Uponor has named Bill Gray president of Uponor North America, effective Feb. 15, 2012. He is also a member of the Uponor Group executive committee. Gray has served as the vice president for UNA Sales since June 2011, where he was responsible for the leadership of all Uponor North American sales efforts in the U.S. and Canada. Previously, he was general manager for Uponor Ltd. in Canada for three years where he oversaw all Canadian operations, including sales, marketing, demand management and technical and customer service.

Contact: Suresh Parmachand
Senior Marketing Manager, Canada
(888) 994.7726, ext. 4703
suresh.parmachand@uponor.com

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Effective January 2012, Uponor has expanded its reach into Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean with Victory Management Solutions, Inc. (VMS). VMS will rep Uponor radiant heating and cooling, plumbing and fire sprinkler systems for commercial and residential applications. “With this new partnership, we’re well positioned to educate a new market that has very little exposure to PEX products and systems,” says Bill Gray, vice president, Uponor Sales. “VMS is well known for supporting project work and will help us pursue opportunities that are ideal for our radiant heating and cooling, plumbing and fire sprinkler systems.”


Contact: Suresh Parmachand
Senior Marketing Manager, Canada
(888) 994.7726, ext. 4703
suresh.parmachand@uponor.com

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Uponor North America has named Charlie Harte as general manager of Canada effective Feb. 6, 2012. Reporting to Bill Gray, vice president, Uponor Sales, Harte will be responsible for the sales and marketing leadership of the Uponor Canadian business, ensuring that sales targets and customer satisfaction levels are met. “The Canadian market is extremely important to Uponor North America; we need a leader who will balance the unique needs of the market with the operational requirements of a global company,” Gray says. “After an extensive search, Charlie Harte is the perfect candidate with the skills, experience and vision to lead the Canadian team to the next level.”

Contact: Suresh Parmachand
Senior Marketing Manager, Canada
(888) 994.7726, ext. 4703
suresh.parmachand@uponor.com

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Design professionals in the radiant heating, plumbing and fire sprinkler industries can now specify Uponor products for their projects even faster and easier. Autodesk® Seek, the online source for product specifications and building information modeling (BIM) for building design, now features Uponor parts in its database library. By searching ‘Uponor’ in Autodesk Seek, architects, engineers and other design professionals can gain access to information on more than 70 Uponor parts, including fittings, multi-ports, valves, manifolds and other accessories for use in Revit®, AutoCAD®, 3ds Max®, Maya® and other CAD applications.

Contact: Suresh Parmachand
Senior Marketing Manager, Canada
(888) 994.7726, ext. 4703
suresh.parmachand@uponor.com

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The Sustainable Building 2011 (SB11) world conference brings together more than 1,100 leading experts in sustainability to provide an overview of innovation and new technologies in the fields of environmentally sound construction, land use and sustainable communities. Uponor is proud to be the main sponsor of the SB11 conference. This role reflects Uponor’s commitment to sustainability, both in its own operations and in supporting its customers’ and partners’ endeavors to improve the environmental performance of buildings and their associated infrastructure.

Contact: Suresh Parmachand
Senior Marketing Manager, Canada
(888) 994.7726, ext. 4703
suresh.parmachand@uponor.com

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Recently, Uponor introduced a new series of free, one-hour webinars for industry professionals on the go. Six online training programs feature information from radiant applications to controls to even sustainable building resources. “At Uponor, we want to ensure professionals have the opportunity to receive the highest-quality education available, whether in person or remotely,” says Steve Lockridge, senior manager, Sales Operations at Uponor. “By providing factory, field and online training programs, we can effectively extend our reach to all those that are seeking the most up-to-date training and education in the industry.”

Contact: Gabriel Mederos
Communications Manager
(888) 994-7726, ext. 4705
gabriel.mederos@uponor.com

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Uponor recently created a new packaging design for its crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing coils to offer a more user-friendly product for customers as well as honor the company’s sustainability goals, which include reducing packaging waste. The new design shrink-wraps a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film around a coil of tubing and adds a circular perforation in the center of the coil. Users simply punch through the perforation and pull the required amount of PEX tubing for the job. When finished, users simply tuck the tubing end back into the center of the coil and transport the coil to the next job. The new packaging design will cover PEX tubing coils for Uponor AquaPEX® and Wirsbo hePEX™ products, ranging in size from 5/16" to 1" in 100-foot, 250-foot, 300-foot, 400-foot, 500-foot and 1,000-foot coils.

