Speakman Company Appoints new Director of Sales, Commercial & Hospitality

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Speakman Company Appoints Blake Snow as Director of Sales, Commercial & Hospitality

 

New Castle, Del. January 4, 2012— The Company that supplies showerheads to some of the most well known hotels has appointed Blake Snow as the new Director of Sales, Commercial & Hospitality.

Blake joins Speakman from Kohler Company where he served in many different capacities, including Regional Manager, Director of Marketing for Global Faucets and most recently as Director of Sales & Marketing for Mark David custom contract furniture.  His background in plumbing & recent knowledge and experience with the hospitality market will be a key asset to Speakman Company.

Blake joins Speakman at an exciting time and will play a major part in the company’s growth initiatives in commercial plumbing and residential shower and bath. His main focus will be further penetrating the hospitality market with the existing line of high-performing showerheads and the new bathroom collections including Neo & Rainier.

In 2011, Speakman introduced 30+ new showerhead products and is gearing up to launch and full suite of bathroom fixtures.

“I’m thrilled to be back in the plumbing industry and working with a company with such a strong brand identity…there is a plethora of opportunity in both hospitality and wholesale distribution and I can’t wait to take our fair share!” said Snow.

 

To learn more about Speakman Company and their full line of shower and bath products please visit www.speakmancompany.com.

 

 

About Speakman Company

The Speakman Company was founded in 1869 as a plumbing pipefitting company.  Retaining its independent and privately held status, Speakman has forged a reputation for continuous product innovation and quality leadership.  Today Speakman continues to pioneer innovations that improve the quality of life for the global community.  Speakman manufactures high quality commercial plumbing products, innovative emergency equipment and exceptional hospitality & residential showerheads.  Speakman is registered to ISO 9001:2000, for more information on Speakman; please visit our web site at www.speakmancompany.com.

Speakman Joins in Staying Focused to the True Meanings of the Holidays

Speakman strives for honorable quality within its products, but also, its own company’s morality. There is a strong sense of unity between Speakman employees and it is evident in their willingness to spread their unity within the community.

This season, Speakman is working to do their part in helping all children enjoy the holiday expierence. Speakman Company employees are embracing the true meaning of Christmas this year by participating in the “Adopt-a-Child” program sponsored by the Ministry of Caring in Wilmington, DE.
With the names and ages of 31 local children, Speakman employees provide Christmas gifts for them, a charity of good will that will hopefully be passed on during the year.

Speakman Sells Evaporative Cooling Business

New Castle DE; Speakman Company announced that they have sold its Speakman Cooling business which consists of two individual product lines.   The OASys and the Air2O lines have been sold to two separate interested parties.

The Speakman Cooling business is part of Speakman Company, a 143 year old plumbing company. Speakman Cooling started its business in 2005 with the introduction of OASys- an advanced indirect/direct evaporative cooling technology. The OASys IDEC product line was purchased by Practical Renewable Energy Corp. of Las Vegas, NV. Practical Renewable Energy may be contacted at 702-463-2642.

In 2010, Speakman Cooling moved beyond the OASys™ line and launched the Air₂O™, a unique and sustainable line of Indirect/Direct evaporative coolers. This product line was purchased by Green Air Company.  AirMax Industries, LLC of Fresno, Ca is the US distribution arm of Green Air Company. AirMax contact information is as follows:

Cell: +1 (916) 248-0943

Phone: +1 (559) 245-COLD (2653)

Fax:+1 (801) 218-0943

E-mail:  msalem@Airmax-Solutions.com

Web:     www.Airmax-Solutions.com

Speakman Company Welcomes Governor Jack Markell

On Tuesday, November 1st, Speakman Company was delighted to welcome Delaware’s Governor Jack Markell and Richard Geisenberger, Chief Deputy Secretary of State & Director of Corporations, for a visit to Speakman Company and a tour of the factory. Additionally, Governor Markell and Richard Geisenberger assisted Speakman in welcoming International customers who support the exports of Speakman products internationally.
Governor Markell met with the International customers, from Australia, Mexico, Israel, Bolivia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, to share his appreciation of the business relationships with Speakman and its positive impact on the Delaware economy.
Governor Markell then toured the Speakman factory and spoke with fellow employees. He spoke of his appreciation for the dedication from Speakman employees and their support to aiding the quality and production of Speakman products. Governor Markell supports Speakman in its efforts to expand the company and its product offerings, to increase their contribution in the growth of the Delaware economy.
Governor Markell met with the International customers, from Australia, Mexico, Israel, Bolivia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, to share his appreciation of the business relationships with Speakman and its positive impact on the Delaware economy.
Governor Markell then toured the Speakman factory and spoke with fellow employees. He spoke of his appreciation for the dedication from Speakman employees and their support to aiding the quality and production of Speakman products. Governor Markell supports Speakman in its efforts to expand the company and its product offerings, to increase their contribution in the growth of the Delaware economy.

