• Matco-Norca announced the promotion of PETER O’DONNELL to national market manager, waterworks and irrigation, effective Dec. 30, 2019.
     
  • S.A. Armstrong Limited announced TODD RIEF has joined the organization as CEO. Rief has more than 25 years of experience. In his most recent role, Rief worked with Honeywell International for 12 years, where he served as chief commercial officer for the homes and buildings technologies division. 
     
  • Caleffi North America appointed SHARON ALEXANDER to the position of brand marketing manager. Alexander will work closely with the company’s sales and media networks and will be responsible for advertising, public relations, trade merchandising, trade exhibitions and promotion development.
     
  • Effective Jan. 1, RICHARD LYONS, executive vice president of C. Cowles & Co., has been promoted to president of the company. C. Cowles & Co. consists of Hydrolevel, Carlin Combustion Technology and Cowles Products. 
     
  • Jomar Valve announced the recent addition of KRISTINA HOWES as marketing manager. Howes will be responsible for driving the marketing strategy for the company.
     
  • John W. Danforth Co., one of the largest mechanical contractors in the northeast, announced PATRICK MCPARLANE, has been named president and COO. He is the ninth president in the company’s 135-year history. ROBERT BECK remains Danforth CEO.
     
  • TACO COMFORT SOLUTIONS is hosting a new biweekly webinar training series “Taco Tuesday” throughout 2020. These one-hour webinars will keep viewers up-to-date with the latest HVAC systems, tools and technologies. The webinars will occur on Tuesdays at noon Eastern. Every month will feature one residentially focused topic and one commercially focused topic. For more information, visit tacocomfort.com/TacoTuesday.
     
  • SPX CORP. subsidiary THE MARLEY CO., recently purchased PATTERSON-KELLEY, a manufacturer and distributor of commercial boilers and water heaters. The acquisition, SPX noted, will broaden its HVAC platform in the high-efficiency boiler segment of the heating market. Paterson-Kelly will operate as a subsidiary of SPX, and a part of the broader SPX HVAC platform, which consists of WEIL-MCLAIN, MARLEY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS and SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES.
     
  •  PAGEONE LIGHTING has agreed to partner with LUXURY PRODUCTS GROUP as an approved vendor. PageOne designs and manufactures decorative lighting proucts that use the latest LED technologies. 
     
  • RECTORSEAL, a manufacturer and distributor of HVACR plumbing and firestop products, became an approved vendor of the newly formed THE COMMONWEALTH GROUP wholesale buying organization, effective Jan. 1.
     
  • BRAVO BUSINESS MEDIA, a decorative plumbing, hardware and lighting industry technology and marketing company, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020. The company was founded by ACE ROSENSTEIN to specifically help independent decorative plumbing, lighting and hardware showrooms update and improve their business models with technology services and tools, it explained. In other related news, New Hampshire-based luxury showroom POSHHAUS has retained the design and maintenance services of Bravo Business Media for its flagship retail website.
     
  • CHANNELLOCK’s Trade School Trade-Up Competition is in its third year and continues to help close the national skills gap by funding initiatives and tools that will largely impact America’s future tradesmen and women. In 2020, Channellock is sponsoring spring and fall competitions, while also launching its Trade Travelers tour this spring. For more information, visit CHANNELLOCK.COM.
     
  • RINNAI CORP. announced it has received the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Certification, which recognizes design and engineering support, component laboratory testing, manufacturing and assembly of residential and commercial water heaters, and space-heating products and accessories.
     
  • SHUR-LINE, BULLDOG and WORLD AND MAIN are changing their name to H2 BRANDS GROUP, bringing together as one the offerings of three divisions, plus the new acquisition of Craig Electronics. H2 Brands Group owns 18 brands with more than 12,000 products representing 31 categories, including the AQUA PLUMB brand.