TIPP CITY, Ohio - A. O. Smith Corp. announced that Christopher L. Mapes has been named president of its Electrical Products Company headquartered here.

As president, Mapes will assume full profit and loss responsibility for Electrical Products, A. O. Smith's largest operating unit with 2003 sales of $824.6 million. The unit manufactures fractional horsepower, hermetic, and integral horsepower electric motors and has manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.