Environmentally Sound.

As the saying goes, “We’re all in this together.”  That’s what Paige Electric believes in and they are committed to being good stewards of our precious planet and its limited resources both in their products and their practices.

Their Paige 1Pac cartons have brought recyclable wire and cable packaging to products that everyone assumed could never be packaged that way.  Since their introduction, Paige estimates that they have prevented more than 10,000 trees from being converted into plywood reels and then ending up in a landfill.

Paige is also constantly striving to reduce its energy consumption.  Their corporate headquarters has over 800 solar panels on the roof offsetting over 59% of our energy needs.  Add to that newly installed low-energy fluorescent lighting and motion sensing light switches and we now consume 75% less energy than they did just 3 years ago.  And it doesn’t stop there. Video conferencing to cut down on excessive travel, thermal curtains for heating and cooling, Energy Star™ monitors and paperless processes are among the many initiatives that make Paige a leader in environmental responsibility.

DIG Corporation, a privately held company, was founded in 1981 with the idea of providing the commercial turf and the do-It-yourself retail marketplace a comprehensive line of low-volume irrigation products. Beginning in the 1980’s with a limited assortment of drip irrigation accessories, DIG has expanded to become a leading manufacturer of battery & ambient light (solar) powered irrigation controllers, drip tubing, dripline, fittings, filters and accessories.

In addition to DIG’s commitment to developing products that meet the needs of the marketplace for efficient and environmentally consciousness irrigation products, they also recently installed solar panels on their entire roof which provides 20% of the total power consumption for their facility. Sustainability is the truly at the core of DIG’s organization.

DIG believes its customers deserve the highest quality customer service, and continuously reviews and improves its services to satisfy customer requirements and technical service needs.

Precision Pumping Systems (PPS) designs, manufactures, and services packaged pumping systems and stand-alone pump controls for a wide variety of applications including turf irrigation, golf irrigation, municipal water and industrial process systems.  PPS is a family-owned and operated company comprised of experts who take a personal interest in every system that we build. From our highly collaborative design process, to our world-class service and support, our clients get personal attention from people dedicated to quality products and services.

Founded in 2002, HydroPoint® Data Systems, Inc. is the market and technology leader in smart water management. An EPA WaterSense® Manufacturer Partner of the Year, the company offers:

• Smart irrigation solutions under the Baseline® and WeatherTRAK® brands
• Leak detection and flow monitoring with WaterCompass®
• Portfolio-wide Performance Management services that increase visibility and control

Baseline, founded in 1998 and acquired by HydroPoint in 2016, is known for site management systems featuring responsive technology and soil moisture sensing products. Baseline site management systems feature both add-on and standalone irrigation controllers, as well as centralized control systems, that are easy to use and require minimal administration time.

Learn more about Baseline controllers at www.baselinesystems.com

WeatherTRAK smart irrigation products and services can easily address the unique needs across commercial, HOA, high-end residential, government, and educational applications. Its line of irrigation controllers combine cloud computing, ET data, and an advanced scheduling engine to provide exactly the right amount of irrigation when and where it’s needed to increase efficiency, reduce water waste, and optimize landscape health.

In 2015, Ewing was awarded the Community Stewardship Award for its ongoing culture of giving back within the community, sponsored by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP).  This award recognizes NALP member companies and organizations that have demonstrated leadership through their dedication and contribution to the good of the community.

“We look for opportunities to partner with organizations that share our core values of water efficiency, sustainability, wellness and family,” said Douglas York, president of Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Supply.
“Our involvement in service projects allows us to build camaraderie and help boost awareness of the Green Industry—and the many ways in which we (as landscape professionals) enhance the lives of individuals every day where they live, work and play.”

Some of Ewing’s company wide projects have included:

• A total renovation of a military family’s backyard and irrigation system for the PLANET Day of Service.
• A complete baseball field renovation by 350 employees for Sunshine Acres, a children’s home that provides emotional, social, physical, educational and spiritual support for children that are separated from their parents.
• A campus wide renovation project for St. Philip The Apostle Catholic School completed by 300 employees with projects including a total field renovation, construction of community garden beds, paver patio installation with lighting and outdoor sound, and complete irrigation system repairs and retrofits.

LASCO Fittings, Inc., an Aalberts Industries company, specializes in the production and sale of injection molded fittings for Irrigation, Plumbing, Industrial, Pool/Spa and Retail markets.  With over 65 years experience, LASCO Fittings continues to be an industry leader in the American market for plastic fittings. LASCO Fittings, Inc. operates a 28-acre manufacturing facility in Brownsville, TN.  Automation, an in-house machine shop, and 600 employees allow the production of 1.4 million fittings a day.

LASCO provided some of the first manufactured Swing Joints to the City of Los Angeles, Griffith Park Golf Course, preparing for the 1984 Summer Olympics.  Since then, LASCO Swing Joints have become a proven leader in golf and turf irrigation.   Some LASCO Swing Joints have been installed for over 25 years, and there are more than 20 million units installed worldwide.

The Harrington Corporation (HARCO) is a producer of gasketed joint injection-molded PVC fittings and push-on gasketed joint ductile fittings. HARCO was founded in 1966 in Lynchburg, Virginia, to produce push-on joint ductile iron fittings. HARCO manufactures fittings at its facility in Lynchburg, VA and Janesville, WI with warehouses in Winter Haven, FL; Dallas, TX; and Phoenix, AZ.

