Family-owned Pither Plumbing is a 74-year-old success story characterized from day 1 by hard work, imagination and gumption.That combination of management traits was true of company founder Jack Pither, his son Pat Pither, and now third-generation owner Patrick Pither. A propensity for reasonable risk-taking seems to be a genetic marker.The tools of the trade have changed through the years, of course. Spades and pipe wrenches were the mainstays back in 1952. Today the company toolbox includes inspection cameras, jetting trucks, CIPP and pipe bursting systems, sensitive leak detection equipment and artificial intelligence.The eastern Texas company, based in Longview, has broadened
