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July 2009 ...Engineers
Encouraged to Write Tight Specs to Ensure Compliance with
"Buy American" Law
...Kip's Perspective:
Let's Do Meetings Right!
...Is
Housing Turning The Corner?
...Just for Fun
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June 2009 ...Importers
Confuse Markets with False Claims
...Kip's Perspective:
Complain About the Present, or Plan for the
Future?
...10
Tips for Managing in the Downturn
...AB&I Silverspun
Pipe: Still the World Standard
...Just for Fun
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May 2009 ...McWane
Responds to Importer Letter Claiming
Compliance with Buy American Law
...Kip's Perspective:
"They've Got to Be Getting Better Prices"
...RIP
MBA?
...Figure Fittings
...Just for Fun
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April 2009 ...Wixson
Reflects on 47 Years at AB&I
...Kip's Perspective:
Financial Experts
...Eight
Critical Customer Service Skills
...All About Easter
...Just for Fun
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March 2009 ..."Wholesaler"
Survey
...Kip's Perspective:
Buy American
...1960s
Prices
...Become an AB&I
Stocking Distributor
...Just for Fun
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February 2009 ...Firestopping
Time Bomb
...Kip's Perspective:
Where's the press?
...SuperGrip
2002 Coupling
...Chinese Drywall
...Just for Fun
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January 2009 ...New
ASTM Standards Impact Certifiers
...Kip's Perspective:
It's Up to Us, Folks!
...The
Importance of Trust
...Earthster
Recognizes AB&I
...Just
for Fun
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December 2008 ...2009 Price
Increase Withdrawn
...Kip's Perspective:
Helping the New Needy
...Volunteerism
in America
...Famous
Bailout Quotes
...Just
for Fun
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November 2008 ...Bewildered
by Bailouts
...Kip's Perspective:
Chickens and Starbucks
...Seven
Steps to Continual Improvement
...Substandard
Couplings
...Just
for Fun
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October 2008 ...Expanded
Engineering Support Team Hits the Streets
...Kip's Perspective:
Hang on!
...Mere
Survivors
...Figure
Fittings
...Just
for Fun
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September 2008 ...Price
Increase in Western US Postponed
...Kip's Perspective:
Are our political choices getting worse?
...National
Price List
...Newsletter
by Email
...Just
for Fun
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August 2008 ...Use of Non-CISPI
Couplings Could Void AB&I Warranty
...Kip's Perspective:
Getting Promotional Bang for the Buck
...Green
Building Code
...Couplings
...Just
for Fun
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July 2008 ...Gary
Wickham and Michael Lowe Named Sales Managers
...Kip's Perspective:
Dark, followed by light
...10
Tips for Surviving and Economic Slowdown
...Importer
Complains about "Unfair" Competition
...Just
for Fun
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June 2008 ...Survey Reveals
Different Preferences by Various Decision-Makers
...Kip's Perspective:
It's Our Fault
...Are
Hybrid Cars All They're Cracked Up To Be?
...Call
to Distributors
...Just
for Fun
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May 2008 ...Energy, Scrap
Costs Put Pressure on DWV Supply Chain
...Kip's Perspective:
Death by a Thousand Cuts
...More Chinese
Factories Closing
...Husky
Couplings
...Just
for Fun
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April 2008 ...Commercial
Construction to Slow in Second Half
...Kip's Perspective:
Low Gas Prices
...Chinese
Factories Closing
...CISPI
Launches Ad Campaign
...Food
for Thought on April 15
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March 2008 ...Price Increase
for Some Products in Some Areas
...Kip's Perspective:
Contact is King!
...Retire
at 50?
...SuperGrip
304LD Coupling
...Just
for Fun
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February 2008 ...David
Janney and his shipping team
...Kip's Perspective:
Let
the markets sort it out!
...Price
Alert
...Meet
the Safety Manager
...Just
for Fun
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January 2008 ...2007 a year of
change, continuity at AB&I
...Kip's Perspective:
Character and the two yard line
...Winter
shutdown
...ZPPG
chosen to rep Norcal/Reno
...Just
for Fun
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December 2007 ...Major
environmental and safety programs
...Kip's Perspective:
Love letters from the IRS
...Verify
standards compliance
...Lisa
Douzos joins customer service team
...Just
for Fun
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November 2007
...Michigan Bars
Cast Iron Importer
...Kip's Perspective:
Who
took my POPCORN?
...Couplings
...ITEMS
in electronic format
...Just
for Fun
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October 2007 ...Built System
vs. Figure 8: Saves Labor and Space!
