The new location will employ more than 800 people, marks Milwaukee’s eighth location in Mississippi, and is the company’s largest manufacturing facility in the United States to date. 

Plumbing & Mechanical Chief Editor Nicole Krawcke and Supply House Times Editor Natalie Forster sat down with several industry manufacturers to discuss their efforts, including Andres Caballero, president of Uponor North America, Mark Hudoba, vice president of building solutions division for REHAU, and Marki Huston, COO of Viega LLC.

This expansion adds 23,000 square feet to the existing 37,000 square feet and incorporates new manufacturing, R&D and office space for the company's growing divisions, resulting in 60,000 square feet total.

Victaulic will construct a 150,000-square-foot addition to its Lawrenceville foundry to accommodate new molding lines, melt furnaces, core machines, and automated finishing and paint equipment to help produce larger scale products.

A product with a "Made in America" label is not necessarily made in the United States. It could be made in Canada or Mexico. Do you want products made in America or the USA?

If there’s one thing Americans are known for it’s their national pride, and that includes products manufactured and made in the United States.

The company was founded in August 1957, by the late Martin E. Ismert Jr.

An ever-increasing number of industry professionals recognize the value of NATE certification and today, nearly 34,000 technicians throughout North America hold at least one active NATE certification. 

Manufacturing moves back to local communities.