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The Zurn Wilkins ZW209 Pressure Reducing Valve

Zurn Expands its Automatic Control Valve Offering with Same Superior Performance and Quality

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

ERIE, PA – Zurn Industries, LLC announces new additions to its roster of Zurn Wilkins Automatic Control Valves (ACV) that build on the excellent quality, reliability, and ease of use provided by the popular ZW209 Pressure Reducing Valve.

With this product line expansion, the Zurn Wilkins ACV offerings address multiple end connection options, pressure ratings, ANSI/AWWA standards, functionalities, and a wide range of applications and uses–including commercial, education, healthcare, industrial, irrigation, penal, retail, waterworks, and fire protection.

Metal Sales™ Provides Clean Aesthetic and Top Flight Protection for Corporate Hangar Facility

Building Expansion Outfitted with Metal Roof and Wall Panels

Tuesday, April 01, 2014

LOUISVILLE, KY…More than 65,000 square feet of Metal Sales™ roof and wall panels provide ultimate performance and a sleek look for a corporate airplane hangar facility at Fort Collins-Loveland Airport in Colorado. The world-class facility was designed to architecturally express its corporate owner’s culture of innovation.

Zurn’s New Omni-Flo Urinal Designed to Reduce Splashback (and the Dry Cleaning Bill)

New Urinal Features Asymmetric Back-wall, while its Universal Design Accommodates both New and Retrofit Projects

Monday, March 31, 2014

ERIE, PA – Zurn Industries, LLC introduces another water-efficient, user-friendly solution for new and retrofit applications: the Zurn Omni-Flo Urinal, designed with an asymmetric back-wall that minimizes splashback while providing sleek, modern aesthetics.

Hotel Riva Chooses TENARA® Fabric to Enhance Atmosphere and Ensure Guest Comfort

Fabric Canopy Offers Aesthetic Consistency and High Performance

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

DEPEW, NY…Efforts to align water and land underpin all aspects of the design of Constance, Germany’s Hotel Riva, from its logo to its architecture. SEFAR® Architecture’s TENARA® Fabric ensures that the hotel remains consistent in its theme — all the way up to its shading canopies.

Zurn Launches Two New AIA-Approved CEU Courses Addressing Water Safety and Sanitation

A Total of Six Courses Available on The Continuing Architect (TCA)

Monday, March 17, 2014

ERIE, PA – Zurn Industries, LLC, the leader in engineered water solutions, has launched two new continuing education (CEU) courses for architects that address water safety and sanitation–bringing the total roster of recent Zurn learning units to six.

Both new Zurn CEUs are available in streaming HD video via The Continuing Architect (TCA): www.thecontinuingarchitect.com. They are a part of a series of eight courses scheduled for release on TCA by the end of 2014.

The two new Zurn courses are:

The railing, featuring FPZ-10 woven wire mesh, provides a sense of serenity and security to those entering and leaving the hospital.

Military Chooses Banker Wire Metal Mesh for Naval Hospital Parking Garage

Parking Structure Aims to Improve Patient Experience at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

MUKWONAGO, WI…The new Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton serves members of the military in a healing and calming environment – from the moment they arrive on the hospital’s campus to the moment they leave. A four-story parking garage, featuring Banker Wire metal fabric railings and partitions, helps establish this calming environment and creates a sense of tranquility for patients.

Metal Sales™ Employee Named Wisconsin Supplier Representative of the Year by the Northwestern Lumber Association

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

LOUISVILLE, KY… Metal Sales™ is proud to announce that the Northwestern Lumber Association (NLA) honored Kent Enright, Territory Sales Manager, as the Wisconsin Supplier Representative of the Year.

Craig Vanden Houten, Chairman of the Wisconsin Board for the NLA, presented the award to Enright on February 6 at the 2014 Wisconsin Lumber Dealers Convention. He emphasized that Enright’s “service to the lumber and building material industry and theWisconsin lumber dealers goes beyond being an excellent sales rep.”

Zurn Marks World Plumbing Day with its Longtime Commitment to Water Efficiency and Sanitation

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

ERIE, PA – Zurn Industries, LLC joins plumbing organizations and their members in recognizing World Plumbing Day (March 11, 2014) with a renewed pledge to continue offering industry-leading solutions that achieve significant water efficiency and sanitary water environments.

Metal Sales™ Brings New Life to Historic Building

Transit-Oriented Development Project Utilizes Metal Panels

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

LOUISVILLE, KY… Metal Sales™ roof and wall panels balance the old and new at the AB&W Building at 157 Washington Street in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. The former auto showroom and candy factory site was redeveloped as a mixed-use building with retail and housing units.

Hope’s® Windows Installed in New, High-Volume Cook County, Illinois Correctional Facility

Includes 1,000-bed Medical/Psychiatric Unit

Friday, February 28, 2014

JAMESTOWN, NY – Hope’s® correctional steel windows were installed in the newest addition to the Cook County Jail’s sprawling 96-acre campus of buildings in southwest Chicago, the largest single-site jail in the country–housing 10,000 to 12,000 inmates at any given time.

Zurn’s Fabricated Stainless Steel Linear Shower Drains Named a Top 50 Product by Architectural Products

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

ERIE, PA – Readers of Architectural Products magazine chose the new Zurn ZS880 line of Fabricated Stainless Steel Linear Shower Drains as a Top 50 product for 2013.

The Zurn ZS880 line offers a wide variety of grates, finishes, lengths and outlet configurations.

Durable and corrosion-resistant, the Zurn ZS880 Fabricated Stainless Steel Linear Shower Drains feature adjustable anchoring feet and a built-in membrane flange that enable easy installation and adjustability to prevent water pooling.

Left: Connor O'Neill - Right: Tyler Tennant

Viracon Names Two New Architectural Sales Representatives for West and Midwest Regions

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

OWATONNA, MN…Viracon announces the placement of Connor O’Neill and Tyler Tennant as its two newest architectural sales representatives.

Connor O’Neill (LEED Green Associate) is a recent graduate of the University of Maine where he studied Economics and Business Administration. Since July 2013, Connor has participated in Viracon’s Field Sales Training Program. As of March 3, Connor will relocate to Kansas City and cover Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska.