New Branding From Midwest Wholesale
Kansas City, MO – Midwest Wholesale Hardware, an industry leader in door hardware, has unveiled its new branding, including a new logo. The branding change is part of MWH’s continuous focus on providing improved services and communications with their customers.
The new logo pays respect to the previous monogrammed style logo through the new icon – an updated, modern monogram display of the company’s initials. In the top lighter blue portion of the icon you can see the “M”; in the bottom darker portion of the icon you can see the “W” and in the white space around the M and W is the “H”. The icon is also a strong, balanced symbol representing the strength and experience MWH provides their customers.
The new branding will replace all former MWH branding – including the website. The current site, midwestwholesale.com, reflects the new branding and later this year the site will be replaced with a site centered on customer interaction and easy online ordering.
Along with the new look, MWH has a new tag that embodies the spirit of their customer service: What you need, when you need it. With six strategically placed facilities throughout the U.S., MWH is able to provide fast efficient delivery that passes their Double Check for Accuracy policy before being shipped out to the customer.
Airtow Trailers Expands With Ohio Location
LA VERNE, CA – For many years, Airtow Trailers has served a passionate, loyal customer base from its Southern California manufacturing facility. Now the company has added an Ohio location.
At present, the Wapakoneta, Ohio, location (telephone 800-479-7975) will be a distribution warehouse setup as a ship to Mid, Southern and East coast customers. This will reduce turnaround time for order processing and significantly reduce freight costs. This location will also serve as a reduced freight pickup location. In the future, we will be manufacturing trailers here as well.
“We recognized that we were missing out on a huge market of hard-working people that needed the superior quality of Airtow’s hydraulic-lift trailer but couldn’t justify tacking on the additional freight costs to have it shipped from the West coast. So, we’re bringing them to you.” says Airtow Trailers’ Sales Manager Travis Townsend.
For more information, visit www.airtow.com.
John Bell Receives BHMA Award of Excellence
New York, NY – John Bell received the Builders Hardware and Manufacturers Association (BHMA) 2013-2014 Award of Excellence at the CoNEXTions 2014/DHI Show at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX. This award is presented to a member of the builders hardware industry who demonstrates excellence in meeting the needs of building users, architects, contractors, and manufacturers. Although Bell was unable to attend, Jerry Davis, manager of Bell Hardware’s Eugene, OR location, was there to accept the award on his behalf.
Bell has led the family-run, full-service hardware supplier to continued success since taking over as president in 2000. Under his leadership, Bell Hardware has become a premier supplier of commercial grade doors, frames and hardware, and has expanded to seven locations throughout Oregon, Southern Washington and Northern California. The company’s 79-year history has allowed it to build valuable long-term relationships with the industry’s major suppliers and contractors.
“John Bell’s strength of leadership and commitment to the hardware manufacturing industry have earned him unparalleled respect in his market,” said Michael Tierney, BHMA’s standards coordinator and award presenter. “John‘s service to architects, contractors, users, and manufacturers meets the standards that our members seek to recognize with BHMA’s Award of Excellence.”
BHMA has been recognizing leaders in their field with this award since 1989. Over the past quarter century, BHMA has honored 27 distributors and hardware professionals for their service and contributions to the successful projects of the building and architectural community.
Cummiskey Heads Linear Global Sales
Carlsbad, CA - Linear LLC has named industry executive Tom Cummiskey as senior vice president of global sales. Cummiskey brings over 25 years of experience in both the consumer and commercial connected-security and monitoring markets at ADT Security Services. His deep experience includes managing, securing and growing some of the largest and most strategic global Fortune 500 accounts.
"We are very pleased to be able to bring on Tom's top-caliber executive talent at this strategic point in our company's growth," said Linear President Mike O'Neal. "He joins our team as we see the growth of the home control and automation market accelerating. In parallel, major players including some of the largest security providers, telecom service providers and DIY retailers, plus many other top industry players are choosing Linear's connected products, control platforms and technologies as their preferred smart products."
O'Neal continued, "Tom's depth of experience managing large businesses, diverse channel portfolios and rapid growth is exactly what we need to leverage our #1 position in installed home control platforms to drive future growth."
"I am very excited to be part of the Linear team and see tremendous value in their powerful market leadership position, the strength of their control platforms, breadth of their smart products portfolio and deep expertise in connected products," said Linear senior vice president of global sales Tom Cummiskey. "Given the projected fast-paced growth of the security, control and automation markets in the coming years, I feel Linear has a rare opportunity to take advantage of its market stature, product offerings and technical expertise to capitalize on the wave of market adoption, and become the preeminent connected products provider."
For more information, visit www.linearcorp.com.
ADI Awarded by Axis Communications
Melville, N.Y– ADI was named the 2014 Distributor of the Year for North America by Axis Communications during the ninth annual Axis Connect & Converge Conference (ACCC) held.
ADI was recognized for its commitment to the expansion of the IP video surveillance market. Axis presents the Distributor of the Year award annually to recognize a distributor’s success and loyalty, as well as its commitment to driving the shift from analog CCTV to IP-based network video surveillance.
“ADI’s leadership has taken an active role in steering their company towards a strategy which embraces IP video surveillance,” said Dominic Sorrentino, national distribution manager, Axis Communications. “Their continued dedication to expanding the digital marketplace makes them an essential valued distributor.”
“Axis is an important supplier for ADI, and we are pleased to once again be recognized by Axis as the Distributor of the Year,” said Michael Flink, president of ADI Americas. “ADI is committed to IP expansion and we are focused on providing our customers with high quality products, support and services to help them grow in today’s market.”
ADI is a distributor in Axis’ Channel Partner Program, designed to help channel partners leverage Axis’ technology and market-leading status to capitalize on the fast-growing network video surveillance industry. ADI offers the full line of Axis IP surveillance products at its branch locations across North America including network cameras, video encoders, video management software, accessories and more. In addition, ADI offers training opportunities across the country to help dealers become educated on the latest IP technology. For more information, visit www.adiglobal.com.
TRI-ED Names Seattle Branch Manager
TRI-ED announces the promotion of Tiffany Tureno-Huber to branch manager, Seattle. Tiffany joined TRI-ED 14 years ago and has excelled in various customer service and sales capacities. With the recent promotion of former Seattle Branch Manager Amanda Hoskins to Northwest Regional Manager, Tiffany was the perfect fit to step into the role of Branch Manager.
"Tiffany brings a wealth of experience to her new role. On behalf of the entire team, I extend my congratulations to her on this well-deserved promotion. She will continue to deliver the very best in service and support to our customers in Seattle," says Mark Ingram, Tri-Ed’s Vice President of Sales.
With more than 60 locations, TRI-ED provides state-of-the-art solutions from the industry’s leading manufacturers of CCTV, IP Video, access control, fire, intrusion, sound, communications, structured cabling, and home automation products. For more information, visit www.tri-ed.com.
