PEOPLE

Terry Donald Schawe was promoted to COO of Kaivac Inc.

Philadelphia-based PAK-IT LLC hired Ron Kurp as vice president of operations and technical director. The company also hired Frank Wiley as vice president of marketing.

ECi Software Solutions, Fort Worth, Texas, promoted Traci Johnson to senior vice president, global corporate marketing. In her new role, Johnson will oversee marketing across all of the company’s product lines and business units.

Enviro-Solutions, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, awarded Lori Fuller, a distributor sales rep with Swish-Kenko, Utica, N.Y., the Outstanding Sales Achievement Award.

Dan Sherwood has joined F-MATIC Inc., Lehi, Utah, as the national sales manager for the Janitorial Supplies Market. He will help aide in the development of restroom programs.

The United Group (TUG), Monroe, La., announced the election of Thad Ellington, president, PFS Sales Co., Raleigh, N.C., to its Board of Directors. Ellington has held the position of TUG executive vice president, Foodservice Committee, from 2007 to the present.

Unisource Worldwide Inc., Norcross, Ga., appointed Stephen Mohr to director of packaging-marketing and Eric Walter to vice president of finance.

APC Filtration Inc., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, has hired Chris Williams as global business development manager for APC’s OEM filter division. He will work from the Commerce Township, Mich., office and be responsible for industrial, commercial and domestic appliance air filter sales.

Spartan Chemical Co., Inc., Maumee, Ohio, recently announced several promotions: John Willis Swigart to executive vice president, James R. Leonardson to executive vice president of operations, David Cox to general sales manager, Johnny Ortiz to regional sales manager for the company’s Caribbean region and Jamie Brown to regional manager for the company’s western Florida region.

Waterbury Companies Inc., Waterbury, Conn., named Robert Potvin as executive vice president. He will oversee North American Hygiene Sales for the TimeMist Brand.

The company also promoted Leslie Sampson to general sales manager — Canada. She will represent all WATCO brands.

Diamond Chemical, East Rutherford, N.J., promoted Jim Diamond to corporate traffic manager. He will be responsible for the company’s shipments throughout the United States and the world.

COMPANY NOTES

Multi-Clean, Shoreview, Minn., and Minuteman International Inc., Pingee Grove, Ill., have entered into a partnership with recognized green cleaning consultant Vince Fagan and Fagan Solutions Inc., Chicago, to support authorized Multi-Clean distributors on green cleaning sales strategies.

Kimberly-Clark Professional has renewed its Cornerstone Partnership with Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International for an additional three years through 2012.

Philadelphia-based SCA Tissue North America was selected by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the second consecutive year.

The 99 honorees were selected from a pool of more than 10,000 companies.

NISSCO, LLC, Dulles Va., named LagasseSweet, Deerfield, Ill., as the Preferred Supplier of the Year and Anderson Sanitary Maintenance Products, Raleigh, N.C., as Distributor Member of the Year for 2008.

Lonza Inc., Allendale, N.J., launched LEAD (Lonza Efficacy Assessment of Disinfectants), a stewardship effort to provide assurance to customers and end users of all the company’s registered hospital disinfectants.

R.J. Schinner has moved into a larger location in Overland, Mo. The new facility provides seven dock doors to facilitate customers and suppliers. The display area has been increased and customer pick up areas will add additional benefits to the customer base.

Bird-X Inc., Chicago, received an A plus rating from the Better Business Bureau.

Design Journal recently announced the recipients of the 2009 Awards for Design Excellence (ADEX), honoring Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Winchester, Va., and Excel Hand Dryer Inc., East Longmeadow, Mass., both with Platinum ADEX awards.

Pro-Link, Canton, Mass., is celebrating its 25-year anniversary this year.

MBS Dev Inc., Englewood, Colo., announced that the company’s Wholesale Distribution Suite is certified for Microsoft Dynamics by successfully meeting all certification requirements.

The certification is the highest standard for partner-developed software.

Distributor Partners of America (DPA), Cincinnati, announced Lebanon Chemicals Inc., Lebanon, Tenn., as the recipient of its 2008 DPA Distributor of the Year and The Andersen Co., Dalton, Ga., as Supplier of the Year at the group’s March 2009 Buying & Networking Conference in Tucson, Ariz.

DPA’s Safety division held its inaugural “Safety Summit” and awarded Miller Safety & First Aid, New Kensington, Pa., as Distributor of the Year and West Chester Holdings Inc., Monroe, Ohio, as Supplier of the Year.

Healthy Child Healthy World announced a new long-term partnership with Activeion Cleaning Solutions, Rogers, Minn. Healthy Child selectively collaborates with groups and companies that focus on reducing and eliminating chemical exposures from home products, furnishings and food.

Minneapolis-based Tennant Co. was selected to participate in the Premier Healthcare Alliance’s first Innovation Celebration, an event that highlights innovative solutions that bring a positive impact to healthcare delivery.

Avmor Ltd., a Laval, Quebec, Canada-based company hosted a “Green Cleaning For Health” forum in June. The event focused on preventing cross-contamination, efficient green cleaning methods and tools, green certification, disinfection and infectious diseases.

The United Group, Monroe, La., honored its top business performers for 2008 at its 2009 National Conference near Washington, D.C. Riverside Paper Supply Co., Newport News, Va., represented by Jerry Hill, president, and J.P. Hill, vice president/sales manager, received the Member of the Year award. Dart Container Corp., Mason, Mich., represented by Joseph Iacona and Jason Geck, won the Supplier of the Year award.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

St. Louis-based Emerson has acquired ProTeam, Boise, Idaho. ProTeam will become part of the globally operating Emerson Professional Tools platform. The acquisition provides ProTeam with new growth opportunities and synergies through complementary product portfolios, channels and operations.

Service Paper Co., Renton, Wash., acquired Easy Packaging Northwest, Spokane, Wash. Larry Baker, president of Easy Packaging and a number of other Easy Packaging employees will join Service Paper.

Tennant Co., Minneapolis, entered into a strategic partnership with All-Lines Leasing, Eden Prairie, Minn., to provide preferred-rate financing programs to the commercial and municipal markets served by the Tennant and Nobles brand distributors.

 




POSTED ON: 9/4/2009