...Kip's Perspective:
My
Chat with Willie Mays
...How
to Shift Blame
...AB&I
Cast Iron DWV 100% Made in USA!
...Just
for Fun
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September 2007 ...Built System
vs. Figure 6: Do the Math
...Kip's Perspective:
Mad
as Hell...
...Subprime
Mortgages
...Elmco/Stewart
Takes Arizona
...Quotes from
Warren Buffet
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August 2007 ...Ron
Izuno Joins AB&I
...Kip's Perspective:
Where Have All the Leaders Gone
...12"
and 15" Pipe and Fittings
...Housing
Stays in the Dumps
...Quotes from
Lee Iacocca
...Just for Fun |
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July 2007 ...AB&I Products Gain NSF Certification
...Kip's Perspective: Importers Raise Prices
...Demings "14 Tips"
for Effective Management
...Stocking Distributors
...Quotes from Steve Jobs
...Just for Fun |
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June 2007 ...Strategic Planning
...Kip's Perspective: Think Like a General
...SuperGrip 304LD
...Stocking Distributors
...52 Stress Reducers
...Just for Fun
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May 2007 ...No Price Increase
...Kip's Perspective: Who is Larry Doby?
...Figure Fittings
...Building on TRUST
...China's Pollution
...Just for Fun |
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April 2007 ...Scrap Prices Take Big Hike
...Kip's Perspective: Subprime Mortgages
...Leonard Haraguchi Retires
...Cell Phone Magic
...Just for Fun |
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March 2007 ....Foundry to Get Safety & Enviro Facelift
...Kip's Perspective: Why Customers Stay, Why They Go
...SuperGrip 304 Heavy Duty Coupling
...GM Strikes Back at Microsoft
...Just for Fun |
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February 2007 ...Gregg Carr Takes Message to Engineers
...Kip's Perspective: Industry Standards You Can Count On
..."ICE" Hottest Idea This Year
...MCAA
...Just for Fun |
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January 2007 ...Architects Report Increase in Business
...Kip's Perspective: Our Tax System
...China Big-Time Polluter
...Quiz Winners
...Just for Fun |
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December 2006 ...Dori Keenan Recalls...
...Kip's Perspective: Our Education System
...Silverspun Pipe
...List Price Change
...Just for Fun |
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November 2006 ...Cy Comin Remembers...
...Kip's Perspective: New Ownership at AB&I
...Husky Couplings
...Commercial Construction Strong
...Just for Fun |
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September 2006 ...Kurt Winter Looks Ahead
...Kip's Perspective: Billions
...Wickham Named VP of Sales
...ASPE Show in Tampa
...Just for Fun |
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August 2006 ...Allan Boscacci on 100 Years of AB&I
...Happy 100th Birthday, AB&I
...Allan Thanks the Troops
...Scrap Prices Stabilize
...Just for Fun |
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July 2006 ...Kevin McCullough Looks Back and Ahead
...Kips Perspective: World Cup Fever
...Wixson Honored by CCMA
...China Closes Iron Plants
...Just for Fun |
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May 2006 ...A Conversation with Ted Ray
...Kips Perspective: Illegitimi non carborundum
est
...Tyler Fire
...Fittings Shipped in Wooden Boxes
...Just for Fun |
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April 2006 ...New Coupling Installation Instructions
...Kips Perspective: Why Did God Make Salespeople
...100 Years of Aviation
...Joe Sigillo Dies
...Just for Fun |
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March 2006 ...Kip Wixson Addresses AFS
...Kips Perspective: Turning 100.
...The "Sheriff" Continues Educating
...New Fittings Packaging
...Just for Fun |
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February 2006 ...AB&I Plans for 100th Anniversary Year
...Kips Perspective: Budget Losers, Etc.
...More on Firestop Devices
...List Price Change
...Just for Fun |
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January 2006 ...Kurt Winter Named President of AB&I
...Kips Perspective: Satchel Paige and My
Changing Role at AB&I
...Firestop Devices
...Companies Phasing Out PVC
...Just for Fun |
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December 2005 ...Recuperator Installed at AB&I
...Kips Perspective: Christmas Ain't What it Used
to Be
...Where Were You in 1906
...No Price Increase in January
...Just for Fun |
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November 2005 ...AB&I Gears Up for 100th Anniversary Celebration
...Kips Perspective: American Business and the
Airline Industry
...Housing Affordability
...CISPI
...Just for Fun |
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October 2005 ...Testing for Radioactivity in Scrap
...Kips Perspective: Sorry I Crashed Into Your
Car...
