Rheem Manufacturing's Water Heating Division honored 11 suppliers at its Annual Supplier conference in May. The awards were presented by the Supplier Development department, which was organized in 2002 to forge more effective working relationships between Rheem Water Heating and its key partners.
T&S Brass and Bronze Works hired Richard Fahey and Jane VanBergen as marketing product managers and Jack Criswell as business development manager/hose reel products.
Murray Supply (Winson-Salem, NC) hosted a retirement dinner for Wilbur Honeycutt in April, attended by sales associates from both the company's Raleigh branch and corporate headquarters, and members of Honeycutt's family.
State Water Heaters recently teamed up with Front Row Motorsports as the primary sponsor of its No. 61 car in the Aaron's 499 Race - part of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series - at Talladega Super Speedway in Alabama.
John Schultz retired from Godwin and Schultz Sales Inc., the company he founded with Bill Godwin, on March 31, after 30+ years in the plumbing industry, most of which he spent as a manufacturers rep.
Engineered Software, a provider of software used to design and simulate the operation of fluid piping systems, reached a four-year agreement with Crane Valve North America to produce, market, sell and distribute worldwide Crane's Technical Paper 410 The Flow of Fluids through Valves, Fittings, and Pipe and its accompanying software program Flow of Fluids Premium.
Preferred Pump recently completed an agreement to acquire Waterways Distribution in Chico, CA. Jim Love, founder and owner of Waterways, built up his business in the irrigation industry selling Line Shaft Turbine Pumps, motors, controls and associated supplies.