As part of IPSSA’s Techs-4-Techs Support, sick route coverage is provided to help protect IPSSA members from losing valuable weekly service accounts and revenue, in the event of a qualifying personal injury or illness. Chapter members will band together to provide emergency coverage of all or a portion of a service route, helping to maintain…
On Jan. 25, the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance’s Step Into Swim initiative expressed gratitude toward its sponsors for helping the organization reach its goal of raising $750,000 in 2022.Ongoing partnerships with key program supporters Fluidra, Hayward Holdings Inc. and Heritage Pool Supply Group, helped Step Into Swim provide grants to more than 60 facilities…
GENESIS, a company under the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance dedicated to offering technical education to those in the pool and hot tub industry, has named Shaun Goldberg and Greg Andrews as its new plaster construction faculty advisor and tile faculty advisor, respectively. Goldberg, who has worked in the pool industry for more than 35…
The National Plasterers Council has released its “NPC Technical Manual – 10th Edition.” The manual is a pool plasterers’ industry guide, which contains technical information on methods and procedures for pool professionals to use on the job. According to NPC, the book’s content is based on the most up-to-date U.S. pool plastering common practices, which…
Jarred Morgan That is a tricky question that will have a wide range of responses. Being proactive is going to yield the best outcome and avoid problems and potential conflicts with your customer. If you’re the service company, be on the job before the water hose goes into the pool. If there are glaring issues…
On Dec. 6, ePropelled, a manufacturer of electric propulsion systems and power generation solutions, announced a new line of energy-efficient electric pump motors designed to be used with pools, spas and industrial applications. The motors provide optimized energy efficiency, reduced noise and are compact and lightweight. The company believes that these innovations will allow manufacturers…
Hayward Holdings Inc., a manufacturer of pool equipment and technology, introduced the TriStar XL, which the company says is its most powerful residential pump, providing commercial-grade performance geared specifically toward larger pools, feature-rich builds and complex pool pad configurations. “The TriStar XL expands upon TriStar’s already impressive product lineup giving pool owners more versatile and…
The KIK pool division, which oversees the company’s global pool care business, has hired Ignacio Campos as its new president. Campos started at KIK in July when he joined the company after working at Fortune Brands in several leadership roles. Campos holds degrees in industrial engineering and technical systems from the Polytechnic University of Madrid,…
Cover Care, a non-franchised nationwide team of automatic pool cover experts who install and services automatic pool covers, has added new locations in Des Moines, Iowa; Frederick, Maryland; Bakersfield, California; Richmond, Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “As pool professionals continue to struggle with labor shortages, Cover Care is the ideal outsourcing solution for pool builders who…
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance have announced the 2022 winners of the PHTA Awards of Excellence. The PHTA describes its International Awards of Excellence program as one of the largest, most well-renowned design competitions in the pool and hot tub industry. These awards were created to recognize exceptional installations of pools, spas, hot tubs…
Residential swimming pool and spa builder Anthony & Sylvan Pools have announced the new location for the corporate headquarters of its Philadelphia New Pools Division and Renovation Business Unit: Mearns Road in Warminster, Pennsylvania. The 50,728 square-foot headquarters will feature contemporary office space, enhanced technological capabilities and open-air areas to facilitate and encourage enhanced ideation…
Krystal Guilhemotonia began her pool industry career the same way many get their start in a family business: She started working for her dad, Brian Goettlich, off the books when he was running Aqua Creek Products from their family’s dining room table. Aqua Creek, based in Missoula, Montana, manufactures lifts and other accessibility products for…