“Quality remains long after price is forgotten” – Upton Sinclair

In the early 1900’s, this is what the sign read in the window of all five Munro Mercantile locations that were spread out over Western Colorado. Over time customer needs have changed, but this is still the philosophy that guides Munro today.

Munro is a privately held, family operated company with over 100 years and five generations in business. In 1900, Fred Munro opened the first Munro Mercantile store and over the next 35 years expanded to 5 stores across Western Colorado. Not only did Munro survive tough times, including the Great Depression and the stock market crash of 1929, Munro went on to open S&M Supply, a mining supply house in 1936, and in 1965 they began to focus their business on moving and managing water and opened Munro Supply.

Munro supply specialized in pumps and related equipment, and quickly became recognized as a pump authority in the Colorado region.

Today, Allen Munro and his daughter, Katie Munro Powell, have broadened Munro’s focus significantly to serve a wide range of industries and develop innovative, problem solving products.

Since 1985, Regency Wire has focused our product offering, manufacturing investments and customer support around serving the needs of America’s Green Industry. It is, very frankly, a privilege and a pleasure! Every day we’re making new investments in manufacturing, quality assurance and expertise to better ensure we help our customers meet challenges and capture new opportunities. As we continue to grow together to innovate and add new products, we want you to know we will never lose sight of our roots. Uncompromised quality, responsive customer service – and a company-wide commitment to being easy to do business with – are at the foundation of Regency Wire and irrigation is the heartbeat of our plant. We strive internally to ensure the product you are specifying is the best quality, every time. From factory to field is our mindset.

In 1995, Tucor Inc became the first US based company to bring proven and reliable European 2-Wire-Decoder controller technology to the North American irrigation control industry.  For over twenty years Tucor Inc. has continued to develop and introduce industry leading, unique and innovative irrigation control products.

Did you ever wonder where the name Tucor came from?  While Larry Sarver, Founder and President of Tucor,  Inc, was in Europe developing the 2-Wire-Decoder controller technology he spent many evenings in the local pubs drinking Tuborg Beer.  When it came time to name his company, he originally wanted to call it Tuborg Inc., but a friend who was an English major encouraged Larry to go with Tucor incorporating “two” plus the word “core”, which also can mean wire.

Perhaps it would have been more fun to spec Tuborg  on your next project—?  We will never know.

Tom Gentile of Gentile & Associates, Inc.  is very pleased to announce that Steven Kim has been promoted to President of the corporation and Steve Lynch has been promoted to Executive Vice President.

Steven, formerly Executive Vice President, has been with the company since 2004 promoting the company’s array of exceptional Landscape and Irrigation products to Irrigation Consultants, Landscape Architects, Distributors, Contractors, Developers, Cities and more. He and Steve also handle most of the hiring of our upstanding personnel and add new product lines to our existing fine lines.

Steve, spent 28 years with  Lasco  Fittings, Inc. selling and promoting their full lines to Distribution, as well as to some specifiers, with the Company’s Swing Joints. Steve came aboard Gentile & Associates, Inc. in 2006 as Vice President and has helped guide the direction of the company along with Steven Kim.

Tom Gentile will remain as CEO/CFO. Gentile has been in the Irrigation/Landscape industry since 1975 and has helped pioneer a variety of new products to the Industry including controllers, valves and flow sensors. He is a recipient of The 2015 Green Industry Hall of Fame and named one of The Pioneers of Irrigation. “I thank The Lord that, as a company, Gentile has been growing quickly in the last 5 years even as we have come through some tough recessions, one about every 10 years, since the 1980’s”. Though the last one was brutal, Steven and Steve were more than stalwart and showed that success is available to those who are willing to work hard and wisely. We seriously thank all those who have supported us!

“Leave This World Better Than You Found It”

Jain Irrigation Systems’ Company Mission is one that helped land them on Fortune’s Change the World List for 2015. Fortune recognized 50 companies in 2015 that are “doing well by doing good” and Jain Irrigation Systems came in at number 7 on the list.

A fully integrated global agriculture company, Jain has been recognized by Harvard Business to be one of five global sustainability champions.  Jain also leads crop science research globally across a variety of food crops, and is staffed with some of the world’s leading agriculture research scientists.  With the recent addition of the Gandhi Library, Jain now house an impressive collection of the world’s leading agriculture knowledge in a single facility.   They research, educate, advance, manufacture, finance, propagate plants, and purchase produce for processing all in an effort to fulfill the Jain mission.

With more than 40 years of experience in drip irrigation for demanding agricultural applications, Netafim has also been pioneering innovations in drip irrigation for the landscape industry.

In the summer of 2004, the World’s eyes were on Athens, Greece for the 2004 Summer Games where the top athletes came to prove themselves worthy of the Gold.  For them, the Olympic Games represent the ultimate showcase of their talents.  In this arena, where fractions of a second and millimeters of turf count for everything, the sports facilities must be as finely honed as the athletes themselves.  To help accomplish this feat, Netafim Irrigation products were chosen to keep the Olympic grounds in Athens green and as flawless as possible.

Netafim Techline® Dripperline for Reclaimed Water was the perfect solution to irrigating and maintaining greenspaces and allowing the usage of recycled water to be utilized for water conservation.  The tubing is purple – as the color purple serves as the international sign for the use of non-potable reclaimed water.  All Techline® Dripperline was placed below the surface of the turf in order to minimize the danger of vandalism, allow flexible irrigation scheduling and place the concentration of water where grass needs it most – at the roots.