of these United States. Whether you are an...
There is possibly no branch of construction work which has undergone within the same given time such great changes of a far-reaching nature as plumbing construction. That passage appears in R. M. Starbucks 1907 book, Modern Plumbing Illustrated...
