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With summer drawing to a close, it’s officially back-to-school season. While kids are focused on their new lunch boxes or who is in their class, principals, deans, teachers and parents are concerned about student and building safety. Rely on STI to help protect the things that protect students and staff. STI has a wide range […]
KALAMAZOO, MICH — SELECT Hinges introduces its revolutionary, heavy duty geared continuous hinges designed to eliminate the ongoing maintenance and replacement costs associated with conventional butt and pivot hinges. Whether installed in high-traffic, high-abuse or high-security entrances, the new HD300 and HD600 hinges precisely swing doors open and closed for decades without adjustments or replacement. […]
MILWAUKEE, WISC.—Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, the industry’s largest supplier of cleaner water solutions for drinking water, hygiene and sustainable water management, launched new Zurn Hydro•X Power flush valves and faucets with EZ Gear Technology to enhance Zurn’s complete line of total restroom solutions. Zurn offers a complete line of innovative and reliable products engineered to […]
NEW YORK—Fitwel announced a groundbreaking data insights tool that allows real estate companies to rank their properties’ and entities’ healthy building performance against their peers. A first for the industry, the Relational Data tool adds value to Fitwel Certification by providing users entity-level ranking against like-companies. The announcement marks Fitwel’s ever-increasing product offering, expanding from […]
HOUSTON—NGS (National Glazing Solutions, LLC, d.b.a NGS Films and Graphics LLC), a leading dealer-installer of retrofit glazing security solutions (3M™ Safety and Security Window Film, TRI-SHIELD®, Riot Glass®, and Ballistic Glass), is helping hundreds of school districts in Texas race to become compliant with the State’s new school safety standards. “Our company mission is to protect people and property,” […]
Greenheck recently added air distribution products to its industry-leading product line making it even easier to specify a complete ventilation system from one supplier. Greenheck’s air distribution products include an extensive selection of grilles, registers, diffusers (GRDs), and air terminal units (ATUs) that are designed, engineered, and tested to meet a wide range of performance […]
Littelfuse, Inc., (NASDAQ: LFUS), an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, introduces a new ground-fault knowledge center (Littelfuse.com/What-is-a-Ground-Fault) for engineers, electricians, maintenance workers, and others to create a safer electrical environment. The resource portal provides educational material including defining ground faults, explaining misconceptions, and offering solutions on how to prevent […]
Following the devastation of Hurricane Ian in Florida, Bradley Corporation has donated hand sanitizer dispensers and supplies to support hand hygiene of community members helping with relief efforts. The product donation came about when Bradley’s national sales manager, Brian Jurkiewicz, and regional sales manager, Mike Logan, brainstormed with Karen Lott, Bradley territory business manager, to […]
Carrier—a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions—recently made two major product announcements. Abound Predictive Insights to Reduce Downtime and Extend Life of Building Equipment Carrier announced the release of Abound™ Predictive Insights, a part of the Abound suite of solutions that […]
Bitec Inc., a 36-year-old industry leader in waterproofing and roofing membranes, launched ElastoPav, an advanced premium sealant for roof flashings. The high quality, professional-grade flashing compound offers professional roofers a fast-curing seal that can adhere to most any surface and withstand the most extreme temperatures — from -40° F to 200° F. Primarily used for […]