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Profiles
Torregrosa previously served as President
of Milton Roy Company from November
2011 to June 2013. Milton Roy Company is
a global manufacturer of controlled volume
(metering) pumps and related equipment.
Ms. Torregrosa was appointed President
of Milton Roy Company when it was
owned by United Technologies Corp. and
continued to serve as President through its
sale to a private equity group in December
2012. Ms. Torregrosa worked for several
business units of United Technologies
Corporation from 1990 until the sale of
Milton Roy Company in December 2012,
including as Vice President and General
Manager, Americas of Milton Roy Company
from 2006 until November 2011, General
Manager, Dynamic Controls of Hamilton
Sundstrand Company from 2002 to 2006,
and in several management roles of pro-
gressive responsibility for Falk Corporation
from 1990 to 2002. United Technologies
Corporation is a diversified provider of high
technology products and services to the
building and aerospace industries.
ECR ANNOUNCES SEVERAL
ADDITIONS TO STAFF
ECR
International,
Inc. recently announced
several new additions
to its sales organization.
Bryan Nowill, Simon
Olean, Mike Little and
Matt Conant have all
joined the growing ECR
family.
Bryan Nowill has
been named as Regional
Sales Manager for New
England, and Simon Olean
is now Field Support
Representative for New
England. Bryan comes to
ECR after serving as Sales
Manager – Residential
Hydronic Products for
Mestek, Inc. He will
oversee sales and mar-
keting in the New England
Region. Simon Olean, is a
licensed contractor in both
Massachusetts and Rhode
island, and he will provide
onsite technical support
and training.
DaveWalsh,Directorof
Sales for ECR International
says, “Having a new team
in New England presents
a great opportunity for
ECR and our customers.
Both Bryan and Simon will
deliver unmatched sales
and technical support.”
Mike Little also joins
ECR as a Field Support
Representative for the
Metro NY/NJ area. Mike
was formerly the Technical
Service Representative for
A.O. Smith and Takagi.
He will provide technical
support and training to
contractors and distributor
personnel. “Many contrac-
tors already know Mike
and recognize the high
level of technical expertise
he brings to the table. “We
are thrilled to have him,” added Walsh.
Last but not least, ECR has hired Matt
Conant as National Sales Manager for AC
products. Formerly with Daikin, Matt
has been in the HVAC industry for over
25 years. He will lead the sales efforts for
ECR’s EMI Commercial Ductless line, the
RetroAire PTAC and VPAC product offer-
ings and the recently launched, all new
Enviroair Ductless Mini Split line.
“Everyone is very excited to be part of
ECR’s growing family. I am convinced that
we have the right products and people in
place to do great things with all of ECR
Brands,”said Walsh.
BLACKMER
®
RELEASES NEW TX
SERIES PUMPS VS. ‘KNOCKOFF’
PUMPS LAB TEST VIDEO
Blackmer
®
, a global leader in positive
displacement and centrifugal pumps, and
reciprocating compressor technologies, has
released a new video that evaluates its TX
Series Sliding Vane Pumps versus imita-
tion or “knockoff” versions in a variety of
lab tests. The results of these lab tests can
be viewed at Blackmer’s YouTube channel
(
) and
by searching for “TX versus Knockoffs.”
Blackmer hopes that this video will edu-
cate truck pump buyers on the problems
associated with knockoff pumps that claim
to be “equal to, or as good as Blackmer.”
Lab tests show that knockoff pumps
cannot match the quality and performance
of Blackmer’s American-made TX Series
pumps. For more than 100 years, Blackmer
has been building pumps in Michigan, USA,
that work flawlessly in even the toughest
conditions. Blackmer TX Series pumps
offer reliability, durability and efficiency
that inferior knockoff pumps simply cannot
provide.
To learn more about Blackmer’s new
TX Series campaign, please go to www.
blackmer.com/TXstrong. For more infor-
mation on Blackmer, please go to www.
blackmer.com.
FIRST ‘CALEFFI EXCELLENCE’
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Caleffi recently announced the winners
of its Caleffi Excellence competition, which
encourages designers and installers of
hydronic or plumbing systems to showcase
their work and receive national recogni-
tion.
The top four contestants, as determined
by most audited votes received from the
public, received an iPad
™
mini and were
invited to join Bob Rohr, Caleffi training
and education manager, on the October 31
Coffee with Caleffi webinar™ to discuss
their winning designs.
The grand prize winner is Piotr Zelasko,
of Able Distributors, Chicago, Ill. Zelasko
and a guest of his choice have won a trip to
Italy to see Caleffi World Headquarters and
will receive a personalized tour of Caleffi’s
factories and design facilities. Zelasko’s
entry, Hydronics Inc. GeoX Hybrid
Comfort System, was selected from a panel
of industry experts and Caleffi executives.
“Interestingly the top four vote-getters
all showcased renewable systems with
geothermal dominating,” said Mark Olson,
GM. “But I’ll tell you what, there were some
great bread and butter designs as well. We
learned some things on how our products
are used… a bonus for us honestly.”
Bryan Nowill
Simon Olean
Mike Little
Matt Conant
Piotr Zelasko (center), of Able Distributors, in Chicago, is the grand
prize winner of the Caleffi Excellence competition. He is pictured
with Michelle Hulett, of Caleffi, and Mike Thresher, of Lyall Thresher
