Winsupply Honors Owners, Vendors

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)