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Goulds Pumps, ITT Water Technology, awarded the 2004 Golden Eagle for exceptional sales and marketing achievement to Jeff Barrow, customer service center manager, Randy Cracknell, marketing development manager, and Terry Jordan, territory sales manager, at the company's annual sales and marketing meeting in December in Las Vegas.

Bill Blaine, senior vice president/sales of Elkay Manufacturing, met with Scott Franz, publisher of SUPPLY HOUSE TIMES, at Omni's spring meeting in Marco Island, Fla., Jan. 30 - Feb. 1.

Cox ProGroup, which represents private label products for Ferguson, appointed Chip Hardy as sales manager for southern Virginia.

Madison, Wis.-based First Supply LLC named Joe Poehling chairman and promoted Dick Adix to president.

A controlling interest in Crane Plumbing LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of plumbing fixtures and specialty plumbing products in the United States and Canada, has been purchased by one of the affiliates of Sun Capital Partners, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based private investment firm.

Newport News, Va.-based wholesaler Ferguson announced its acquisition of J.D. Daddario Co., based in Franklin, Mass., and Meckco Supply Co., headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.

Manufacturers rep firm Emerson-Swan, based in Randolph, Mass., named Parker Wheat president/chief operating officer; Jeff Dirksen, senior vice president/engineered sales; George (GL) Simas, senior vice president/distribution sales; Ken Fagan, senior vice president/business development; and Jed Swan, vice president/marketing.

Grundfos purchased the German metering pump group Alldos.

The Water Quality Association will host the WQA Aquatech USA 2005 trade show March 28 - April 2 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.

A.O. Smith Corp. named Mark A. Petrarca vice president/human resources and public affairs.