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Metropolitan Host Basics of Steam Seminar

We had a great turnout for the first Basics of Steam training seminar this year. Instructed by salesmen Mike Temes and Neil Vogel, the seminar hosted a variety of customers from engineers to contractor. One of our priorities has always been to provide continuing knowledge on the different aspects of the water pump industry. The […]

Excess Flow Pump Removed, Metropolitan to Repair

When one of the four excess flow pumps, built in the late 70s, in the City of Whiting Ind. stopped working, Metropolitan brought the pump back to the warehouse to repair it. During a storm event, when the rainfall exceeds the ability of the Raw Pumps, the Excess Flow operates to keep the City from […]

Metropolitan Heads West to California

Sea Ranch, California, at the north end of Sonoma County is a community of private homes situated in a remote area designed with careful attention to the natural landscape. Although beautiful, this remote location adds challenges in monitoring and operating the community’s water and sewer services. While isolated, Sea Ranch has grown over the years […]

Metropolitan Teams Up With LAARS and DuraVent

  Metropolitan Industries is pleased to announce it has reached mutual agreements with LAARS Heating Systems Company and M&G DuraVent on the representation and distribution of the LAARS and DuraVent product lines. Metropolitan will represent LAARS in northwest Indiana, northern and central Illinois, and all of Missouri. A subsidiary of the Bradford White Corporation, LAARS […]

Custom Heat Exchanger Supplied to Local College

At Metropolitan Industries, broadening our horizons has never been a foreign concept. Perhaps nothing is more reflective of our commitment to meeting the highest of industry standards and adapting to serve the most complex needs of our customers than the expansion of our commercial division. Due in large part to the division’s expansion, Metropolitan Industries […]

New Load Sharing U.S. Patent Announcement

  Metropolitan Industries Inc. is proud to announce that the company has been issued a system and method patent by the U. S. Patent Office (No. US 8,180,496 B2) which will allow dissimilar variable speed pumps to be controlled in a way never before possible. We have elected to market our programmable logic control systems […]

Village of Chicago Ridge, IL Adds New Lift Station Controls

Faced with a flooded below ground pump station, the village of Chicago Ridge, IL looked to Metropolitan Industries for an emergency solution. Confined space entry presents significant hazards to municipalities working with below ground pump stations. The flooding of below grade stations can lead to an emergency service call and cause catastrophic damage of system [...]

Metropolitan provides local village with a boost

  At Metropolitan Industries, we take great pride in our ability to design retrofit solutions to meet your needs.  Our engineering expertise and dedicated sales and service staffs can design custom solutions best suited to solve your water and wastewater challenges. As case study illustrating our dedication to being problem solvers can be demonstrated by […]

March trade shows a success!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our exhibit booths during the many trade shows we attended in the month of March!  The ISAWWA WATERCON Conference, IL-PHCC Expo and SMACNA Chicago Trade Show were each a great success, and we appreciate all of the support from the many attendees who stopped by to see our new […]

Metropolitan ready for trade show season

At Metropolitan Industries, the month of March signals the start of our trade show season. As leaders in the residential, municipal, commercial and mechanical water and wastewater industries, we attend a number of trade shows covering these sectors throughout the year. March is our busiest month, as we attend three major conferences. Throughout the time […]

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