General Pipe Cleaners has resumed operations, national sales manager Dave Dunbar announced.
The move comes after emergency weekend reviews of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's business closure directives in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“Because General is not on the Governor’s list of manufacturing companies ordered to close under the emergency orders that went into effect March 20, and because many of our customers are considered essential businesses, we made the decision to resume operations,” Dunbar said. “The fact that we manufacture machines that are sorely needed at this time and that we have been given the green light to operate means that we have to do our part to stay open and stay healthy.
“To that end, many of our workers, for various reasons related to compromised health risks, will not be reporting to work during this crisis. This will limit our abilities to ship product.”
General continues to follow the coronavirus situation closely – and to monitor guidance and directives from federal, state, and local government officials.
“The situation remains fluid,” Dunbar continued, adding that General will issue updates to “any changes to our status as soon as they become available.”
For questions, dial 800-245-6200 or 412-771-6300 during regular business hours. Or email General at [email protected]. Or Chat via its website drainbrain.com.
General Pipe Cleaners, a division of General Wire Spring Co., is a leading manufacturer of high quality American-made drain cleaning equipment. In business since 1930, the fourth-generation family-owned company is celebrating 90 years of service to the rental industry, drain cleaning professionals and plumbing contractors, facilities managers and the hardware/DIY market.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.