Picote opens trenchless training center in Porvoo, Finland

Picote Solutions Oy announced the opening of a hands-on trenchless training center for international customers in the wastewater and water rehabilitation industries. Picote has finalized upgrading the training facilities and hiring full-time employees with extensive in-house lining experience. The Porvoo training center is conveniently located close to Picote CIPP contracting services and Picote manufacturing facilities in Porvoo, Finland, around 45 minutes from Helsinki. The Picote Training Center offers a wide variety of training, including drain cleaning for plumbers and trenchless contractors, cutting/reinstatement, failed liner and concrete removal, connection collar installation and specialty classes focusing on CIPP lining inside buildings.

$60,000 raised for Joseph Groh Foundation at Service World Expo

Service World Expo, held in Tampa, Florida, in 2022, raised $60,000 for the Joseph Groh Foundation. At the show, Ken Goodrich, CEO of Goettl Home Services, set a challenge. If attendees donated $50,000 to the foundation, he would personally match it. The Joseph Groh Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity and provides grants exclusively to individuals in the contracting and construction trades who are living with a life-altering disability. The grants fund accessible bathroom remodels, ramps, accessible wheelchair vans, vehicle retrofits, assistive and rehabilitative technology, and more.

Aries Industries adds Wisconsin-based dealer to network

Aries Industries has added Wisconsin-based JWR Inc. to its dealer network. Based in Johnson Creek, JWR has expanded its offerings to include underground infrastructure inspection equipment, in addition to its core focus on technology and solutions for waste and recycling. The 50-year-old company serves customers nationally with products to address their specific waste management needs, along with installation and service.