Marketing group Affiliated Distributors has recognized several of its suppliers and affiliates for exceptional performance in the past year. The awards were presented to winners in all three A-D categories -- electrical, industrial and industrial PVF -- at A-D's North American meeting last month in Dallas.

The winners in the industrial-PVF division are:

  • F.W. Webb Co., Burlington, Mass., Affiliate of the Year;

  • The Wm. Powell Co., Supplier of the Year;

  • All-Tex Pipe & Supply, Dallas, Affiliate Excellence in Marketing;

  • Piping and Equipment Co., Conyers, Ga., Affiliate Applied Technology;

  • Gulf Coast Marine Supply Co., Mobile, Ala., Affiliate Customer Satisfaction;

  • Spirax Sarco, Supplier Excellence in Marketing;

  • NIBCO/F.W. Webb Co., Best Conversion to A-D Supplier; and

  • Wheatland Tube Co., Excellence in Service and Logistics.

A record 1,700 A-D affiliates and suppliers attended the annual meeting.