Speakman’s Newest Showerhead – Anystream Assana!

Speakman Company is pleased to introduce the Anystream® Assana™ Showerhead. The Anystream® Assana is a new showerhead added to the Speakman shower products line in Fall 2011.
The Anystream® Assana features a spa design aesthetic coupled with a traditional rain showerhead sensibility. The showerhead is available in both polished chrome and brushed nickel as well as a WaterSense® certified 2.0 GPM flow rates.
The Assana showerheads feature the innovative Anystream 360º™ spray technology. Developed by Speakman’s engineering team, Anystream 360º™ spray technology allows Speakman Anystream showerheads to achieve a 360º rotation to the spray adjusting mechanism (handle or faceplate). This adjustability allows the user to make small incremental adjustments to the spray of the showerhead and transition effortlessly through an infinite number of sprays. Speakman’s Assana showerhead smoothly transitions through 360 degrees of unique sprays by turning the faceplate.
To learn more about the Assana showerhead as well as the full Speakman Shower products line, please visit SpeakmanCompany.com

What Do You Look for in a Good Specification Sheet?

Speakman wants to improve our specification sheets to make them more user-friendly, but we need your help!  Tell us what information you always like to have on specification sheets  and what features would be nice to have on these sheets that you commonly don’t already find on most sheets.

 

 

Get Fresh with Anystream Refresh Showerheads

Speakman Company is pleased to introduce the Anystream® Refresh Collection.  The Anystream® Refresh showerheads are one of the many new showerhead collections introduced by Speakman during the February launch of the renewed shower product line.

The Anystream® Refresh Collection features three design aesthetics; contemporary, traditional and modern to appeal to varying user preferences.  Each Refresh style offers a unique spray configuration of massage, needle and full-body flood sprays.  The family includes three fixed, three hand-held shower, and nine unique combination showers available in both polished chrome and brushed nickel.

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All Refresh showerheads feature the innovative Anystream 360º™ spray technology.  Developed by Speakman’s engineering team, Anystream 360º™ spray technology allows Speakman Anystream showerheads to achieve a 360º rotation to the spray adjusting mechanism (handle or faceplate).  This adjustability allows the user to make small incremental adjustments to the spray of the showerhead and transition effortlessly through an infinite number of sprays.  Speakman’s Refresh showerheads smoothly transition through 360 degrees of unique sprays by turning the faceplate.

To see all the showerhead in the Refresh Collection as well as the full Speakman Shower products line, please visit SpeakmanCompany.com.

Sensor Faucet Special!

Check it out!  We have an overstock of our popular S-9700 (battery) and S-9800 (A/C) SensorFlo Faucets and are offering special pricing while supplies last.  To learn more about the promotion, contact your local Speakman Sales Rep or give our Customer Service Team a call at 1-800-537-2107.

 

 

 

Speakman’s SEF-1000 & SEF-1800s Exclusively Available in Lead Free!

Speakman is pleased to announce that all of our SEF-1000 & SEf-1800 models are now being sold exclusively in lead free brass.

There are however a few options for these products that are not lead free brass, -FP (foot pedal) and -ST (serrated tip) continue to be made out of the same material as before.

 

At this time out battery powered and A/C powered sensor models are made out of traditional brass are are not compliant to lead free standards.

Anystream S-2252 Brass Showerhead Notification

In March we unveiled our updated to our legacy product, the S-2252, which is replacing our S-2252-AF, which will be phased out later this year.

Once our inventories of the S-2252-AF are depleted we will begin fulfilling orders with the S-2252.

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S-2252-AF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The new S-2252 features a number of significant enhancements that position it as Speakman’s premier product for the hospitality market.  The primary features on this new product are:

•          New face plate design that matches the finish of the showerhead and eliminates the screw holes

•          New solid brass handle

•          A streamlined design which incorporates the ball seamlessly into the body of the showerhead

The S-2252 is in stock and available for shipping at an introductory list price of $81.00.  In January 2012 the list price of the S-2252 will change to $99.00 and remain the industry’s most competitively priced all brass showerhead.  No other brand or product can match the Speakman Anystream® Icon™ S-2252’s combination of performance, style, quality of construction and value.   The S-2252 model comes standard in a polished chrome finish.  Additional finishes are available in Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Polished Brass and Oil Rubbed Bronze.