• Emerson Climate Technologies (St. Louis) appointed Bill Shockley as vice president, sales and marketing for its Flow Controls division, and Matt Keithly as vice president, OEM sales for its White-Rodgers division.

• A.O. Smith Corp. (Milwaukee) hired Malcolm Kinnaird as vice president of corporate development.

• Modern Supply’s (Knoxville, Tenn.) Pace Robinson was installed as president of the Southern Wholesalers Association (Nashville).

Publication date: 10/06/2008