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PUMP EXPRESS TO INCREASE STOCK OF BATTERY-POWERED SUMP PUMPS & HEAVY DUTY DEWATERING PUMPS TO MEET POST-HURRICANE SANDY DEMAND
Like many East Coast businesses, Pump Express has emerged from Hurricane Sandy with a post-storm to-do list. As a major supplier of pumping equipment in the region that was hardest hit, this list hinges on changes taking shape in the increasingly vital pump market.
“Every time we get one of these storms we learn about what customers are looking for and what the best products to serve their needs are, not just during the storm, but after as well,” says Pump Express Sales Manager Fred Hettinger.
HEAVY RAINFALL IN NEW YORK METRO AREA SPURS SURGE IN PUMP EXPRESS SALES
Record rains have prompted the National Weather Service to issue flood zone warnings across the Tristate area – see blue zones, left.
And as rainwater rushes down roads, across parking lots and into garages, basements and utility rooms acrossNew York,New JerseyandConnecticut, the demand for quick delivery and servicing of sump and storm water pumps is rising.
“You know what you need when it rains?” says Sales Manager Fred Hettinger, “Pumps. Zoeller is always a big seller for us, as are Little Giant and Liberty.”
For a complete list of quick-delivery sump and storm water pumps visit the Pump Express website.Photo: © Nat’l Weather Service
