W.W. Grainger announced that Y.C. Chen, senior vice president, supply chain management, will expand his role to include product management and merchandising; Grainger also promoted Michael A. Pulick to vice president, product management; promoted Kevin A. Peters to vice president, supply chain operations; and promoted Vince Lima to vice president, supply chain services…Fastco Threaded Products, Inc. appointed Edward Conroy director of finance…TW Metals promoted George Savage to Midwest regional general manager…Precision Industries named Dan Paustian director, rubber products group…

Rotor Clip Co., Inc. appointed Sara Mallo director of sales…Cooper Wiring Devices appointed Oscar Ibarra director, international sales; named James Vaccaro commercial products manager; named Silvio Annunziata district sales manager, New England; and appointed David Bogosian marketing sales representative for Boston, southeastern Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire...Columbus McKinnon Corp. announced that its board of directors appointed Robert R. Friedl vice president, finance, and chief financial officer…HBD/Thermoid, Inc. announced the retirement of Tom Hall as regional sales manager, promoted Gerald J. Jacksits to that position, appointed John A. Flanders as industrial hose marketing manager, and named Donald T. Smith and Robert Randall Jackson marketing/sales representatives... Bostik Findley, Inc. promoted Michael F. Hoban to national sales manager, supervising the company's industrial, construction and insulating glass products businesses, and promoted Paul Gallagher to the new position of business development manager, international and retail, for its construction and distribution division…Cimex-USA appointed Dennis Jurecki national sales director... Warsaw Chemical Co., Inc. appointed Kevin Caswell sales manager of its maintenance products division.