•           Jomar Valve hired Wes Gossanas its new regional business development manager for the Southeast region. Gossan previously worked at Rheem and Mueller Industries.

•           Rep firm P-M & Associates announced the hiring of Shannon Ambroseas architectural and design sales associate, Jim Bovaas quotations manager and Ryan McBrideas inside sales customer representative.

•           ROHL appointed Tracy Haugh as the company’s new director of marketing.

•           John Zagorski has joined the commercial specification sales team at Mainline Sales. He will lead the firm’s commercial spec sales efforts in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California.

•           Prier Products named Scott Brady research, development and engineering manager and Greg Mertes production supervisor.

•           Caleffi announced the hiring of Cody Mackto the position of application engineer.

•           WaterFurnace International appointed Scott Honeggerto the commercial team as senior applications engineer for applied products.

•           Lars van der Haegenwill take over as CEO of the Belimo Group starting July 1. He will succeed Jacques Sanche, who is leaving the company at the end of September.

•           Knipex Tools appointed Nancy Szankowskito the position of senior marketing specialist. She brings more than 30 years of marketing experience to her role.

COMPANYNEWS

•           Watts Water recently honored rep firm Hugh M. Cunningham, Inc., with its Marketing Excellence Award.

•           SpacePak announced rep partnerships with TSS Associates (Albany, N.Y.) and Sales, Marketing and Service (Stoughton, Mass.).

•           ECR International announced N.H. Yates is its rep in the
Mid-Atlantic region.

•           Newport Brasshas been honored as a member of the Made in California program awarded by the nonprofit organization California Manufacturing Technology Consulting.

•           Morrison Supply was honored with the 2014 LG Duct Free System Distributor of the Year Award at the recent AHR Expo.

•           Daikin Applied named Air Reps its sole equipment representative in Washington state. The move aligns Daikin’s sales channels.

•           Armacell signed an agreement to purchase Industrial Thermo Polymers, a leading Canadian manufacturer of extruded polyethylene foam products.

•           AquaMotion recently added rep firms IKM Sales, Integrity Sales and Marketing and SAE Sales.

•           Marketing and public relations firm O’Reilly-DePalma debuted its new website at www.oreilly-depalma.com.

•           Danfoss added Equipco as a new rep for pressure-independent control valves in Canada.