For decades, belonging to trade associations and learning from other pumpers has been important to Frank King. When he started Action King Services in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1968, there wasn’t a lot of information available. Pumper magazine’s forerunner, the Midwest Pumper newsletter, started by COLE Publishing founder Bob Kendall, provided the first opportunity for business owners to connect.
“Before Pumper, we scrambled trying to find equipment. I grew because of Pumper magazine,” King says. “I went to the (Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo — now the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment and Transport Show) for 20 years.” Now his daughter and
