Chicago has been known as the last major city in the United States that still mandates lead and oakum cast iron systems in buildings. No-hub fittings have never been allowed in the Chicago Plumbing Code. What is interesting is that caulking tools used to make lead and oakum joints are normally found in the plumbing museum.

NIBCO BenchPress and BenchPressG line of carbon steel fittings bring press technology to plumbing and mechanical, as well as fuel and gas carbon steel pipe applications. 

For installation into grooved piping systems, Milwaukee Valve’s grooved end butterfly valve line is the latest addition to the company's existing high-performance and standard butterfly valve family.

Charlotte Pipe has a new cast-iron plumbing system for aggressive DWV applications — Edge HP Iron. 

NIBCO’s PressACR fittings, a joining method designed for use in copper tube systems for air-conditioning and refrigeration applications. 

Victaulic’s QuickVic SD Installation-Ready products can now be used on 6061-T6 aluminum pipe, in addition to schedules 5 through 80 carbon-steel pipe, for systems sized 2” and down. 

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry produces a full line of service, hubless, extra-heavy and double-hub cast-iron soil pipe and fittings. 

RLS, a US-based manufacturer of the RLS Rapid Locking System line of flame-free press fittings for the HVAC and refrigeration industries, announced that Grant Phipps has joined the company as Managing Director, Rapid Locking System Europe.