Hughes Supply named Neal J. Keating chief operating officer...Tower Fasteners promoted Mark A. Shannon to vice president of sales and marketing...The Bostwick-Braun Co. elected Bob Sands vice president of finance, and named industrial general sales manager Mel Goatley employee of the year for 2004...IDI—Independent Distributors hired Francois Dube as national account manager in Quebec...

Pentair, Inc. named Richard J. Cathcart vice chairman and Jack J. Dempsey senior vice president, operations and technology....Pelican Products named Bill Prunty a regional sales manager in the commercial sales division...Parker Hannifin promoted Bob Bond to president of its fluid connectors group, replacing Tom Mackie, who is retiring; Roger Sherrard will succeed Bond as president of the automation group...Waterloo Industries, Inc. promoted Gary Marcus to vice president, marketing and business development, and Deonna Fritz to vice president, new product development... Columbus McKinnon Corp. appointed Derwin Gilbreath to the new position of vice president and chief operating officer...Tornado Industries hired John Moberly as new corporate accounts manager...Northeast Rubber Products, Inc. named Jack Mercury vice president of sales and Mark J. Lewis vice president of operations...Stone Construction Equipment appointed Bob Webb, Rodney McFadden, Chris Olsen and Kevin Bowen as district managers...

Mango Network announced the formation of its board of advisors and named John W. White, Sunny Vanderbeck, and Walter Foss as members.

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