Stock Building Supply (Raleigh, NC) appointed Joe Appelmann, senior vice president of operations, as company president, effective August 1. Appelmann will succeed Fenton Hord, 60, who is retiring due to
The Plumbing Manufacturers Institute named Shawn Martin its new technical director, effective July 9. He replaced Dave Viola, who took a new position with IAPMO when his contract with PMI
Bock Water Heaters appointed Terrence Mullen president/CEO. He joined the company in 2003 as chief operating officer. He succeeds Donna Sheehan, who has been named director of customer relations. During
Leonard Valve named Peter Gobis III national sales manager. Formerly, he was sales manager for Senior Aerospace, a supplier of engineered products for aircraft and weapons systems.
Watts Water Technologies said that Mike Gaughan has rejoined the company as the western regional manager-Automatic Control Valve Group. He has more than 29 years of experience working with pipe,
Hercules Chemical Co. hired Robert P. Aleman Jr. as technical support specialist. He will interact with plumbers, wholesalers and end users through the company’s technical help desk and Web site
Armacell LLC named Alan V. Shepherd national sales manager for insulation products. He formerly was national account and marketing manager at Owens Corning. He succeeds Kartik Patel, who is now
First Supply LLC (Madison, WI) acquired the assets of PH&I Supply Co., Kenosha, WI, a plumbing distributor that has been in business more than 60 years. Michael (Mick) Medvecz, former
J & B Supply (Fort Smith, AR), a Ruud distributor, has opened a new 19,000-sq.-ft. PROSTOCK store with a 2,500-sq.-ft. showroom in Little Rock, AR, according to the Rheem Manufacturing