Contact: Gabriel Mederos
Communications Manager
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gabriel.mederos@uponor.com

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Uponor has named Tony Radcliff as vice president of Offerings/Marketing for Uponor North America, effective Aug. 15, 2011. Radcliff will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to Uponor North America’s product and marketing team. He is a seasoned veteran in the HVAC, controls and building industries. “Tony has an extensive and successful product and people management background, which makes him the perfect candidate for this position,” says Anders Tollsten, executive vice president, Uponor North America.

Contact: Gabriel Mederos
Communications Manager
(888) 994-7726, ext. 4705
gabriel.mederos@uponor.com

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Uponor has named Bill Gray as vice president of Sales for Uponor North America, effective June 6, 2011. For the past three years as general manager for Uponor Ltd. in Canada, Gray was responsible for the leadership of all Uponor Canadian operations, including sales, marketing, demand management and technical and customer service. In his expanded role, he will lead all Uponor North American sales efforts in the United States and Canada, as well as continue to oversee Canadian operations.

Contact: Gabriel Mederos
Communications Manager
(888) 994-7726, ext. 4705
gabriel.mederos@uponor.com

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On June 28-29, 2011, Uponor will host the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) as it presents an overview of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 13 Standard to commercial fire sprinkler installers. The two-day seminar held at the Uponor Academy in Apple Valley, Minn., USA, will cover critical elements of the NFPA 13 Standard, the most recognized building industry standard for the installation of commercial fire sprinkler systems.

Contact:  Gabriel Mederos
Communications Manager
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gabriel.mederos@uponor.com 

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To further meet the needs of the hydronic radiant heating market, Uponor launches Radiant Ready 30E™, a complete radiant mechanical room package, and Fast Trak™ knobbed mats for radiant tubing installation. Ideal for remodels, retrofits and new construction, the Radiant Ready 30E is a complete radiant mechanical room designed in a compact, preassembled, easy-to-install panel. To accompany the panel, Fast Trak knobbed mats provide a faster, easier method for installing crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing in overpour applications for basements, recreation rooms, bathrooms or any area of a home.

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To create a more robust infrastructure and to improve user experience when accessing the Climate Cŏntrol™ Network System online, Uponor recently launched a new customer access site that has several expanded features and functionalities that benefit everyone — from the contractor to the field technician to the rep to the homeowner. The Climate Cŏntrol™ Network System is Uponor’s integrated hardware and software package that connects all of a structure’s heating, ventilation, humidification, air conditioning, domestic hot water and radiant components to a single system for better energy-efficiency, monitoring and control.

Contact:  Gabriel Mederos
Communications Manager
(888) 994-7726, ext. 4705
gabriel.mederos@uponor.com 

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In today’s competitive market of designing structures that offer greater energy efficiency on a budget, engineers need a one-stop resource to research and specify products and systems that will make their buildings great. To help in their quest, Uponor recently launched Uponorengineering.com, an online resource that provides everything an engineer needs to create desirable, sustainable, cost-effective designs for radiant heating and cooling and plumbing applications.

Contact:  Gabriel Mederos
Communications Manager
(888) 994-7726, ext. 4705
gabriel.mederos@uponor.com 

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Eric Skare, product manager, Fire Safety, at Uponor, was recently appointed to the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) Residential Committee. In his role, Skare will provide expertise and guidance in the area of residential fire sprinkler systems. A Certified Fire Protection Specialist, Skare has also been a volunteer firefighter for more than eight years and has a great passion for fire safety and the importance of residential fire sprinklers. “With the recent IRC fire sprinkler mandate for new homes built after Jan. 1, 2011, the residential fire sprinkler market is opening up considerably,” says Skare. “It is important that residential fire sprinklers have the proper representation and visibility in the marketplace.”