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Edited by Joe Nowlan, jnowlan@reedbusiness.com -- Industrial Distribution, 5/1/2007

Panduit Corp. donates $250,000 to NAED Foundation

The Panduit Corp recently made a $250,000 donation to the National Assn. of Electrical Distributors' Education & Research Foundation.

“We believe firmly that the work of the NAED Education & Research Foundation is critical to the growth and development of our industry and offer wholehearted support for their efforts,” said Bernie Westapher, vice president of marketing services for Panduit, a manufacturer of products for wiring and communications applications.

Panduit's donation will become part of an endowment fund for the foundation. The principal amount of the endowment will remain untouched, while the interest will be used to commission future projects and studies.

“We are grateful for Panduit's contribution to the Foundation's endowment fund. They have supported NAED in many ways, including contributing to the Foundation's annual campaign,” said Dick Waterman, chairman of the Channel Advantage Partnership and executive vice president/CEO of Rexel Inc.

For more information visit www.naed.org

The Institute for Supply Management announced its 2007 Board of Directors.

Lisa Martin, C.P.M., senior vice president, worldwide procurement for Pfizer Inc., will chair the board. Joining her as board members are:

S. Tyrone (Ty) Alexander, executive vice president, human resources and administrative services for Highmark Inc.; John Blascovich, C.P.M., vice president for A.T. Kearney Inc., a privately-owned management consulting business; Ian Crawford, vice president, global procurement sourcing for IBM in Greenock, UK; Christina De Luca, chief procurement officer, refining and marketing at BP p.l.c., London; Aaron Dent, managing partner of Insight-DRB LLC; Robert Duncan, Eli and Edythe L. Broad dean and professor of management at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University; Holly LaCroix Johnson, a senior vice president for the ISM; Tony Milikin, chief procurement officer and senior vice president for supply chain at MeadWestvaco; R. David Nelson, C.P.M., chief of supply chain & strategy for HTC Global Services Inc.; Paul Novak, C.P.M., A.P.P., CEO of the ISM; Dr. Michael Orris, chief procurement officer for Rolls-Royce plc, in London; Grace Puma, vice president for indirect materials and services for the global supply chain at Kraft Foods; Shelley Stewart Jr., senior vice president operational excellence and chief procurement officer at Tyco International (US) Inc.; and Deborah Webber, C.P.M., senior vice president, who will be the corporate treasurer for the board.

For more information visit www.ism.org

The International Sanitary Supply Assn. has selected 24 building service contractors and in-house cleaning departments in the United States and Canada to participate in the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) Certification Case Study Program.

The companies will be the first to undergo individual assessments in order to become certified for the cleaning industry's new consensus-based management standards.

ISSA plans to help promote the organizations who achieve certification in their specialized marketing case studies, targeting the purchasing and facilities management communities.

“Despite the fact that certification is not currently available beyond these selected case studies,”said Dan Wagner, ISSA Standards development manager, “we are already receiving applications from groups who want to be first to certify once we officially open the program this fall.”

To become certified, all applicants must submit written documentation supporting their compliance with the requirements. An ISSA-accredited third-party assessor will then conduct an on-site review.

For more information visit www.issa.com/standard