PMI Welcomes Kohler Company's Jim Westdorp as the Institute's Year 2004 President; Selects Officers for 2004
For Immediate Release
November 7, 2003
Contact: Barbara C. Higgens, Executive Director (847) 884-9764
Schaumburg, Ill. — Members of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute (PMI) elected Jim Westdorp as president for the year 2004. Westdorp, sector president - global faucets of Kohler Company in Kohler, Wisc. was elected at the 2003 PMI Fall Meeting, held October 26-29 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.
Westdorp succeeds 2003 PMI President, Ralph Herrbach of Cifial USA, who will continue to serve PMI as Immediate Past President. Also elected to officer positions for the year 2004 were John Lauer, Sloan Valve Company, First Vice President; Al Walcutt, MPC Plastics, Inc., Second Vice President; and Claude Theisen, T&S Brass and Bronze Works, Treasurer.
PMI's Directors at Large for the year 2004 are as follows: Pete DeMarco, American Standard, Inc. (newly elected); Ray Fisher Jr., Fisher Manufacturing Company; Ken Martin, Delta Faucet Company; Lee Mercer, Moen Incorporated; Tim Mullally, KWC Faucets Inc; and Tom White, Haws Corporation (newly elected).
The Plumbing Manufacturers Institute is the voluntary, not-for-profit national trade association of manufacturers of plumbing products serving as the Voice of the Industry. Member companies produce a substantial quantity of the nation's plumbing products. PMI will host its 2004 Spring Meeting, April 25-28, at the Doubletree Sonoma Wine Country in California. Plans are underway to hold PMI's 2004 Fall Meeting September 19-22 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. For more information on PMI or its semi-annual meetings, contact the Institute at 1340 Remington Road, Suite A, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173, or phone (847) 884-9PMI (9764), facsimile (847) 884-9775, website address www.pmihome.org.
NOTE: A PICTURE OF MR. WESTDORP CAN BE PROVIDED VIA EMAIL, UPON REQUEST. Please contact PMI for more information.