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INDUSTRY NEWS
BETHPagE, n.Y. — Larry Holman of Larry’s air Conditioning and Heating in Longmont, Colo., was the winner of the $1,000 prize in Heating
Help.com’s Ugly system competition. “This contest has shown me some ugly stuff,” said Dan Holo-
han, owner of the
HeatingHelp.com site, “but Larry’s service call topped them all. There was something about the plugged, upside- down relief valve, the missing gas burners, the dog’s breakfast of wires and the vice grip that was holding the circulator to the rotted boiler flange that just touched my soul. It had me at hello.” Like Holohan, Holman started in the business in 1970 and stated that this was the ugliest repair he had ever seen. “The three families
•THE WHOLESALER® — FEBRUARY 2011
HeatingHelp.com awards Ugly System prize
that were living in the home tried to fix it themselves,” Holman said. “It has since been replaced.” Visit
www.heatinghelp.com.
Webstone introduces Interactive Diagram
WOrCHEsTEr, mass. — The Web- stone Interactive Diagram is the now even better with more interactive links. The “Where Would You Use Webstone” diagram on www.web-
stonevalves.com depicts proper plumbing of systems and easily high-
lights the amount of time and leak paths saved by using innovative Web- stone products in hydronic heating systems. Try it for yourself and start working smarter today. Founded in 1954, Webstone is rec-
ognized as an industry leader for in- novative design of residential and commercial valves used in plumbing, hydronic, radiant, solar and geother- mal applications. These designs focus on time- and space-saving concepts that simplify future maintenance and upkeep of all piping systems. some of Webstone’s trademarked and patented items include The Isolator® Isolator® Pro-Pal®
,
EXP™, Pro-Connect™ and step-saving valves.
Visit
www.webstonevalves.com.
Industrial Controls wins Best Distributor award
Wanamassa, n.J. — Industrial Con- trols Distributors LLC, a leading dis- tributor of commercial HVaC controls, process instrumentation, factory automation and valves, earned the Environment One Corpo- ration’s (E/One) President’s award for achieving the best sales perform- ance both domestically and interna- tionally for 2010. E/One is a diversified, high-tech-
nology company based in niskayuna, n.Y. The company manufactures monitoring systems for electric utili- ties and independent power produc- ers.
Industrial Controls was See contact information on page 70 • Be sure to visit
www.thewholesaler.com for web exclusive articles and videos! •
recognized for its leading sales of E/One’s equipment for hydrogen- cooled generators to electric power utilities in north and south Carolina. Visit
industrialcontrolsonline.com.
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