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Noland Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WinWholesale (Dayton, OH), has opened new locations in Florida and Virginia to serve commercial and residential contractors and their customers with HVAC equipment, consulting services and luxury items for the home. Its Pinellas Park, FL, location serves contractors in four counties with NuTone heating and cooling products. Rick Brock is manager. The Bath & Idea Center by Noland Co. in Falls Church, VA, serves the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The showroom carries luxury items for bath and kitchen new construction and remodeling from companies including American Standard, Grohe, Brizo, Delta, Moen, MTI, MAAX and Acryline. YoLanda Sarraga is the showroom manager. Grande Central Showrooms of NY, a division of Central Plumbing Specialties (New York, NY), opened a showroom in mid-town Manhattan Dec. 1. The new showroom, at 56th St. between Lexington and Third in the heart of the designer district, is a two-story, 4,000-sq.-ft. ground floor walk-in plus one level down. This showroom is designer- and architect-driven, so art elements are placed adjacent to artfully designed displays. The company also has a 3,000-sq.-ft. showroom in its wholesale facility in Yonkers, NY.; a 750-sq.-ft. showroom on Park Ave. in Manhattan adjoining its wholesale facility there; and a 3,000-sq.-ft.,two-story showroom at 19 Bond St. in Manhattan, just two blocks north of Houston Street on the corner of Lafayette. It operates three wholesale locations: in Westchester, the Bronx and Manhattan.  Joel Doliner (left), owner and president of The Doliner Group (Miami, FL), was awarded the Representative of the Year Award at the Decorative Plumbing & Hardware Association Conference held in Colorado Springs, CO, Oct. 16-18. Winners of this award are selected based on the degree of their involvement with the association as well as their support of DPHA-related organizations, job performance, professional accomplishments and personal achievements in the industry.The Doliner Group represents luxury brands including Sonia, Jaclo, EWS and Legacy Brass. Viega was presented with the 2008-2009 Supplier of the Year – Marketing Excellence award by Affiliated Distributors (A-D) at A-D’s annual meeting Oct. 20, in Dallas, TX. This is the second consecutive year that Viega has been recognized as an A-D Supplier of the Year. Among Viega’s efforts that earned this honor were product Webinars that drew the highest attendance of any vendor Webinar; joint marketing activities and sales stimulator programs; counter days and ride-alongs. Viega manufactures and supplies plumbing, heating and piping products, including ProPress copper and stainless systems, PureFlow plumbing systems using ViegaPEX tubing, and the MANABLOC water distribution manifold. BLANCO has joined the Forte Buying Group as a Preferred Vendor. BLANCO offers stainless steel sinks, Silgranit sinks, kitchen faucets, bar sinks and faucets, and custom sink accessories. Whirlpool Corp. received the “Vendor of the Year” award from the Bath & Kitchen Buying Group at its annual Fall Conference in Dallas, TX. The criteria for the award includes quality and value of the product, quality of both customer service and representation in the field, overall perception of the relationship between the vendor and the group, and the relationship between the vendor and the individual showrooms it supports.    |
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