Chicago Faucets recently announced a promotion that offers licensed plumbing contractors a $500 U.S. Savings Bond when they purchase and install $5,000 of Chicago Faucets products in a school project.

On June 6, PM attended Viessmann Mfg.’s “Say Hello To Solar” one-day seminar at the company’s Warwick, R.I., training offices, and learned that even though America’s solar market is a “slice-of-a-slice-of-the-pie” compared to the rest of the world, there is huge potential for growth.

Paul Graham, owner of Paul’s Plumbing & Heating, Worthington, Mass., won a new service van when he beat a field of 46 regional time-trial winners in F.W. Webb’s Watts WaterPEX Challenge.

Australian water-efficient toilet manufacturer, Caroma, announced that 20 of its more than 30 dual-flush toilets for the North American market have been certified to carry the EPA’s new WaterSense label.

Held June 21-22 at the Schaumburg, IL, Doubletree Hotel, the 2007 Technical Workshop of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute (PMI) placed a strong emphasis on water conservation and the importance of its members to stay informed about codes and standards.

The two-day event drew a total of about 50 people from 19 member companies and 16 non-member companies.

MJSI, Inc., maker of the HydroWorks™ family of water-conserving plumbing products, has hired Robert Wysock as its sales manager.

Home Depot Inc. has agreed to sell its supply division to three private-equity firms in a roughly $10 billion deal, sources told Reuters News Agency today.

Heating manufacturer Triangle Tube opened its new training facility in Blackwood, N.J.

Emerson Appliance Solutions/White-Rodgers (St. Louis, Mo.) announced a price increase on OEM and replacement gas water heater controls, effective May 1, 2007.

Little Giant Pump Co., a provider of commercial and consumer water transfer solutions, has been renamed Franklin Electric–Water Transfer Systems.