...Disa 270-A
...Come Back to Cast Iron
...Just for Fun |
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September 2005 ...Scrap Price On the Rise Again
...Kips Perspective: Sexual Harassment Training
...Hurricane Katrina
...Figure Fittings
...Just for Fun |
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August 2005 ...Scheduled Summer Shutdown for Maintenance
...Kips Perspective: Millionaires Going Broke
...NBA Poorhouse
...Movie Contest Results
...Just for Fun |
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July 2005 ...False Advertising by Importer
...Kips Perspective: The Collapse of Courtesy
...No Price Increase
...Bogus Imported Couplings
...Just for Fun |
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June 2005 ...Delco Sales Tagged for Southern California Rep Spot
...Kips Perspective: The Power of a Slogan
...Cash Discounts
...Scrap Update
...Just for Fun |
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May 2005 ...Slowdown Seen as Results of Buy-Ups
...Kips Perspective: Social Security Reform and
Hip Replacement
...Dealing with Stress
...AB&I Website
...Just for Fun |
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April 2005 ...New Disa 270 - WOW!
...Kips Perspective: Slowdown/Gridlock
...Price Lists in Excel
...Gregg Carr
...Just for Fun |
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March 2005 ...Engineers Urged to Pay Attention to Noise in Pipes
...Kips Perspective: Pro Sports
...Disa 270 Scheduled for March
...Become an AB&I Stocking Distributor
...Just for Fun |
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February 2005 ...New Disa 270-A Molding Machine
...Kips Perspective: Lowest Price
...Price Lists in Excel
...Home Computing Made Easy
...Just for Fun |
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January 2005 ...AB&I Enters 99th Year
...Kips Perspective: Prognosications
...CISPI and ASTM
...LA Customer Service
...Just for Fun |
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December 2004 ...Gregg Carr Joins the Team
...Kips Perspective: Come With Us Now...
...Engineers Cast Doubt on Plastic DWV
...Importer Closes Doors
...Just for Fun |
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November 2004 ...Couplings Price Increase
...Kips Perspective: "Uncle Jerry" Made
This Industry Fun
...Disa 270
...Scrap Prices
...Just for Fun |
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October 2004 ...No Shortage of Cast Iron DWV
...Kips Perspective: Thoughts from the Recovery
Room
...Foundry Improvements
...Sheriff Arpaio
...Just for Fun |
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August 2004 ...Scrap Prices Continue To Rise in Price
...Kips Perspective: Coach Krzyzewski
...Chinese Companies That Kill
...Trade Shows
...Just for Fun |
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July 2004 ...Price Increase
...Commodities
...Husky Installation Instructions
...Shutdowns
...Just for Fun |
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June 2004 ...Coupling Price Hike
...Kip's Perspective: The TV
...Fractional Box Lots
...Free Trade Anxieties
...Just for Fun |
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May 2004 ...Couplings Price List
...Kip's Perspective: Culture Battles
...Fractional Box Lots
...Free Trade Anxieties
...Just for Fun |
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April 2004 ...Couplings Price List
...Kip's Perspective: Culture Battles
...Fractional Box Lots
...Free Trade Anxieties
...Just for Fun |
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March 2004 ...Plumbing Supplies is a Family Business
...Kip's Perspective: Changing Markets
...Family Names
...Best Set Closet Rings
...Just for Fun |
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February 2004 ...Scrap Prices Up Another 15%
...Kip's Perspective: Broken Promises
...Chinese Foundries
...SuperGrip 304
...Just for Fun |
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January 2004 ...Scrap Prices Going Up
...Kip's Perspective: Why the Price Increase
...Diver Dan
...Just for Fun |
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December 2003 ...Business Week Touts Cast Iron DWV
...Kip's Perspective: Price Increase
...True Cost of Price Cutting
...Just for Fun |
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November 2003 ...Best Set in 4x3 Reducing Size
...Kip's Perspective: How's Business...Really
...Import Litigation
...Just for Fun |
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October 2003 ...Rep Firms Win Accolades
...Kip's Perspective: ASA/ISH
...Fractional Box Packaging
...Just for Fun |
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September 2003 ...Job Boom Coming
...Kip's Perspective: More on Politics
...Planning for the Future...
