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For the Week of July 26th

Luraline Products Co. names vp; Perennial Inc. to provide branding for Group3 Cosmetics; Junckers Hardwood wins Best of Show at NeoCon

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21 years ago

July 26, 2004

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Management Changes:

Diversified Project Management Inc. (Hartford, Conn., construction-management, facilities and move-planning firm) has hired John Nicastro as project manager.

Luraline Products Co. (Opa Locka, Fla., lighting manufacturer) has named Kurt Mandelik vp. Mandelik has been with the company for 15 years, most recently serving as national sales manager.

Laticrete Intl. Inc. (Bethany, Conn., tile and stone manufacturer) has appointed Alec Hedley regional manager of Laticrete Intl. Europe. Hedley is located at the company's new office in Spain.

Relocations:

Wamaco Distributors Ltd. (Kamloops, B.C., Canada, retail and warehouse supplier) to #4-962 Laval Cres., Kamloops, B.C., Canada. V2C 5P5. Phone: 250-374-3810; fax: 250-374-9414

Business Briefs:

Lighting Services Inc. (Stony Point, N.Y., lighting manufacturer) has named Bizlink Associates as the exclusive distributor for LSI products in Singapore and Thailand.

New Metal Crafts (Chicago lighting manufacturer) has opened its second showroom, in the World Trade Center in Dallas.

Perennial Inc. (Toronto design firm) has been selected by Group3 Cosmetics, a new cosmetics company in Quebec, to develop the company's creative strategy. Perennial will provide branding, packaging, multi-media, in-store communications and merchandising displays.

Awards:

Junckers Hardwood Inc. (Anaheim, Calif., flooring manufacturer and distributor) won a “Best of Show” award at NeoCon's World's Trade Fair 2004 for its Olde World Collection.

Retail Design Associates' (Roseville, Calif., design firm) designers Jim Rasmus and Timothy Freeman were winners of the National Spa & Pool Institute's Retailer of Excellence Concept Store — First Annual Design Competition. The competition is part of the 2004 International Pool & Spa Expo, scheduled for December 1 to 3 in Las Vegas. Entrants were asked to design a 2400-square-foot state-of-the-art retail store specializing in pool, spa and outdoor living products.

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