The State of the Pool Industry
The pool industry is chugging along — builders are still building pools from last year, servicers are busier than ever and some manufacturers are expanding to meet demand.
AquaStar Names New Southeast Regional Sales Manager
AquaStar Pool Products, Inc. has hired Josh Speyrer as regional sales manager for the southeast region.
CamerEye Expands its AI Smart Pool System
CamerEye is advancing the future of pool technology by expanding its artificial intelligence smart pool system to cover the entire pool lifecycle.
POOLCORP Partners with YMCAs to Provide Swimming Skills to Underserved Communities
POOLCORP, a leading global wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies and outdoor living products, is once again teaming up with YMCAs across the country to help children learn life-saving swimming skills.
Angela Moss, 40
Angela Moss traded pine trees for palm trees when she and her husband moved from Janesville, Wisconsin, to Corpus Christi, Texas, in 2014. But Moss, who had been working for her parents’ pool and spa business, Nelson’s HomeTowne Recreation, didn’t trade in that experience. Instead, she began working for Certified Pool and Spa as its…
Viva Las Vegas
PoolPro has compiled the best events, seminars and booths for service professionals to visit at the PSP.
Clear Comfort Expands Partnerships
Clear Comfort announced their largest-ever expansion into multiple channel partnerships.
POOLCORP partners with YMCA to create swim program
POOLCORP aims to teach kids about safety, build their confidence and share the joy of swimming with the creation of the A Splash of Joy program. By the end of 2022, POOLCORP will have donated $2.2 million to fund more than 20,000 scholarships for swimming lessons and lifeguard training at YMCAs in underserved communities across…
A Career on the Move
Lenny Maffei, one of Poolcorp’s first-ever hires and a major contributor to its staying power, retired March 1. Since Maffei joined the company, it has grown to over 400 branches nationwide. Maffei credits his drive and focus to his faith in God and his family, who have given his hard work a purpose. “I call…
POOLCORP acquiring company that owns Pinch A Penny, Inc.
Pool Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Largo, Florida-based Porpoise Pool & Patio, Inc., including its main operating subsidiaries, Sun Wholesale Supply, Inc. and Pinch A Penny, Inc. Sun Wholesale Supply, Inc. is a wholesale distributor of swimming pool and outdoor-living products, including a specialty chemical packaging operation, selling primarily to Pinch A Penny…
POOLCORP acquires Pool Source and Vak Pak
In April, Pool Corporation announced its acquisition of Nashville-based Pool Source, LLC, which operates one sales and distribution center in Nashville serving the Tennessee and southern Kentucky markets. “Since its formation over 11 years ago, Pool Source has steadily grown and developed a reputation for outstanding customer service and loyal customers,” says Peter D. Arvan,…
POOLCORP makes acquisitions
Pool Corporation, the world’s largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related backyard products, which operates approximately 375 sales centers in North America, Europe and Australia, announced the acquisition of two manufacturers: Jet Line Products, Inc., a leading distributor of swimming pool equipment, chemicals and supplies; and Ontario-based Northeastern Swimming Pool Distributors, Inc., the second…