Precision Industries named Steve Brownfield chief purchasing officer... Buckeye Industrial Supply Co. named Richard Meizlish president... Central States Industrial Supply, Inc. hired Thomas Frantz as branch manager in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; added Ian Kyle to its Omaha PVF group as major projects manager; named Joann Schacher chief financial officer; and named Robert Young vice president of procurement... Airgas, Inc. named Michael Rohde senior vice president, distribution operations...

Cooper Wiring Devices appointed Robert (Bob) Pidgeon as market development manager...Tornado Industries hired Mark Cuddy as regional sales representative...Wera Tools, Inc. hired Ralph Tallant , Jr. as market development manager, western United States...Hi-Tech Hose, Inc. promoted Michael J. O'Brien to vice president of industrial sales and marketing...The board of directors of Industrial Sales Co., Inc. promoted Craig Hayward to executive vice president... Timken Co. named Ward J. Timken , Jr. vice chairman... Leviton Manufacturing appointed William Fodor as director of marketing for its electrical distribution division; and appointed James Cody as regional lighting controls sales specialist...Moyno appointed Eric Gray as OEM sales manager... Kennametal, Inc. elected Steven H. Wunning, group president and executive office member of Caterpillar, Inc., to its board of directors...LENOX promoted Bob Heisner to company president... Bosch Power Tools appointed Frank Carroll as president, Bosch Power Tools North America...

Jetna Fastech, Inc. appointed Sergio Martinez of BellCan Manufacturers Representative, as its sales agent for Florida (except the Florida Panhandle)...

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