Orlando, Fla.-based Hughes Supply has realigned its sales and marketing department into the Marketing and Vendor Development Group and has hired a vice president of corporate marketing.
Ferguson (Newport News, Va.) named Robert Warren “Robby” Adkins president and general manager of the Apex, N.C. Waterworks operation, and Trent Lee president and general manager of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Reliable Pipe Supply Co. (San Diego) raised about $5,000 (which includes a matching contribution from the wholesaler) for the Salvation Army for Wildfire Victims, with its 19th annual tradeshow.
The Association of Water Technologies (AWT) announced its calendar of events for Regional Training Seminars, Certified Water Technologist exams and its 2004 Water Technologies Convention and Expo.
The Water Quality Association (WQA) announced several things it is doing to assist its members in aiding survivors of the tsunami that hit countries on December 26, 2004.
Baltimore, Md.-based Northeastern Supply has completed the acquisition of Wholesale Enterprises in Roanoke and Christiansburg, Va., a distributor of plumbing supplies and heating equipment serving the residential and commercial markets.
Almost immediately following its early December filing of Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Eastern Division, multi-branch wholesaler Builders Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., based in Addison, Ill., requested the court's permission to sell substantially all of its assets. In its petition, the wholesaler said it owed its lenders about $29.4 million.
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