The average annualized sales growth for the 12 months through August 2019 is 7.6 percent.

West, who has close to 25 years of recognized success in manufacturing, joined THIS in September 2018 as vice president, business development.

Ruddle joins APR Supply Co. from Ed Lank Kitchens, a local kitchen and bath design firm, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the company until 2018.

Rogers joins APR Supply Co. from D&H Distributing, a large consumer electronics distributor in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Collins Pipe & Supply Co. will continue to own and operate its eight other locations. The transaction is expected to close mid-December 2019.

The strategically-located shipping facility in Freeport, Illinois, will provide accelerated delivery throughout the Midwest.

The new location will serve residential plumbing contractors and MRO for theme parks, resorts and hotels in central Florida.

Moldenhauer will be responsible for leading DSG’s La Crosse team as it seeks to provide a world-class customer experience in all day-to-day branch operations.

Established in 1976, Porter Pipe, a family-owned and operated wholesale distributor based in Addison, IL, serves commercial and industrial mechanical, plumbing and manufacturing markets throughout the Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana and Indianapolis, Rockford, Southern Wisconsin and Eastern Iowa markets.

Demographers describe the baby boomer generation as ‘’a pig in a python,” or a massive bulge in an otherwise slender age distribution, gradually sliding down the age distribution as boomers get older.