Poolside by CGT has announced another new pattern for 2023 called “Carnival”— a design that celebrates summer with lively colors in a mosaic print. Printed on pale blue liner material, this pattern uses a range of blue hues accented by touches of gold arranged to look like hand-laid, mosaic tiles. This pattern is enhanced with…
In early January, it was announced that GHK Capital Partners LP had sold water treatment product manufacturer, HASA Inc. GHK, which was founded in 2018 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut, is a middle-market private equity firm that acts to make control investments in industrial companies across North America. HASA was initially purchased by GHK…
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…
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…
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance, a non-profit education and advocacy association based in Alexandria, Virginia, have announced Charlie Claffey as its newly appointed chairman of the board for 2023. Claffey is president of Claffey Pools in Southlake, Texas, which has been in business for more than 35 years. Claffey has taken an active leadership…
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based water treatment product manufacturer Haviland Enterprises Inc., is attributing its recent record-breaking success to being an employee-owned company. As of Nov. 30, it will have been 10 years since Haviland switched to a 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan [ESOP] for the company. Haviland Enterprises manufactures water treatment products for the swimming pool…
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…