First Supply (Madison, WI) held a Pump Show at its Eau Claire, WI, facility in February. A seminar on code updates was presented by Leroy Janske, State of Wisconsin wastewater specialist.
Keeney Manufacturing named Alan Monat senior project manager. He had been a merchant for plumbing and electrical and worked on special projects at The Home Depot.
Alan J. Campbell, 56, president/CEO of the Florida Society of Association Executives, died of a heart attack Feb. 3 in Tallahassee, FL. Before that, he was executive director of the Window and Door Manufacturers Association.
NAW: The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors announced its newly elected officers include C.S. “Chip” Hornsby, most recently chief executive of Wolseley North America (Newport News, VA) and effective Aug. 1, CEO of parent company Wolseley plc, as first vice chairman.
A.Y. McDonald started his own plumbing business in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1856, and it has remained there under his family's continuous ownership and management for 150 years.
CSI University is a day-long leadership program scheduled for Tuesday, March 28, held prior to The CSI Show & Convention, at the MGM Grand conference center in Las Vegas.
Patterson-Case Associates, an independent manufacturers rep firm that covered Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia, has merged with BWA South Co., a manufacturers rep firm that covers the same territory.
A.O. Smith Water Products President Ajita Rajendra met with customers and media during the 2006 AHR Expo in Chicago. Rajendra succeeded Ronald E. Massa, who had been president of Water Products since 1999.
RE: Innovative Thinking Conference: Hiring - Training - Retention
June 12-13 at the Emerald Pointe Resort in Lake Lanier Island, GA (about 45 minutes from Atlanta).
State Water Heaters named Great Lakes Agency of Grand Blanc, MI, as manufacturers rep for its commercial and residential water heaters in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.