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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 – Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Show Times

Tuesday, May 1: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, May 2: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, May 3: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

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Updated: Monday, 12 Mar 2012, 7:44 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 09 Mar 2012, 6:30 PM EST
Reporting By Nicole Estaphan

East Providence, R.I. (WPRI) – In a time when many businesses across the country are moving their workforce overseas, a Rhode Island based manufacturer is about to add more than a hundred jobs to the state’s workforce.

Over the past seven years, Quick Fitting’s East Providence headquarters has grown rapidly.

What began as a startup plumbing company of just three employees has increased for forty workers.

“We are constantly in hyper-growth.  We are hiring people constantly,” said President and CEO David Crompton.

Within the year, Quick Fittings hopes to add an astonishing 200 jobs.

“When you look at how fast the business is growing it blows us away,” said Crompton.

Crompton credits the ease of his products for the company’s surging success.

He says any homeowner can take a Quick Fitting product and become a do-it-yourself plumber.

“People who have never plumbed before could just snap it together and make an instant connection,” said Crompton.

That connection will mean a move from the company’s East Providence headquarters to a 100-thousand square foot facility in Warwick.

Crompton tells Eyewitness News, the company should be moved into the new facility by June 1st.

He anticipates a 300-percent growth within the next year.

WARWICK – Quick Fitting Inc. said Monday it is relocating its headquarters ahead of expected rapid growth.

The manufacturer of fittings for plumbing, heating and irrigation applications said it is relocating its headquarters to a 100,000-square-foot facility in Warwick from East Providence.

Eventually, Quick Fitting plans to move one of its five manufacturing facilities, currently located in China, back to that facility.

Fueling its growth is an “overall conversion of the market” from conventional methods, such as solder, to push-connect technology, which allows “really anyone” to do it, said President and CEO David Crompton.

“It takes about 17 pounds to insert [the copper tube] and about 700 pounds to try and pull it off. It’s just so simple, so easy to use … it lasts longer. It’s like the hammer and the nail gun, it makes life so much easier, so much faster,” Crompton said.

“If you had a leak under your sink today … you could patch it in yourself [and] when you push it on, it gives you the same connection whether you’re a 25-year plumber or [someone] who has done it for the first time. It’s an amazing technology.”

“We’re on track to supply [our products] to many, many wholesalers,” Crompton added, noting that they’re slated to launch to an undisclosed big-box retailer soon. The company’s clients include: Orgill, Handy Hardware, Tractor Supply (more than 1,100 locations), and HD Supply, among others.

Quick Fitting currently supplies to more than 7,000 retail locations and plans to grow to more than 10,000 in the near future.

To keep up with that growth, the company sees adding between 150 and 300 people to its current 37-person staff.

“Every time we turn around, we do hiring – which is pretty much every week now,” Crompton said.

“We’re been on a terrific growth track for the past couple years, and this past year has been absolutely phenomenal. We launched new lines, we’ve got some recent patents that we’ve secured on our copper products … we’re just really blowing out.”

The company considered relocating its headquarters to Massachusetts, Crompton said, and even talked to economic development officials. They found “a lot of opportunity there,” but chose to stay in Rhode Island because they didn’t want to uproot their workers “[who] have helped us get where we are today. That was probably the deciding factor to stay in the state.”

Quick Fitting is looking to bring back a manufacturing facility to the United States in order to have its Copperhead product be “Made in the USA.”

Nevertheless, the company would have to make “significant investments” in automating its product line. That way, it plans to have about 10 times the amount of production it could produce overseas with about one-third of the manpower. There are currently 600 employees in China and in Warwick, they’re looking at about 200 employees.

The new, leased building is located at 30 Plan Way, Warwick.

Quickfitting Inc. is a proud sponsor of Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, a global non-profit organization.

FIMRC is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization dedicated to improving pediatric and maternal health in the developing world through the implementation of innovative and self-sustainable health improvement programs. Through its network of outpatient clinics and partnerships, FIMRC asserts a multidimensional strategy that includes clinical services, extensive community outreach efforts and health education programs. FIMRC is a self-sustainable organization with project related funding provided from business operations – the Global Health Volunteer Program engages approximately 700 individuals annually who volunteer their time abroad and make a contribution in exchange for the experience FIMRC provides. Over 90% of FIMRC’s revenue is derived from our volunteer program. FIMRC was founded in 2002, is incorporated in Washington, DC and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. The FIMRC team includes over 3,000 dedicated staff and volunteers worldwide who provide the leadership and support necessary to achieve our mission of improving access to health care for children in underserved communities.

Our Vision: A world in which all children have an equal opportunity to benefit from modern medicine. Our Mission:To provide access to medical care for the millions of underprivileged and medically underserved children around the world.

We strive to accomplish our mission through the following efforts:

1. Fundraising for the construction of pediatric clinics in areas currently lacking a reliable source for healthcare. FIMRC’s foremost goal is to establish in underserved areas a facility that can serve as a center for healthcare administration to the children in that community, and as a base for our health education programs that serve to improve basic knowledge about the normal functioning body and about common diseases endemic to the area. Prior to the construction of a clinic, FIMRC mandates that a member of our Project Development Team visit the proposed site and conduct a population survey and health assessment. Follow-up visits subsequent to project initiation are also required to ensure proper use of our resources, and ultimately to monitor the clinic’s success. As continuity of care is a priority, a charting system exists in each clinic and serves to document the care each child receives over time. FIMRC’s methodology of preserving wellness is rooted in a commitment to combining incentive programs for parents and children with access to acute care and preventive measures.
2. Directly influence the health of children by encouraging and supporting individuals and groups who desire to travel to medically underserved areas of the world. FIMRC believes that better health is best achieved by direct care to those who can least access it. FIMRC organizes trips for volunteers to our clinics on an ongoing basis in an effort to supplement the care being delivered by local professionals. Medical volunteers work together to do physicals and deliver acute care as necessary. Non-medical volunteers assist with translating, administration, and a variety of other tasks. By inspiring others to become involved in global health, FIMRC aspires to broaden the level of impact in the communities we serve. To learn more about FIMRC’s Global Health Volunteer Program, please click here.
3. Encourage future health leaders to become involved in our purpose by recognizing their achievements. We encourage students to start a FIMRC chapter and participate in local community service activities as well as visit a FIMRC clinic so that they may experience firsthand the goal of healthier children worldwide – the end result of FIMRC’s vision. Through determination and the belief that all children deserve health, FIMRC declares itself as a major force in the delivery of healthcare worldwide – one clinic and one child at a time.”

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