Wolseley Industrial Group becomes Ferguson Industrial

Wolseley Industrial Group announced it has officially changed its name to Ferguson Industrial. The business has been operating as part of Ferguson for the last 15 years, but kept Ferguson’s parent company former namesake, Wolseley, until now.

The brand transition was a strategic decision to maximize growth potential and create efficiencies across all Ferguson customer groups, the distributor explained. The new name also allows the Industrial business to leverage the Ferguson brand, organizational structure, resources and capabilities. However, there will be no impact to day-to-day business operations.

“The Wolseley Industrial Group name has served us well, but we’re proud of the transition we have undertaken and the future we have as Ferguson Industrial,” said Daniel Hogge, vice president of Ferguson Industrial. “It will be business as usual for our customers, and our specific industrial focus will continue as always – to be a trusted advisor providing quality PVF and MRO products, as well as supply chain solutions while bringing industry-leading capabilities in support of our diverse Industrial customer base.”

The transition to Ferguson Industrial will happen over the next 12 months. This will include changing the color palette from red to blue, in addition to changing the website, all marketing collateral, logos, advertisements, signage and vehicles.

Winsupply holds 2022 annual conference: Awards vendors and local companies

Winsupply welcomed more than 1,800 attendees to its annual meetings and vendor showcase in Dallas, Texas. The conference was held March 13-18 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.

Vendors and Winsupply Local Company presidents attended annual meetings, president and manager meetings, vendor one-on-one meetings, a town hall with the Winsupply leadership team and training sessions on various topics. The vendor showcase had more than 200 exhibitors in attendance. The conference also included an awards gala, featuring country singers Clint Black, Sara Evans and Sixwire.

Newburgh Windustrial Supply Co. took home the award for company of the year.

“It was such a phenomenal week, allowing our Winsupply Local Companies to come together to both celebrate and strategize with our best vendors and Support Services staff,” Winsupply Local Company Group President Rob Ferguson said. “Never in my tenure here at Winsupply have I seen so much excitement for growth and the Spirit of Opportunity. I could not be happier with all that we accomplished during our time in Dallas.”

The 10 vendor winners and their respective industry category include:

• National Account Manager of the Year – Chuck Schwabe, Liberty Pumps
• Turf Irrigation – Hunter
• Industrial – NIBCO
• Pumps – Liberty Pumps
• Electrical – Encore Wire
• HVAC – Diversitech
• Waterworks – A.Y. McDonald
• Plumbing Showrooms – Elkay
• Plumbing Rough-In – Charlotte Pipe
• Plumbing Finished Goods – A. O. Smith

The top performing local companies in their respective industry plus individual award winners included:

• Company of the Year – Newburgh Windustrial (NY)
• Spirit of Opportunity Award – Mike Larkin
• Plumbing – Central Oklahoma Winnelson (OK)
• HVAC – Winsupply San Antonio (TX)
• Industrial – Winsupply C. Phoenix (AZ)
• Electrical – Odessa Winlectric (TX)
• Waterworks – Kansas City Winwater (KS)
• Pump – Cedar Rapids Winpump (IA)
• Turf Irrigation – Wyatt Irrigation Santa Rosa Branch (CA)
• Fire Fabrication – West Coast Winsupply (FL)
• WSS Company of the Year – Central Oklahoma Winnelson (OK)
• Best Turn-around – Dallas Winwater (TX)
• Rookie of the Year – Lincoln Winwater (NE)
• Digital Company of the Year – Winsupply Tampa Bay (FL)

Matco-Norca announces price increase

Due to continued and unprecedented escalation in raw materials and transportation costs, Matco-Norca announced the implementation of a 21% price increase on Schedule 90 PVC pipe nipples.

Increases were slated to go into effect April 1.