Take a Streamlined Route to Better Service It’s a new era of growth and customer service for The Macomb Group’s Heating Division. Improved communication, processes standardization, advanced computer applications, and a proactive approach to competitive bidding are...
Introducing a One-Stop Shop for Specialty Services
September was a month of action for The Macomb Group! The Akron office moved out of its 35,000-square-foot facility on Johnson Street to a newly remodeled, 85,000-square-foot location. Everyone at the branch worked hard during and after hours — including weekends! But...
Are You Solving Only Half of Your Heating Problem?
Replacing an ancient cast-iron boiler with a modern, high-efficiency equivalent may offer significant standalone benefits in terms of operational and energy costs, reliability, and fast heat generation … but it's still only half the story. A good heating system has to...
The Role of Supply Houses in the Age of Fracking
Technology Improves Documentation, Helps Meet Industry Standards November 6, 2013 By Dennis Roberts The energy industry has seen a boom beyond expectations as companies actively work to harness the resources from the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in the East...
4 Reasons Why You Need Pipe Insulation
Regardless of how the economy is doing, manufacturing and industrial organizations always keep a close eye on the bottom line, and most are not inclined to invest money in expenditures that are just “nice to have.” Pipe insulation isn’t one of those expenditures....
How 3 Energy-Saving Steps Can Save $165,000 Every Year
Menasha Packaging is the nation’s largest independent, retail-focused packaging and merchandising solutions provider with a network of design centers, manufacturing plants, and pack-out and fulfillment service centers. Menasha Packaging collaborates with the world’s...
Coupling for Fiberglass: An Alternative to Curing
Pipe coupling can be a labor intensive process, requiring specialized workers in the skilled trades. By Chuck Raymond, Macomb Group DTE Energy, the Detroit-based generator, transmitter and distributor of energy to 2.1 million customers in Southeastern Michigan, is the...
Legacies That Live On
I’d like to highlight a great friend and long-time employee of The Macomb Group, Chuck Brinich. After 20 years with the company, I’m sad to see him go. Before I address Chuck’s history in the Pipe, Valve, and Fitting business, I thought it would be good to mention...
It’s True: You Can Have Total Containment for Any Need
What is at the heart of your business? Is it a sensitive customer database, sterile surgical environment, museum artifacts, cutting-edge pharmaceutical experiments, or valuable materials? Some pieces of your business cannot be put at risk. The Macomb Group’s...
Your Piping System’s “Safety Net”
Double containment piping — installing a pipe within a pipe — prevents leaks and provides added security to any piping design. Brilliant in its simplicity, a double contained piping system uses a primary (carrier) pipe that is housed in a secondary (containment) pipe,...