Plumbing News

Rep News - May 2006

AERCO, A.O. Smith, Julien, Spartan Environmental, Selkirk Canada and State Water Heaters announce manufacturers rep appointments.

Commercial boiler manufacturer AERCO International named four new manufacturers rep firms:

- Barr Mechanical Sales (Libertyville, Ill.) will cover northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana;

- Cougar Sales (Houston) will cover southeast Texas;

- New England Combustion Products (East Weymouth, Mass.) will cover Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island; and

- Technology Plus (Albany and Stillwater, N.Y.) will cover upstate eastern New York.

A.O. Smith added X-Cel Sales as its manufacturers rep for the company's commercial and residential water heaters in Colorado, Wyoming, southwestern Nebraska, Arizona and Clark County, Nev. Contact Shawn Marley at 602/943-4466, shawnmarley@xcelsales.net.

Decorative plumbing manufacturer Julien named four new rep firms:

- Luxury Marketing, located in the New York/New Jersey metro area;

- Stehr Enterprises, covering the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware;

- Hot2Cold representing Julien in the Midwest; and

- Silvertip Marketing representing Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Selkirk Canada announced that Ron Woolhouse of CRD Sales and Marketing has relinquished his position as manufacturers representative for Selkirk in Alberta and British Columbia. Succeeding him is Al Renaud; 250/549-6726, arenaud@probc.com.

Spartan Environmental Technologies, a manufacturer of chemical oxidation and disinfection equipment, appointed four new manufacturers rep firms:

- Premier Water of Charlotte, N.C., will cover North and South Carolina (www.premier-water.com);

- Applied Process Equipment of Scottsdale, Ariz., will cover Arizona and New Mexico (www.apewater.com);

- The Maher Corp. of Medford, Mass., will cover New England (www.themahercorp.com); and

- MEMECO Sales and Service Corp. of Lincolnwood, Ill., will cover Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana (www.memecosales.com).

State Water Heaters named Great Lakes Agency of Grand Blanc, Mich., as its representative for the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Contact Mike Ostrowski at 810/600-0659, statewh@greatlakesagency.com.