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Rheem Air Conditioning Division, a division of Rheem Manufacturing Co., appointed Geoff Alpert as general manager for Rheem Supply in Michigan. He will be responsible for operations throughout Michigan, including the Grand Rapids and Warren branch locations and Midwest Refrigeration, a Rheem Supply sub-distributor. Alpert has served as district manager for Pameco Corp. and has held several positions including financial officer and sales manager for Carrier Great Lakes of Michigan.

Also, Ed Lightner was named product support manager. He will oversee the division's national network of district technical representatives, who provide technical product training and support to Rheem and Ruud distributors. Lightner started as a district technical representative for Rheem in 1986 and was promoted to Eastern regional service manager in 2002.