Being WaterSense labeled means a toilet saves at least 20 percent more water than the current federal standard of 1.6 gallons per flush.

Taco Inc. and its FloPro Team will present a free webcast Nov. 13 at 3 pm ET to discuss “Variable Speed Pumping: It’s Not New, and It’s Not Hard to Do.”

 In his new position, Eberlein will be responsible for the design, construction and quality-assurance of the company’s heating products.

At the biennial ASPE-EPE banquet in Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 28, the ASPE Board inducted S. Jerry McDanal, vice president engineering Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., into the College of Fellows.

In addition to the luxurious Marquise Collection, the Park Avenue Series collaborative effort by THG and Bernardaud was introduced at the event.

Plumbing products supplier Watts Water Technologies Inc. said it would cut jobs, freeze salaries and suspend its stock buyback program to save costs.

Effective Oct. 31, 2008, IPEX Inc. will discontinue the production and the sale of WarmRite Floor® pipe, fittings and accessories for the North American hydronic heating market.

Danfoss announced that it will combine its North America Heating divisions into one unified division with headquarters in Toronto, Canada and Baltimore, Md.

Home-improvement radio host Tom Kraeutler presented his 2008 Money Pit “Voice of the Consumer Report” to members of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute Oct. 7 during the group’s fall meeting in Arlington, Va.

Facility maintenance supplier Grainger announced it will increase its technical education scholarship program from the original nine community colleges to 35 across the country.