NIBCO promotes Mariza Gutierrez Galindo to
Reynosa plant manager
NIBCO has promoted Mariza Gutierrez Galindo to Reynosa plant manager. She will report to Rudy Smith, senior plant manager. Gutierrez joined NIBCO in 1986 as an accounting manager. She has held several positions including finance manager, office manager, administrative manager and most recently senior administrative manager.
Bradford White introduces training trailers
Bradford White Water Heaters is taking its product and training solutions directly to professional contractors and suppliers with a new fleet of fully equipped mobile trailers. The fleet consists of 19 custom 15-foot trailers for Bradford White’s network of independent manufacturer’s representatives. The trailers serve as a mobile platform for an immersive interactive learning experience based on digital multimedia presentations and hands-on product demonstrations.
HammerHead opens CIPP order
fulfillment center in Pennsylvania
HammerHead Trenchless announced the opening of its first U.S. Order Fulfillment Center for cured-in-place pipe consumables. The Greencastle, Pennsylvania, location will help customers from Ohio to Massachusetts and south to North Carolina receive their CIPP consumable shipments in as little as one day. The OFC also offers same-day pickup to those who prefer to collect their orders at the facility. The Greencastle OFC has been made possible through a partnership with transportation and logistics provider A. Duie Pyle.
Rite Way acquires Southern Arizona Plumbing
Tucson, Arizona-based Rite Way Heating, Cooling & Plumbing has acquired Southern Arizona Plumbing. Southern Arizona was founded in 2007 by Mike Nagal and Aaron Rice, and has become a leading residential plumbing service provider across Pima County. As part of the transaction, Nagal, Rice and the Southern Arizona team will join the Rite Way family and operate under the Rite Way name and brand.
RectorSeal expands plumbing sales territory
RectorSeal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSW Industrials, announced a sales territory expansion for Mondale & Associates. Mondale will represent RectorSeal in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Western Missouri. Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the company has been providing wholesale distributors, contractors, and engineers with products and service since 1974.
Infiltrator expands Advanced Molding Facility
Infiltrator Water Technologies announced the expansion of its Advanced Molding Facility in Winchester, Kentucky. The total investment in the Advanced Molding Facility is now over $140 million. The facility expands Infiltrator’s presence within the Winchester Industrial Park where Infiltrator has manufactured products since the early 1990s. The expanded facility features 150,000 square feet of manufacturing space plus 14,000 square feet of office space This site also includes 400,000 square feet of outdoor distribution and storage space.
Oatey promotes Dave Biron to VP
Oatey has promoted Dave Biron to vice president, distribution and specialty manufacturing. With more than 20 years’ experience in manufacturing and distribution operations management, Biron joined Oatey in 2014 as plant manager of Cherne Industries, part of the Oatey family of companies. Biron was promoted to general manager of Cherne in 2018, and in 2020 he led the company’s move to new headquarters in Shakopee, Minnesota. In 2021, his role expanded to include responsibility for QuickDrain USA, a Denver-based Oatey company.