Hughes Supply, Inc. appointed Tim Pitre branch manager at its New Orleans MRO branch…Deacon Industrial appointed Chuck Bihl vice president, industrial sales, and promoted Ralph Nather to heating division manager...

Master Chemical Corp. appointed Gregory H. Knudson chief marketing officer, Dan W. Witt chief financial officer and David W. Enright director of research and development…Igloo Products Corp. promoted Ben Damiani to director of business and institutional sales for its Commercial Products Division and appointed Vernon Neal western region sales manager…Cooper Industries appointed Kirk S. Hachigian chief operating officer, succeeding Ralph E. Jackson, who is stepping down in anticipation of retirement…Alemite Corp. appointed Dana Waterman chief executive officer…Metal Coatings International, Inc. promoted John Dutton to general manager, promoted Mary McKerrell to sales manager for the automotive and non-automotive markets, promoted Brian Glowacki to commercial manager in charge of product development, and named Andrew Pfeifer marketing super-visor…Cooper Industries appointed Steven L. Sisney group president, tool & hardware…Danaher appointed Craig B. Purse vice president and group executive with responsibility for the company's product-identification platform and the company's newest acquisition, Accu-Sort Systems, Inc…The C. H. Hanson Co. appointed Robert W. Brady director, national accounts…

White Systems, an FKI Logistex company, appointed Richard Lanpheare and Daniel VanHooser regional sales managers…Ray Hrdy, vice president of technology at DISC, has received the Professional Progress Award from the Seaton Society at Kansas State University's College of Engineering.