Hughes Supply, Inc. appointed Annie Diaz-Toro vice president of process excellence...Kaman Industrial Technologies appointed Kevin R. McCloskey to its supply management group as category manager for bearing and mechanical power transmission products...Chromate Industrial Corp. appointed Levi M. (LM) Welch, III as district manager covering the Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi territory...IBC announced the addition of Michael Latkovich as executive account manager...Judy Smith, president of Smith Seal of NC, has been named to the North Carolina Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business...Lawson Products, Inc. elected Scott Stephens as chief financial officer and William Holmes as treasurer...

LENOX named Rich Mathews vice president of marketing...M.A. Ford Mfg. Co., Inc. promoted Randy LaFayette to business manager of its custom tool division...Bodine Electric Co. appointed Wes Hawkins vice president of manufacturing...The Flexaust Co. hired Mike O'Brien as national sales manager...

Tornado Industries hired Ron Hohrman, president of Lake Country Marketing, to represent Tornado in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Nebraska.