Smith Seal of NC hired Dennis Simpson as an inside salesperson... C.H. Briggs appointed Joseph Kearns as chief sales and marketing officer for its hardware and board divisions; promoted Luis Arias to vice president of surfacing; and promoted Bob Span-gler to vice president of sales...Hughes Supply, Inc. appointed Steve Hand-schuh vice president of sales for its MRO business...Genuine Parts Co. elected Gary W. Rollins as a director...Airgas, Inc. appointed Max Hooper as division president for the West Division, which includes seven regional companies in the western United States and Hawaii...Rexel, Inc. restructured product-management positions in its Dallas corporate office and appointed Robert Stroescu as product manager, lighting, and Erynn Mullinax Keenen as product manager, datacom...

Roger Mauck joined Threaded Rod Co. as sales and marketing manager...Klein Tools promoted David Tawney to Western regional sales manager and Michael Canada to regional sales manager for Texas...Betco appointed John Henson as vice president of marketing...Global Technology Industries appointed Barry Neuman as national sales manager...Acme Cryogenics promoted Frank Hartzell to vice president and COO and promoted Jim Ciminelli to vice president and CFO...Newell Rubbermaid appointed Nancy de Jonge Davis as vice president, investor relations and corporate communications, and promoted Jesse Herron to Group CFO, Sanford Brands...Robbins & Myers appointed Saeid Rahimian as president of the newly formed Robbins & Myers Fluid Management Group, which includes Moyno and R&M Energy Systems...Kaivac, Inc. hired Kevin Mullins as sales director...Peli Products, the European Division of Pelican Products, Inc., promoted Paul Bates to director of sales—Europe, Middle East and Africa; promoted Ignasi Pérez to business development manager, government/military; appointed Cristina Escarrà as European regional sales representative handling Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal; hired Peter Marc as European regional sales manager focusing on Eastern Europe; and appointed Nabil Assaf as regional sales representative for the Middle East and North Africa.