Winsupply Inc., one of the largest distributors in the nation, has opened Winwater of Northeast Arkansas, serving waterworks contractors throughout the northeast part of the state. The company is located just east of Jonesboro in Lake City. Tony Robinson is the president of the new company. He leads a team of four who have 25 Read more
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Winsupply Inc., one of the largest distributors in the nation, has opened Winwater of Northeast Arkansas, serving waterworks contractors throughout the northeast part of the state. The company is located just east of Jonesboro in Lake City.
Tony Robinson is the president of the new company. He leads a team of four who have 25 combined years of experience in the waterworks industry. Tony and his team formerly were part of Little Rock Winwater and had been operating in Lake City as a satellite location. The two companies now operate separately but are both part of Winsupply Inc.
“Tony is an experienced business owner with years of experience in waterworks products and has established customer relationships in the northeast part of Arkansas,” said Roland Gordon, president and CEO of Winsupply Inc. “Tony took advantage of what we call the ‘Spirit of Opportunity’ at Winsupply in which we share ownership in the company. He can now work with his customers in an owner-to-owner relationship with local decision-making authority.”
In the Winsupply co-ownership business model, Winsupply Inc. has majority equity in each of its locations, while the local company president and sometimes employees own substantial equity. With this model, local companies have the autonomy and flexibility to decide how best to meet the needs of the customers in their markets. Co-ownership gives them “skin in the game,” pride of ownership and the ability to share in the company’s profits without caps. Winsupply provides its local company locations purchasing power, distribution and other support services such as business consulting, accounting, payroll, IT and marketing. The centralized support allows local operators to focus on their customers, local markets and products.
There are some 580 Winsupply locations across the United States serving the residential and commercial construction and industrial markets with supplies and materials.
About Winsupply Inc.
Winsupply Inc. (www.winsupplyinc.com) is a leading supplier of residential and commercial construction and industrial supplies and equipment headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. The privately-held company has 580 wholesaling locations in 45 states and offers entrepreneurs the unique opportunity to own a meaningful part of the local business. Collectively, Winsupply is known as “The Winsupply Family of Companies” and includes Win-branded locations, Noland Company, Carr Supply, Security Plumbing & Heating Supply, and Wyatt Irrigation. In the group are companies conducting business-to-business wholesale distribution of supplies and equipment in plumbing and heating; hydronics; pipe, valves and fittings; HVAC and refrigeration; electrical; fastening hardware; waterworks and utility; pumps; turf irrigation and landscape; and fire system fabrication. Follow Winsupply on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Grundfos announced today the launch of its WHO RUNS THE WATER THAT RUNS AMERICA initiative, created to help water and wastewater utilities raise public awareness of the many challenges in the water sector. The initiative seeks to celebrate the professionals behind the scenes who keep the water flowing in America. “Our goal is to bring Read more
Grundfos announced today the launch of its WHO RUNS THE WATER THAT RUNS AMERICA initiative, created to help water and wastewater utilities raise public awareness of the many challenges in the water sector. The initiative seeks to celebrate the professionals behind the scenes who keep the water flowing in America.
“Our goal is to bring the heroes of the water and wastewater utilities to the forefront and help them with their public communication,” says Robert Montenegro, Vice President of Sales – Water Utility/Municipal at Grundfos. By providing water utility companies with easy-to-use tools to communicate with the public, Grundfos hopes to help achieve that goal.
Grundfos wants to help water and wastewater utilities in this outreach effort by offering digital resources that will allow individual utilities to create messaging appropriate for their local audiences.
Wilo USA, a provider of pumps and pump solutions for building services, water management, and groundwater, is pleased to welcome Mike Conti as the new Regional Sales Manager of Residential and Commercial Building Services for the Southwest Region, United States. Conti is responsible for overseeing the sales operation within his region, which includes servicing the Read more
Wilo USA, a provider of pumps and pump solutions for building services, water management, and groundwater, is pleased to welcome Mike Conti as the new Regional Sales Manager of Residential and Commercial Building Services for the Southwest Region, United States.
Conti is responsible for overseeing the sales operation within his region, which includes servicing the needs of customers, developing sales strategies and setting targets, and collecting customer feedback and market research. He reports to Richard Miller, Director of Sales for Building Services, Wilo USA.
“Mike has demonstrated his expertise in growing sales and accounts throughout his career in the HVAC industry,” says Richard Miller. “His in-depth sales experience, as well as his knowledge of account management and business development as they relate to the HVAC market make him an ideal fit for Regional Sales Manager at Wilo.”
Conti brings over 28 years of experience to Wilo, having previously worked as an HVAC Market Manager, National Accounts Manager, and National Sales Manager in the industrial, HVAC and OEM industries. Conti’s proven success with sales and distribution channels, account management and business development prepare him well for his new role as Southwest Regional Sales Manager at Wilo.
Conti is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and has a Bachelor of Business Administration. He has a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University.
Wilo’s Residential and Commercial Building Services Division provides pumps and pump systems for residential and commercial buildings. Categories include water supply, HVAC, pressure boosting, and sump and sewage disposal.
