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INDUSTRY NEWS


PMI adopts new name to reflect global vision and international outreach


ROLLINGMEADOWS, ILL.— PMI announces the association has changed its name to Plumbing Manufacturers International. For 35 years, PMI was the acronym for the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute. While preserving the reputation and recognition of PMI, the updated name reflects the association’s and its members’ worldwide involvement and outreach. Member companies of PMI’s


voluntary, not-for-profit, international, industry association represent 95 percent of North America’s plumbing manufacturers and produce a substantial quantity of the world’s plumbing products. Reflecting this global leadership role, PMI also refreshed its brand identity, website and other marketing communications that will be introduced throughout the year and culminate with its presence at Greenbuild® International Conference and Expo, Oct. 4-7, 2011, in Toronto.


OBITUARIES


THOMAS SWAN of Boston, Osterville, and Palm Beach, died March 5. Swan graduated from St. Sebastian's School, Harvard College and the University of Chicago Business School. He was Chairman of the Swan Group, an entity which consists of various businesses in North America, Europe and Asia involved in the manufacturing and distribution of heating, plumbing and well water products, as well as the management of various real estate holdings.


MORTON GROVE, ILL.— Bob DeWyze, former Director of ITT Bell & Gossett's Little Red Schoolhouse in Morton Grove, Illinois, for more than 40 years, recently passed away. DeWyze trained tens of thousands of HVACR professionals at one of the industry's most


venerable educational institutions from the mid-1950s until his retirement in 1997. An ex-Marine and World War II veteran, Bob was known for his no nonsense approach to quality education.


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