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North America’s fire-sprinkler industry is undergoing a major shift, and contractors are feeling it on every job. For decades, the U.S. controlled most of the certified fire-sprinkler pipe supply into Canada—leaving contractors vulnerable to price spikes, allocation shortages, and unpredictable delivery schedules tied to American demand. Today, global sourcing has...

Across manufacturing and construction, companies are stepping back from maintaining their own overseas sourcing teams. The global supply chain has become too specialized, too regulated, and too complex to manage from an office half a world away. Instead, many Canadian industries, from retail to heavy manufacturing, now appoint trading importers...

For decades, Canada’s fire protection industry has depended on U.S. distribution for both fittings and pipe. Victaulic and other American brands have shaped how projects are priced, stocked, and approved. That structure worked when tariffs were stable and capacity ample. Today, with new trade measures and North American mills at...

A fire-sprinkler system is only as reliable as the documentation behind it. Once pipe is fabricated, installed, insulated, and concealed, the only way to validate compliance, origin, and long-term suitability is through the paperwork that follows it from the mill to the jobsite. Every shipment, every heat number, every listing,...