For more information on Wilo products and their employees, please visit www.wilo-usa.com.
Wilo USA LLC, 9550 W. Higgins Rd. #300, Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: 888-945-6872, Fax: 888-945-6873
Winsupply Inc., a leading supplier of residential and commercial construction and industrial supplies and materials, announced Roland Gordon has been named chief executive officer of the company, effective Jan. 31. Gordon retains his title as president of Winsupply. Jack Johnston is stepping down from the executive leadership role after leading the company through successive years Read more
Winsupply Inc., a leading supplier of residential and commercial construction and industrial supplies and materials, announced Roland Gordon has been named chief executive officer of the company, effective Jan. 31. Gordon retains his title as president of Winsupply. Jack Johnston is stepping down from the executive leadership role after leading the company through successive years of record growth. Johnston remains a member of the Winsupply Board of Directors.
Johnston, who joined Winsupply in 1977 when it was an $84 million company, said, “I’ve been honored to be part of Winsupply for 40 years and to serve as CEO for the past year and a half. I thank our more than 5,000 employees at the local companies and the centralized support teams for delivering exceptional service to our loyal customers and growing our company.
“I’ve been planning this succession for quite some time, and I have great confidence in Roland, his leadership and in the executive team we’ve built. Roland is the right person to lead Winsupply and execute our multi-pronged strategy for continued growth. I couldn’t be happier with the state of Winsupply as I step into retirement.”
Gordon, who was named president in 2016, has served in leadership roles at Winsupply for 18 years. “I am stepping into the role of chief executive at a time when Winsupply has positive growth momentum under Jack’s leadership,” Gordon said. “I’m committed to carrying forward our company’s shared ownership philosophy, principles for success and strategic objectives that will help enable us to continue to grow in 2017 and beyond.
“Winsupply will conclude the current fiscal year on Jan. 31 and we anticipate another record year. The entire executive team and I are upbeat about the future because of ourhard-working employees, their loyalty and get-it-done attitude. The employees are dedicated to achieving our vision: To create loyal, profitable customers by offering them superior solutions for their everyday needs and unique challenges.
“I want to thank Jack and his predecessor, Rick Schwartz, for the exemplary models they set as chief executive officer.”
Winsupply ended fiscal 2016 (Jan. 31, 2016) with $2.7 billion in revenue.
Johnston joined Winsupply as an accountant with Winsupply Group Services (WGS), the organization providing complete shared business services for Winsupply local companies. He became WGS treasurer in 1980, and was named president in 1998. In 2005, Johnston became chief financial officer of Winsupply Inc. He was promoted to president in July 2011 and chief executive officer in 2015.
Gordon joined Winsupply in 1999 as a manager with Winsupply Group Services (WGS) in Reno, Nevada. The Reno office provided complete business services for Winsupply local companies in its geographic area. From Reno, Gordon took a position as the risk manager with WGS in Dayton. Following Winsupply’s acquisition of Noland Company in 2005, Gordon was appointed its chief financial officer and liaison to the subsidiary. He was named CFO of Winsupply in August 2011 and promoted to president of Winsupply in January 2016.
North Star Water Treatment Systems, a preferred water treatment systems provider to professional contractors through plumbing wholesale, launched a major brand overhaul this week. The effort was initiated to completely update the brand’s image and logo in order to better reflect its industry leading technology and expanding product offering. The company has been known as Read more
North Star Water Treatment Systems, a preferred water treatment systems provider to professional contractors through plumbing wholesale, launched a major brand overhaul this week. The effort was initiated to completely update the brand’s image and logo in order to better reflect its industry leading technology and expanding product offering. The company has been known as North Star Water Conditioning since its inception in 1992.
“We felt it was high time for our brand to better convey our modern technology and broader product portfolio,” comments Dave Duren, director of sales and marketing for North Star Water Treatment Systems. “Our old branding was too limiting and didn’t properly reflect the advanced technologies built into our products. And while plumbers and wholesalers have enjoyed our point-of-entry water softeners for many years, they haven’t always been aware that we also offer a dramatically expanding line of drinking water filtration and other products.”
The company plans to launch more than 50 new SKUs during the first six months of the year, including new POU filtration products, in-line whole home filtration and a new commercial water softener line, among others. The products will launch in phases beginning in February. “The plumbing channel has always loved our cutting-edge products and asked us to develop a broader line. We are answering their request in a major way,” Duren explains.
Wholesalers, contractors and consumers will see the new branding replace the older logos and images throughout the next few months. “We’re upgrading our product packaging, marketing collateral, website, you name it,” says Duren. “We want everyone to know us as North Star Water Treatment Systems and recognize our longevity and reliability.”
Located in Woodbury, Minnesota, North Star Water Treatment Systems is the professionals’ choice for water treatment and is distributed exclusively through plumbing wholesale. A member of the Marmon Water family and part of Berkshire Hathaway, the company has been manufacturing water treatment products since 1925. Marmon Water is the largest manufacturer of water treatment systems in the world.