Sloan Valve Co. appointed Patrick Daly Northeast regional sales manager.

Briggs Industries Inc. celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2008. The company got its start in 1908 as a carriage/wagon/automobile body manufacturer in Detroit.

SFA Saniflo announced that Regis Saragosti has succeeded Bertrand Bouchard as chief executive officer of its operations in the United States.

Julien Home Refinements has announced territory agreements. Whitehead Marketing (Newnan, GA) will oversee Julien’s territories in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. JDL Associates (Mt. Airy, MD) will

Ihrie Supply (Wilson, NC) opened its new Rocky Mount, NC, showroom on May 5.

Gerber Plumbing Fixtures hired Claude Dib as North American demand planning and inventory analyst, based in its Montreal office.

Blanco America promoted Christy Emens to marketing communications manager.

HD Supply (Orlando, FL) announced that its Creative Touch Interiors (CTI) business has entered the Atlanta market with the opening of a 20,000-sq.-ft. warehouse.

The Joyce Agency (Springfield, VA) received the Rep of the Year award from Steamist.

Members of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute discovered at their spring meeting that this whole green building thing might be more complicated than advertised.