Ray Murray Inc. (RMI) recently hired Chris Newkirk as regional sales manager. Newkirk has many years of experience in the hearth and grill industry, working for his family’s distribution business, Total Hearth & Grill (Mount Sterling, Kentucky).

Newkirk is eager to hit the road and continue providing exceptional service…

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the invention of the infrared grill by Thermal Engineering Corp. (TEC®). In the mid-1970s, Bill Best, CEO and founder, was focused on industrial paint-curing systems that used his patented infrared burner. A personal project—taking a burner from his lab and putting it into…

Las Vegas Market™reported a record number of buyers and suppliers who wrote orders at the winter 2018 market. The market’s more than 4,300 resources (which included a significant influx of new, first time, and expanding exhibitors) fueled 13% gains in overall buyer attendance, with vendors reporting commensurate increases in order…

The big game is over, but Hearth & Home Technologies is still basking in the glow of its presence at the NFL’s premiere Super Bowl LIVE warmup event. Patio & Hearth Products Report chatted with Hearth & Home Technologies’ Jackie Schneider, Heat & Glo brand director, to get an idea…

LAS VEGAS - International Market Centers (IMC), owners and operators of World Market Center Las Vegas, announced today a partnership with the City of Las Vegas to construct a new 350,000-square-foot Expo Center on the World Market Center Las Vegas campus, a five million-square-foot home furnishings and gift showroom campus…