Winsupply handed out a number of awards at its Awards Dinner Celebrate, March 13, held in Nashville in conjunction with biannual Strategic Planning Meetings & Vendor Showcase.
About 1,400 people attended along with 226 vendor booths. We’ll have more on the meeting, but in the meantime, here are the company’s winners:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Kent Best
- Overall Company of the Year: Santa Fe Springs Winwater (Rick Arzola)
- Plumbing Company of the Year: Central Oklahoma Winnelson (Keith Jones)
- HVAC Company of the Year: Portland Winair (Keith Kruysman)
- Industrial Company of the Year: Baltimore Windustrial (Michael Brown)
- Electrical Company of the Year: Odessa Winlectric (Carl Long)
- Waterworks Company of the Year: Kansas City Winwater (Scott Wilson)
- Fire Fabrication Company of the Year: Newburgh Windustrial (Dean Lucas)
- Fire Fabrication Top Performing Companies: Northern Windustrial (Rich Lepore) and West Coast Winsupply (Sal Cimino)
- Specialty Company of the Year: Midland Winpump (Erick Gladish)
- Specialty Industry Top Performing Companies: Cedar Rapids Winpump (Terry Whitney) and Sioux Falls Winpump (David Busk)
- Irrigation Company of the Year: Santa Rosa Wyatt (Scott Leytem)
- Showroom Awards: Aurora; Lexington; Myrtle Beach; Lawrence locations, plus Winsupply of Essex; Owensboro; Indianapolis; and Savannah
- Sourcing Services Local Company of the Year: Denver Winair (Tom Weinrich)
- National Sales Local Company of the Year: Denver Winair (Tom Weinrich)
- Acquisition Company of the Year: Carr Supply Inc. (Greg Essig)
- Rookie of the Year: Albuquerque Windustrial (Dale Reinhard)
- Best Turnaround: K&J Winsupply (Mike O’Neill)
Vendor Awards
- Rough-in Plumbing: Nibco
- Finished Plumbing: A.O. Smith
- Plumbing Showroom: MTI
- Waterworks: A.Y. McDonald
- Industrial: United Pipe & Steel Corp.
- HVAC: Champion Heating and Cooling
- Electrical: Pass & Seymour
- Pumps: Liberty Pumps
- Fire Protection: Spears
- Irrigation: Rain Bird
- Tools: Milwaukee Tools
- National Account Manager: Bob Bender, Oatey





