R. Craig Breese has joined Rheem Manufacturing Co. as president of its Water Heating Division in Montgomery, AL. He succeeds Simon Parfitt, who has been promoted to vice president - finance, corporate, reporting directly to Ian Stewart Farwell, president/CEO, and based in Atlanta.
Tri Palm International, manufacturer of Oasis and Sunroc pressure, bottled water and point-of-use coolers, hosted 45 sales reps from its 35 U.S. and seven Canadian agencies at a three-day sales meeting and tour of its McAllen, TX, distribution center and Monterrey, Mexico, manufacturing facility.
Dale L. Reese, 82, founder of businesses including Standard Plumbing Supply Co., Standard Plastics Co., Standard Transportation and Standard Pipe Nipple Manufacturing Co., died of natural causes Aug. 14 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Weinstein Group LLC has been operating as a manufacturers rep company since February 2002. Among the manufacturers it represents are: Ad Notam (Mirror Image), Alape, Aquaware America, Barclay Products Ltd., Clearwater America, Dornbracht USA, Hydro Systems, Keuco, Mr Steam, Pressalit, Sonia America, Sonoma Cast Stone, Vanity Flair and Xylem.