Jim Dooley, president, Southland Marketing Inc., (pictured center) received the award from Linda Appler, director of sales and marketing; and Paul Appler, director of research and development of Toronto-based Cliplight, which manufactures a line of leak detection tools, refrigeration system sealants and HVAC/R tools/accessories.

Cliplight also recognized Reacond and Assoc., Euless, TX, as “Sales Agency of the Year” - Gold Award; Western Component Sales, Scottsdale, AZ, as “Sales Agency of the Year” - Silver Award; The Eby Co., Beachwood, OH, as “Innovation in Marketing;” Central States Marketing, St. Louis, MO, as “Excellence in Performance”; and Anne-Marie Friedmann, salesperson at the Walsh Agency, Toronto, received the “Achievement Award” for Most Improved Performer of 2006.