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…
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…
Whatever your area, there are as many ways to sell a business as there are to start one.
As pool professionals, online messaging and reaching your targeted audience can often be a deciding factor in landing new accounts. But do you know where your audience is and who is viewing your information?
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to look inside their own home for entertainment, Plaster Logic developed products and methods that get homeowners in their pools faster than ever.
Builders and manufacturers offer is an automatic in-floor cleaning system, which can preserve a pool’s aesthetics with barely visible hardware while also providing low-maintenance upkeep.
If there is one thing California may have more of than swimming pools, it might be programmers and yet the two industries rarely cross paths. Avid swimmer and certified wunderkind, Sai Reddy, sees artificial intelligence technology in the pool industry as not only an inevitability but a matter of life and death. There are countless…
Season Gower has spent 20 years in the pool industry, starting as a receptionist for the remodeling division at Shasta Pools. “I continued my education outside and inside the industry to get to where I am today,” Gower says. Now the general manager of the remodeling division, Gower says her favorite part of the industry…
Blow molding refers to the process of melting plastic, putting it into a mold and then shaping it with compressed air. Most plastic bottles are formed this way, including products manufactured by Taylor Water Technologies, which makes water-testing kits. For Jessica Ruckle, blow molding was the first job she did at Taylor. In the years…
It can be satisfying to see something one has created pop up on the opposite side of the world. That’s a feeling Paige Quill knows well. As graphic designer for Taylor Water Technologies, she has gotten to see her designs go further than she could have ever dreamed. “I like how global the pool industry…
“Safety first” is a mantra close to Miranda Rodriguez’s heart. Upon starting her career as a chemist with Taylor Water Technologies, she has seen firsthand the important role the company’s products play in the safety of its customers. “An unbalanced pool can be harmful to people and their equipment,” Rodriguez says. Since being promoted to…
In the post-pandemic zeitgeist in which “quiet quitting” and labor shortages rule the narrative, Dominique Hough’s perspective on her position at Taylor Water Technologies might sound old fashioned. “I see [myself] working at Taylor long-term, because I don’t think of it as just a job. I think of it as my career,” Dominique says. “I…