PRIER Products Receives Business Excellence Award from State of Missouri
PRIER Products Receives Business Excellence award from State of Missouri
Mar 12, 2013 – Grandview, MO— PRIER Products received the State of Missouri’s Business Excellence award from the Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (TAAC). As a Grandview based manufacturing company, PRIER has been working with Becky Nace at the state’s TAAC program to compete and win market share from foreign competition. At a January 31st awards banquet in Jefferson City, PRIER was recognized by the Missouri State legislature and received the Business Excellence award in completing the program. Senator Jason Holsman and Grandview Representative Joe Runions (representing Grandview) both congratulated Brady Poskin (Manufacturing Manager) and Cindy Coats (Controller) from PRIER.
PRIER Products Announces a New Manufacturer’s Representative – Touchdown Sales.
Grandview, Mo. (March 26, 2013) — PRIER Products is proud to announce its appointment of Touchdown Sales as their exclusive manufacturer’s representative in Utah and Southern Idaho.
Touchdown Sales is a recently formed manufacturer’s rep agency that covers Utah and Southern Idaho and has a great reputation with the plumbing contractors. Tony Sutherland (agency principal) began this agency in 2011 after working for many years in plumbing wholesale sales in the Las Vegas market. With an opportunity to start his own agency in Utah through Sioux Chief Manufacturing and Zeta Rod he made the move. He recently added Kent Dennis to the agency, who brings over 30 years of sales and general contracting experience. This addition makes a great partnership and has already began to pay dividends. Touchdown Sales has put a priority on keeping only a few manufacturer’s lines and giving these lines the attention needed to grow. “PRIER Products is a great line for our agency because it is made in the USA and they have quality product” stated Tony Sutherland.
THANKS for the MEMORIES
As the Controller for PRIER, my main duties are to accurately record the past, so that we can effectively plan for the future. With that knowledge, it should not be surprising that I spend my weekend's scrapbooking. Scrapbookers spend their time playing with paper and pictures. We look for just the right words to capture the spirit of the event we are working on.
The big difference between accounting and scrapbooking is that there are no Generally Accepted Scrapbooking Principals other than the concept of keeping everything acid free so that you do not ruin the pictures. That concept can also be disregarded if you own the digital version of your pictures because you can print as many copies as you want as long as you are willing for pay for the ink and paper. Monday through Friday at PRIER, I document the past exactly as it happened, in accordance with GAAP. Saturday and Sunday I get to work on the past in any order that I like. If I pick up a picture and I hate it, I can pitch it in the trash can. If it hurts too much to look at the picture, I can put it away for another day when the memory isn't so fresh. I can pick the event that speaks to me on that day, I can relive that moment all day or all weekend.
HOME AWAY FROM HOME: PRIER
I enjoy my job at PREIR because it feels like a family away from home. I live approximately 45 miles southeast of the PRIER plant and it is a long way to drive. I could probably get a job closer to home, but I don't think I would find a job where it is so clean. I worked in the cabinet making business for most of my life. I liked it, but the older I got, the heavier the cabinets got, and the sawdust was getting to me. Sawdust everywhere! PRIER is not only clean but you couldn't find a bunch of better people to work with, from management to the people on the plant floor. Everyone is treated like family here.
Yes, Winter is Still Here
By Cheryl Landsman, Customer Service Manager
On February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil, the infamous Pennsylvania groundhog, saw his shadow, which means spring is coming early this year. On February second, we had hope for an early spring.
On February 8th, New England got slammed by a blizzard called Nemo. Some parts of New England woke up to 3 and 4 feet of snow and sadly some of the people that were hit still had no power from Hurricane Sandy.
Coming Soon: PRIER's Diamond Series
“Diamond’s are a girl’s best friend”. Well, the same is true for PRIER. We are excited to introduce our new Diamond Series of wall hydrants that have improved features and a bolstered 3 year limited product warranty. Since purchasing the Mansfield Brass product line in 2007, our engineering department has been working on integrating the best features of both product lines into the new Diamond Series of products. While the look of the valve and the model numbers are the same (M-478s, M-378s, C-144s, P-164s and C-108s), each has improved features.
Nobody Said It Was Easy
By Joe Poskin, CEO of PRIER Products
Ai yai yai, design and development can be soooo difficult – great design, that is. Having designed parts and products over the years, I have developed the utmost respect and admiration for engineers who design and bring to market great products.