...Just for Fun |
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August 2003 ...Chinese Foundries Found Untouchable
...Kip's Perspective: Cleaning House in
Sacramento
...The Future of Manufacturing in America
...Just for Fun |
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July 2003 ...AB&I Wins Environment Award
...Kip's Perspective - Daily Distractions
...Alarm Bells for American Manufacturers
...Just for Fun |
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June 2003 ...Installing Husky Couplings
...Kip's Perspective - Driving and Putting
..."Shoe Bomber" Sentencing
...Eight Grade Exam |
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May 2003 ...World's Oldest Human Was a Foundryman
...Kip's Perspective - Thinking Big
...Becoming a Stocking Distributor
...Something to Think About |
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April 2003 ...Why You Should Care About CISPI
...Kip's Perspective - We're All in This Together
...Full Line Couplings
...12" & 15" Material |
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March 2003 ...World Pollution
...Kip's Perspective - Horse or Zebra
...The Quiet Pipe
...Price Increase Scheduled June 1 |
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February 2003 ...Foundry Tours
...Kip's Perspective - Bad Language
...Stocking Distributor Program
...SuperGrip 2002 |
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January 2003 ...Industry Braces for Spotty 2003
...Kip's Perspective - Budgets
...Asbestos Litigation
...Goodbye to Karl Neupert |
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December 2002 ...Plumbing Sales Expected to Grow
...Kip's Perspective - Elections
...CISPI
...Identity Theft
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November 2002
...AB&I DWV Reusable After San Jose Fire
...Kip's Perspective - Random Thoughts
...Website Update
...Just for Fun |
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October 2002
...Trade Shows
...Kip's Perspective - Picking Up Pennies
...Mold and Contractor Liability
...Just for Fun |
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September 2002
...Import Fittings
...Kip's Perspective - Recalling 9-11
...John McCain
...Just for Fun |
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August 2002
...Best Set Closet Rings
...Kip's Perspective - Death of Common Sense
...Shutdown Scheduled
...Price Policy
...Just for Fun |
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July
2002
...April Trade Deficit
...Kip's Perspective - Promo Events
...New Home Sales Soar
...Black Golfers
...Just for Fun |
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June
2002
...Figure Fittings
...Kip's Perspective - Spin Doctors
...Construction Rises in April
...Fractional Box Lots
...Just for Fun
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May
2002
...AB&I Goes to the Movies...Again
...Price Hike Coming
...Kip's Perspective
...Iron Gets Boost with Recent Code Changes
...Just for Fun
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April 2002
...SuperGrip 2002
...Kip's Perspective
...Trautman & Shreve
...Arsenic & Imported Pipe
...Just for Fun
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...Max Drainage
Available to Contractors
...Is Yours a Boring Company?
...Customer in the Spotlight
...Rodeo Clown
...Just for Fun
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January 2002 |
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...Kip's Perspective
...Customer in the Spotlight
...SuperGrip 2002
...Just for Fun
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December
2001
...Kip's Perspective
...Cal Coast Plumbing
...The Quiet Pipe
...Just for Fun
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November
2001 |
...Wholesalers
Report Dwindling Relationships with Manufacturers
...Is the ASA Show Worth the Cost?
...Frank Marrone & Sons, Inc.
...Retail Sales Leap 7.1%
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October
2001: In This Issue... |
...Economics, The
Dismal Science
...FBI Most Wanted List
...The Barbarians Will Learn
...Update Mailing List
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September 2001: In This Issue...
...Quarter
and Half-Box Lots Explained
...Kip's Perspective: America Attacked
...Tri-Valley Mechanical
...A Letter to the Trade
...Just for Fun...
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August 2001: In This Issue...
...Home
Ownership Ties Record
...Kip's Perspective: If the Earth Had Just 100 People...
...Back Orders on Fittings
...Pacific Plumbing, Inc.
...Quarter and Half-Box Lots
...Just for Fun...
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July 2001: In This Issue...
...The
Lights Are On in California!
...Kip's Perspective: Just Take the Points?
...Marshall-Rodeno Joins AB&I
...Marlin Mechanical Corporation
...AB&I Enameling Facility
...Goodbye to Lois Passey
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June 2001: In This Issue...
...AB&I
Celebrates 95th Year
...Kip's Perspective: Lack of Leadership is Hurting Our Industry
...Continued Growth in Construction
...Benicia Plumbing, Inc.
...New AB&I Website Launched
...Just for Fun...
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May 2001: In This Issue...
...ALERT:
ASBESTOS COATING ON IMPORTED PIPE? WHY?
...Kip's Perspective: A Few Thoughts About the Foundry Business
...CISPI Investigations Build
Confidence
...Don Brandel Plumbing
...Gasket Failures
...Help is Still Wanted
...Just for Fun
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