2016 Premier 150

Major News From 2015

• Morrison Supply acquired eight Kiva Kitchen & Bath showrooms that now operate as Expressions Home Gallery locations.
• Collins Pipe & Supply acquired Newburyport, Mass.-based Power House Supply.
• Robert Mucciaronejoined F.W. Webb in the newly created position of chief operating officer.
• Penn Machine’s Joe Pro was named the new president of the Houston-based PVF Roundtable group.
• General Pipe Cleaners celebrated its 85th anniversary.
• Ferguson acquired Redlon & Johnson Supply, Equarius, Builders Appliance Center and Ar-Jay Building Products.
• Winsupply (at the time WinWholesale) acquired Selkirk, N.Y.-based Security Supply, which had 12 locations at the time of the transaction.
• Plumb Supply Co., acquired 17-location Riback Supply Co., based out of Columbia, Mo.
• Rotunda Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in New Lenox, Ill.-based HVAC distributor  Munch’s Supply Co.
• David Kohlerwas named president and CEO of Kohler Co.
• F.W. Webb acquired southern New Jersey-based Grant Supply.
• Gilbert, Ariz.-based Southwestern Mechanical Sales was named the 2015 Supply House Times Manufacturers Representative of the Year.
• Ferguson opened a 460,000-sq.-ft., mega ship hub in Secaucus, N.J.
• Former ASA President Herb Strong (Economy Plumbing Supply) died June 24. Strong’s son, John, also a former ASA president, is Economy’s current president.
• Cincinnati-based Keidel Supply’s Barry Keidel retired after 44 years with the company.
• APR Supply acquired Johnson City, N.Y.-based Sage Supply Co.
• Buying group AD merged with Canaplus Limited Partnership to form AD Canada Plumbing & Heating.
• Wolseley Industrial Canada sold its EPG business to Emco Corp.
• Eastern Industrial Supplies acquired Birmingham, Ala.-based M&R Pipe and Supply.
• The PVF Roundtable awarded $50,000 in scholarships to two local trade colleges at its summer meeting in Houston.
• WinWholesale changed its name to Winsupply and also named Jack Johnston president and CEO and Rick Schwartz chairman of the Winsupply Board of Directors.
• Winsupply was named the 2015 Supply House Times Supply House of the Year.
• TORRCO’s Joel Becker was the recipient of the ASA 2015 Fred V. Keenan Lifetime Achievement Award, while APR Supply’s Randy Tice was the recipient of the 2015 ASA Plumbing Division Award of Excellence.
• Ferguson added a total of 15 new companies during its fiscal 2015 year.
• Home Depot acquired Interline Brands.
• Supply House Times won its third Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX) honor in a row.The magazine’s December 2014 cover showed a panel of ASA distributors in the casino area of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas during Network2014.
• Morsco, parent company of Morrison Supply, acquired North Carolina-based Murray Supply.
• Ferguson Fire & Fab acquired Alabama-based Central Pipe & Supply.
• Bradley Corp.’s partnership with the ASA Young Executives Division raised $55,664 for Operation Rise and Conquer.
• California-based WHCI Plumbing Supply acquired USAVE.
• The Granite Group acquired Connecticut-based Cunningham Supply.
• Slant/Fin founder and Chairman Emeritus Melvin Dubin died in September at the age of 92.
• Ferguson Fire and Fab acquired Atlantic American Fire Equipment Co.
• Penn Machine was the recipient of the 2015 Supply House Times PVF Ring of Honor award.
• Ferguson Fire and Fab acquired Action Fire Fab & Supply.
• AD founder David Weisberg died in November at the age of 89.
• Former Plumbers & Factory Supplies owner and President David Reynolds died in November at the age of 87.

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