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INDUSTRY NEWS
CIPH, HRAI to host motorcycle ride for charity
toroNto —the Canadian Institute of Plumbing & heating and the heat- ing, refrigeration and air Condition-
(taco Canada ltd), Jeff house (Jess- Don Dunford limited) and Simon Blake (Plumbing & hVaC). “We had a fantastic day last year,
ing Institute of Canada announced that the second annual “ride for habitat” will take place august 21. Co‐sponsored by CIPh and hraI,
the motorcycle ride will raise funds for habitat for humanity Canada. the ride was spearheaded by three in- dustry members: Sean Giberson
with 30 riders,” said Giberson, “and we’re hoping to double that this year. the ride is open to anyone, so mem- bers can invite their friends to partic- ipate too.” house — who created the scenic
route for the inaugural ride — added, “We’ve decided on multiple routes, with a common meeting place for lunch this year. We’re hoping to have starting points in Vaughan, Kitch-
IN THE CHANNEL REP RAP
B
asco Shower Enclosures ap- pointed Mid-America Mar- keting to oversee the
plumbing wholesaler territory throughout arkansas and in Mem- phis, tenn. Mid-america will spend significant time in the field represent- ing Basco products’ technical fea- tures, building and strengthening relationships with plumbing whole- salers and, ultimately, educating them about the importance of a heavy glass shower program. Bacharach Inc. added two new re-
gional firms to represent their prod- ucts in select regions of the U.S.: • e. W. leonard inc. serves Massa- chusetts, rhode Island, Connecticut, New hampshire, Vermont and Maine. • Jim Reeves & Company serves
Florida, Georgia and the lower ala- bama territories. BLANCO welcomed the follow- ing new sales representatives: • Ê Rakieten sales inc., dba Water
design Group, for the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and the partial state of Wisconsin (zip codes 540, 547 & 548). • Alliance Manufacturer Represen-
tatives, a current BlaNCo represen- tative in houston, now will have additional territory responsibility in texas. • R & R Associates will cover ore-
gon, Washington State, California, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Mon- tana, Nevada, Utah, arizona and New Mexico. Ice Air honored their top sales
representatives during the ahr expo in las Vegas. the Most Im- proved Sales award went to Patrick Anderson of stoermer-Anderson,
based in Cincinnati. Salesperson of the Year was earned by Pam sicil- iano of Thermosystems inc. of Chicago. In her acceptance speech, Siciliano complimented Ice air, not- ing that she “loves Ice air because of their integrity.” Metropac industries was recently
presented with the “outstanding Sales Growth achievement award” by Johnson Controls. this award is presented to distributors who increase their Johnson Controls sales signifi- cantly over the previous year. Metropac has increased their sales of Johnson Controls by over 44% and are on track to do the same in the coming year. additionally, Metropac will offer 5% off any back ordered Johnson Controls item thru april 2011. “We are that confident in our Johnson Controls Inventory levels that we’ll give an extra 5% off our al- ready low wholesale prices on any Johnson Controls part that our cus- tomers have to back order, said Bryan Cosentino, Metrocpac VP. Perma-Cote introduced Tri-Tech
sales Associates as its representative for the New York City area, which in- cludes the five boroughs of New York City; the New York State counties of orange, rockland, Dutchess, Sulli- van, Putnam, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk and all areas in New Jer- sey north of trenton and asbury Park. PRIER Products appointed spe-
cialty sales and service as their ex- clusive representative for eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. Spe- cialty Sales owns an office and ware- house facility in Chesterfield, Mo., where their three outside and five in- side sales team members convene.n
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ThisOldhOusemagazine recently gave away more than 60 prizes in its ‘The Great This Old house Giveaway’ contest, including a Trane XV95 gas furnace and a Trane Cleaneffects whole-house air filtration system. A resident of howard Beach, N.Y., was the lucky winner of the new Trane furnace with Cleaneffects. The products were installed in the winner’s home in late Febru- ary. installation completed by Trane dealer Marc Goldberg and the team at American Cool Air in east Rockaway, N.Y.
This Old Houseannounces contest winner
Charlotte Pipe products available as Revit drawings
Charlotte, N.C. — Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company’s extensive line of pipe and fittings are now available as autodesk®
revit® drawings. the
parametric files can be downloaded at
www.charlottepipe.com. In addition to the drawings, users have access to specifications links and technical and installation manuals. they can down- load individual products, or they can choose to download groups of prod- ucts, depending on their needs.
Brea, CalIF. — arrow Industries’ new corporate website has been re- designed from the ground up and fea- tures entirely new content. apart from learning more about the company, visitors can now download all or part of arrow’s catalog, request a quote and see their terms of service at a glance. Further website advance- ments, such as the ability to upload a file to arrow, photo galleries and ac- cess to all marketing collateral are in the works. Check the site often for
Until now, engineers, contractors, ar-
chitects and other revit users relied on general files when designing their 3-D plumbing systems. By using Charlotte Pipe’s revit offering, they can now use plumbing products with exact dimen- sions, making the virtual system much closer to a real-life installation. revit is an industry standard for
Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. It allows users to de- sign construction projects with both parametric 3D modeling and 2D drafting elements. Visit
www.charlottepipe.com.
Arrow Industries launches website
new improvements. Visit
www.arrowindustries.com.
ener/Waterloo, hamilton/Stoney Creek and Peterborough, which will make it easier for a lot more riders to participate.” Vintage bike collector Blake com-
mented that, “No matter which route you take, the scenery will be beauti-
•THE WHOLESALER® —APRIL 2011
ful, and it’s a great way to fundraise for a great cause.” registration is $50 per person, (for
riders and passengers) and will be available later this year through hraI and CIPh. Visit
www.ciph.com.
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