IDI Independent Distributors, Inc. appointed Don Knowles as president, appointed Jerome Blanc as first chairman of the board, and promoted Todd Hopkins to IT administrator…Power Drives, Inc. named Mike Johnson senior vice president…Applied Industrial Technologies named Sergio Nevarez director general of Applied Mexico…ORS Nasco appointed Gary Laudt vice president of supply-chain management…Ryan Herco Products Corp. promoted Randy Beckwith to vice president of sales…Fastco Threaded Products, Inc. appointed Chuck Holmes vice president of sales and marketing…Air-gas, Inc. elected Richard C. Ill to a three-year term on its board of directors...Distributor buying/marketing group IBC hired Steven Cohn as controller…

Cooper Industries, Ltd. named Kirk S. Hachigian president and chief operating officer, and elected him to the company's board of directors…ITT Industries, Inc. named Steven R. Loranger president and chief executive officer…Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. elected John M. Stropki, Jr. as president and chief executive officer…Professional Tool Manufacturing chose Chuck Zegrati as vice president of engineering…Stone Construction Equipment appointed Floyd Mason of Knoblesville, Ind., as district manager and Wilfredo (Willie) Montenegro as international sales manager for Latin America... Oklahoma Safety Equipment Co., Inc. appointed Carol Griffith vice president, sales and marketing...The Glennon Group promoted Rob Manak to regional sales manager within its packaging and marketing division…Streamlight, Inc. appointed Loring Grove as director of marketing…Tornado Industries appointed Mike LaRose regional sales manager and Daniel Frimml service department trainer…Titmus Optical, Inc. promoted Larry Gumprich to director of finance and administration…Hermes Abrasives, Ltd. promoted Ken Lamay to vice president and appointed Bruce Carothers national sales manager.