On "Watts Appoints Rich Gardner to Senior Product Manager Role"

A supplier promoting an internal guy to manage shutoff valves and connections is the kind of move that either means nothing or signals they're serious about innovation in commodity products nobody gets excited about—and the fact that they're making noise about it suggests they're betting on the latter. If Gardner came up through engineering or field feedback rather than sales climbing, this could actually matter: shutoff valve design and reliability is where contractors notice gaps first, especially on call-backs. Watch whether Watts starts releasing specs differently or listening harder to what breaks in the field instead of just tightening a margin.