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People & Places
from March 2022
People The
Aqua Tech Sales and Marketing has announced that Joe Drago will be joining the team as its technical sales representative for the central region of Ontario. Drago has 20 years of manufacturing experience, and has been an active board member of the Ontario region
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for the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH). Harry Kandilas will be the new director of showrooms for Wolseley Canada and will be responsible for leading and managing the operations of showroom locations across the country. Previously working with Zurn Industries, Kandilas has more than 20 years of sales leadership experience in the plumbing and building material industries.
Saniflo Canada announces its expansion of its business development and marketing support teams with seven internal ap-
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pointments. Eric Delarosbil, Clifford Bassey, and Nizar Sebti
will all be named business development managers with current accounts and will be tasked with recruiting new accounts across Canada. All three will share similar responsibilities in different regions. Delarosbil will be in charge of Eastern Canada, Bassey will be responsible for British Columbia and Alberta, and Sebti for the Central region.
In addition, Saniflo announced four additional personnel appointments in the areas of marketing, administrative, and technical-service support. Deann Brown has been appointed to the newly created position of marketing and communications manager. Felipe Franca E Silva and Mathieu St-Louis were each appointed to the position of after-sales and service representative. Stephanie DeLorme will take on responsibilities involved in the implementation of marketing programs. This is in addition to her current role as an administrative and marketing assistant.
Rinnai America Corp. announces three promotions within its company. Judd Greene has been promoted to senior vice president of administration with responsibilities for human resources, finance, and information technology. Greene originally joined Rinnai as an accounting supervisor in 2009 and held leadership positions at several companies including Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
Tim Wiley has also been promoted to senior vice president of customer experience with responsibilities for sales, marketing, commercial, quality assurance and customer care. Wiley joined Rinnai back in 2015 as vice president of sales and prior to Rinnai, he held various sales leadership positions at Moen and Georgia Pacific.
Kevin Headley has been promoted to vice president of sales with responsibilities for sales in the U.S. and Canada. Joining the Rinnai team in 2020 as senior director of sales, Headley held sales leadership positions with a variety of companies including Sub-Zero Group and Whirlpool Corp.
Stuart Turner, Oxfordshire, England, a water-boosting pumps and systems manufacturer, announced the acquisition of pressurization and HVAC specialist Mikrofill Systems Ltd. Based in Redditch, Worcestershire, Mikrofill has more than 25 years of innovation and experience producing pressurization units for sealed-system control, commercial-grade boilers and water heaters. Following its purchases of Fluid Water Solutions in 2019 and GAH Heating in October 2018, Stuart Turner continues to grow its presence in the commercial pump market with the acquisition of Mikrofill.
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The Companies
Next Plumbing and Hydronics Supply have announced they will now be offering Victaulic to its product line. Effective March 1, 2022, Next will begin shipping Victaulic’s comprehensive line of mechanical pipe joining and flow control solutions. Next’s 11 warehouses located across the Greater Toronto Area will all be fully stocked with Victaulic inventory.
Bradford White Water Heaters is ex-
panding its online training options with six new eLearning course options through its “For the Pro Training Academy platform.” The latest training courses will provide participants overviews and installation, maintenance and troubleshooting information on the Bradford White AeroTherm Heat Pump Water Heater and Infiniti K and L Tankless Water Heaters.
Armstrong Fluid Technology announced a new tiered suite of service plans to assist customers with improvements to building performance and reducing energy costs. The new tiered suite plan features three tiers, Silver, Gold and Platinum service plans, which will provide customers with cost-effective options. All three levels of the program provide analytics, phone support and structured reports on asset performance.
Reed Manufacturing has reached a milestone, celebrating 125 years in the industry. Established in 1896, Reed started by manufacturing pipe wrenches and plumbing supplies, but also scales, bicycles, and laundry machinery. In 1915, Reed bench vises were awarded a gold medal and Reed pipe dies received a bronze medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Since its inception, Reed has continued supplying the industry with pipe tools and vises for the professional trades.
Navien Inc. has unveiled its new Navien products and service mobile app, available for Apple and Android devices. Through the new app, users will be able to access information on the latest Navien innovations, as well as the ability to keep track of installation, maintenance, and service information for Navien units. Industry professionals can log installation and service information for the units they work on, live chat with Navien technical support, scan unit serial numbers to register their installations including via NavienRewards, take job site photos to add to unit service logs, search for local wholesalers, and see the latest Navien training classes.
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