WinWholesale Inc. announced Jack Johnston has been named chief executive officer of the company. Johnston retains his title as president of WinWholesale.
HOUSTON—Louis (Lou) J. Laroche, a 35-year industry veteran of the HVAC industry, retired from HVACR product manufacturer RectorSeal® Corp., Houston, May 30. He served the 77-year-old company as national accounts and regional sales manager.
FT. WASHINGTON, Pa.—CMC Energy Services (CMC), a leader in the energy conservation industry since 1977, and a certified Women’s Business Enterprise, announced the acquisition of Yalesville, Conn.-based Competitive Resources Inc. (CRI).
BETHEL, Conn.—Duracell Professional, the business-to-business division of Duracell, today released the 2015 Battery Market Insights Report, designed to educate battery distributors about the evolving state of the U.S. away-from-home battery market.
ST. LOUIS—Coming off successful events in California and British Columbia this year, Emerson Climate Technologies Inc., a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), announced it will host the third quarterly E360 Forum in support of its E360™ platform.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) released its monthly TRENDS report, showing average sales for HARDI distributor members declined by 3.3 percent in May 2015.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Mitsubishi Electric US Inc. Cooling & Heating Division (Mitsubishi Electric), announced the selection of Johnstone Supply - The Ware Group Florida (The Ware Group) as the South Business Unit (BU) Distributor of the Year.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressmen Dave Reichert and Ron Kind introduced the S Corporation Modernization Act (H.R. 2788) last month. This proposed bipartisan legislation would give tax relief to the many S corporations among HARDI’s membership by allowing them to have better access to capital and to more easily compete and hire new workers.
OLATHE, Kan.—Bill Crooks has joined Grundfos Pumps Corp. as customer service center director responsible for overseeing customer service and applications engineering teams at the company’s Olathe, Kansas-facility.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—HARDI recently announced the creation of its first “40 Under 40” list, recognizing the top 40 industry employees younger than 40. The list will be published in a spring issue of Distribution Center Magazine.