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increased regulatory scrutiny and safety concerns.” With regard to any type of alternative piping connection sys- tem, Bower insists, “Industry is going through a cultural mindset change.” And, while some military / government applications – like U.S. Navy, MSC and Coast Guard – are lagging the commercial marine industry in adoption, those changes are also coming.

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Denver, Colorado-based Viega has manufacturing fa- cilities in McPherson, as well as four other strategically lo- cated U.S. distribution centers that operate with a state-of- the-art quality management system that guarantees quick delivery of products to buyers. With a nod to what comes next, Viega continues to grow its technical marine team by adding technical marine managers in key locations to support the U.S. shipbuilding market. And although the marine market is less than 10 percent of its business today, the