Slant/Fin — Well-engineered Hydronic Products
Mel Dubin enjoys coming to work every day to be a part of the business activity, which he calls "fun."
New York. The core idea of the company was to make a better baseboard and to generally improve the field of hydronics. Slant/Fin quickly expand- ed into making boilers and other products for the growing heating field. Today, Slant/Fin is the largest manufacturer of baseboard heating in the world and a major suppli-
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er of hydronic and high efficiency boilers. Plumbing Engineer recently conducted an exclusive
Q&A with some of the team members at Slant/Fin — Adam Dubin, president; Bob Flanagan, vice president of sales; and Stacey B. Droogan, vice president of sales and marketing services.
Mel Dubin is an industry icon. How much is he still involved in the day-to-day operations? Adam Dubin: Mel Dubin's business principles of mak-
ing well-engineered hydronic products are still at the heart of Slant/Fin today. Mel enjoys coming to work every day to be a part of the business activity, which he calls "fun." How does it feel to walk into a building and see a base-
board unit and know that the company was the innova- tion behind it? Dubin: For the many people — including myself —
that work at Slant/Fin or have worked at Slant/Fin over the years, there is tremendous pride and satisfaction in know- ing that we create a quality heating product that has been a part of people’s homes and lives. I’m proud to be a part of the family behind the business which includes all the people that work with us now and all of those that helped build this company. What are your specific job duties and initiatives for
the company? Stacey B. Droogan: My job duties at Slant/Fin are
diverse. I oversee the customer service department as well as marketing and tech service. I feel the service we pro- vide our customers is just as important to building and maintaining a good business partnership as the product we sell. Our initiatives for the company are to bring our ser- vice and marketing efforts to a new level at Slant/Fin and be known as the best in the industry. Describe any new products, training events, seminars,
etc.
Droogan: Slant/Fin has come up with many new prod- ucts over the past year. We have expanded our Lynx line
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Slant/Fin prides itself in being an American company with its main factory and headquarters on Long Island, N.Y.
of boilers to have three sizes, as well as adding a combi boiler on two of those sizes. We have also come out with a stainless steel boiler also available in a combi-model. We pride ourselves in being the best boiler and baseboard company around and being able to service as much of our customers requirements as possible. With new products, can you talk about the importance
of energy efficiency? Bob Flanagan: Slant/Fin recognizes and values the importance of HE boilers to both our industry and the environment. As we continue to grow our research and development into this segment of our business we are striving to provide the very best equipment to meet the needs of both our distributors and home owners across the country. HE boilers are the future of our industry. Slant/Fin has a long standing reputation of engineering the very best to our customers. Recognizing the importance of this segment, we will continue to develop and manufac- ture products that meet and exceed these new and chang- ing market demands. Are all of your products American-made? If so, what
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lant/Fin was started in 1949 by Mel Dubin in Brooklyn,
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