• Bradley Corp. announced two major promotions to its executive leadership team: BRYAN MULLETT’s elevated role as chairman/CEO and LUIS DE LEON’s new position as president/COO, as well as his appointment to the company’s board of directors. As chairman, Mullett assumes the responsibilities of his father, DONALD MULLETT, in leading the Bradley board. Donald Mullett takes on the role of vice chairman. Bryan Mullett represents the fifth generation of family leadership for Bradley.
     
  • Matco-Norca promoted JIM DICOLA to national market manager for waterworks and irrigation. DiCola will work directly with Vice President of Commercial Sales PHILLIP LEWIS in managing all initiatives to achieve both short- and long-term business development objectives for these two markets, the company noted.
     
  • Viega manager DANIEL Rademacher has been elected vice president of the board of directors of the American Society of Sanitary Engineering. Rademacher, who is the trades education network program manager for Viega, will serve a two-year term and may be nominated for board president.
     
  • REHAU announced the appointment of MARK HUDOBA to vice president of building solutions for the Americas region. Hudoba will lead the business division and drive growth of the company’s plumbing and mechanical product lines, including radiant heating/cooling, pre-insulated piping, geoexchange, snow melting, plumbing and municipal water service, the company explained. 
     
  • Caleffi North America announced MAX ROHR as its newest education and training manager. Rohr will partner with Caleffi representatives to offer product and system design training for engineers, contractors and wholesalers. Rohr has worked in the plumbing and hydronics industry since early childhood with his father BOB “HOT ROD” ROHR. After college, Rohr interned for a year at Caleffi headquarters in Italy.
     
  • WATTS launched the BACKFLOW HUB, a new webpage for plumbing professionals from beginners to seasoned pros. The site allows visitors to stay up-to-date on today’s complex plumbing systems with resources developed by Watts’ backflow experts, the company noted. Visit www.watts.com/backflowhub for more information.
     
  • DAIKIN NORTH AMERICA announced the purchase of Stevens Equipment Supply. Stevens will operate as a wholly owned business unit of Daikin, while maintaining its current name with established brand recognition in the marketplace, Daikin noted. 
     
  • Tool manufacturer CHANNELLOCK had the grand opening of its plant expansion in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The project, which took about nine months to complete and is now fully operational, allows CHANNELLOCK to address its increasing product demand by providing additional production capacity, distributions space and new machinery, the company explained.