Industry Messages

Read the Industry Message, where NIA’s President shares insights about the mechanical insulation industry, NIA projects and priorities, and Insulation Outlook magazine.

Jack Bittner, NIA President, 2024-2025

Jack Bittner’s Industry Messages and Quotes

  • April/May 2025: “Our industry really has a great story, and we must keep pushing our message at every opportunity.”
  • March 2025: “Whether you are a long-time NIA member, a design engineer, or a newcomer exploring the role of insulation in your projects, I want to emphasize two key points: the importance of insulation, and the unmatched value of networking within our national association.”
  • February 2025: “I’m pleased to announce the launch of our new department, ‘Bad Specs.’ This monthly column will showcase real-world examples of problematic specifications encountered by our members. By sharing these experiences, we can gain valuable insights and avoid similar pitfalls in the future.”
  • January 2025: “As an insulation professional with over four decades of experience, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative impact of insulation on countless industrial and commercial facilities.”
  • December 2024: “I challenge you to review your facility or plant and see if insulation improvements can be made to improve your processes and forecast for 2025.”
  • November 2024: “Those of us in mechanical insulation must share and position our products’ and services’ cost-effective strategic role as much as we must understand what other options our customers are considering for sustainability.”
  • October 2024: “When I am asked what I look forward to when NIA members get together at Fall Summit and our Annual Convention, it is seeing industry friends and clients I don’t get to see very often, as well as meeting so many new folks.”
  • September 2024: “The volume and quality of information members of the Metal Building Laminator Committee share in these pages underscores how much knowledge exists among NIA’s committees, built over the individual member’s years of professional service in the industry.”
  • August 2024: “I didn’t realize how strong the connections in NIA’s community have made us until I thought about how many of those people I would never have met if I had not been active in NIA’s national network.”
  • July 2024: “I have long held that we are stronger for belonging to NIA, and that we gain additional strength when we come together for education and networking at NIA events.”
  • June 2024: “If you are an owner, engineer, specifier, or project designer, start by getting an energy audit done on your existing facility, which will also tell you the CO2 reduction available. And these opportunities are easy to fix: damaged insulation, under-insulated areas, and uninsulated areas.”
  • May 2024: “It is time for me to officially begin my tenure as President of this great organization. It is an honor to serve NIA, our membership, and our industry.”  

Laura Dover, NIA President 2023-2024

Laura Dover’s Industry Messages and Quotes

  • March/April 2024: “I will repeat my favorite quote from Coach Smith one last time, ‘When you make a basket, you point to the player who threw you the ball. That applies not just to basketball, but to everything we do. No one makes it through life without lots of assists.'”
  • February 2024: “Systems and processes work best when properly insulated, and this has been the case since the first pipe was covered.”
  • January 2024: “NIA’s Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition was not just a competition, but indeed an Art Gallery Showcase, as billed.”
  • December 2023: “Rituals become habits that can increase productivity and predictability. The most effective rituals are not random but have been deliberately developed over time with purpose and intention.”
  • November 2023: “Although we may live in different areas and have varying roles, mechanical insulation professionals worldwide share many challenges—as well as many blessings—and a collaborative spirit among associations benefits us individually in our own work as well as collectively as an industry.”
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