American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning recently honored seven distinguished American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning independent distributors at the annual Pinnacle Awards Ceremony. The awards presentation was held March 7-9 at the Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando. The American Standard distributors recognized represent the company’s outstanding business performers in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), based on market share, sales, growth and customer satisfaction.
“The Pinnacle Award winners are the best of the best in our industry,” said Jamie Byrne, vice president of sales for American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, who presented the awards. “These distributors have gone above and beyond expectations surpassing key performance metrics to achieve outstanding results in 2010.”
American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning’s Pinnacle Award Winners:
Group 1:
Winner: Lyon, Conklin & Co. Inc, Richmond, Va.
Accepting award: Troy Kingsbury, general manager and Robert Crawford, sales manager
Runner-up: Yandle-Witherspoon Supply, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Accepting award: Phil Guy, vice president of sales and Mike Eppley, Jr, vice president of administration
Group 2:
Winner: Ferguson Heating & Cooling, Tampa, Fla.
Accepting award: Hunter Shepard, general manager and Richard Oaks, sales manager
Runner-up: Northeastern Supply Inc., Baltimore, Md.
Accepting award: Steve Cook, president and Russ Everson, vice president of sales
Group 3:
Winner: Young Supply Company, Chesterfield, Mich.
Accepting award: Ronald Vallan, CEO and Anthony Vallan, vice president and general manager
Runner-up: EMCO Plumbing & Heating Supplies, a division of EMCO Corporation, Vancouver, Canada
Accepting award: Gary Fabbro, senior manager and Marco Varnier, profit centre manager
Group 4:
Winner: Pueblo Winair, Pueblo, Colo.
Accepting award: Brandon Valdez, president
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