The strategic acquisition of these companies brings together resources and experience to work closely with customers and OEMs to help identify and develop new HVAC tools, valves and fittings to meet unique and demanding requirements.

The company has also appointed Fred Esleck and Dave Moore to regional sales managers positions.

For more than 50 years, the company has been manufacturing valves for use on a wide variety of U.S. Navy warships, including all 11 of the fleet carriers currently in service.

Joining pipe has long been one of the most labor-intensive parts of many jobs.

The study will help companies in knowing whether they are paying their employees fairly, which will in turn help reduce employee turnover and retain good talent.

The Chestertown store is Northeastern Supply’s 20th location in Maryland.

Construction unemployment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that as of the beginning of the fourth quarter, construction unemployment equaled its lowest monthly level reported in over a decade.

While the world leadership in the global energy sector has been controlled by OPEC and its dominator, Saudi Arabia, the United States, the leading world user, has risen to first place due to hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” within the short period comprising the current century.

The organization will be supporting Operation Stocking Stuffer again at this year's event.

By country, same-store sales in the United States grew 4 percent, Canada was up 5 percent and Mexico decreased 5 percent.