FRED MAYTAG AWARD WINNER Harco Company Ltd. From left: David Swift, Bob Stevens, Hardy Rawls, Rob Jackson, Ross Van Horne, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner.
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HARCO COMPANY LTD. From left: David Swift, Bob Stevens, Hardy Rawls, Rob Jackson, Ross Van Horne, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. MAC-GRAY CORPORATION From left: David Swift, Hardy Rawls, Todd Burger, Phil Emma, Neil MacLellan, David Selib, Mike Lento, Ross Van Horne, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. 3
SERVICE DIRECTIONS, INC. From left: David Swift, Ed Qualter, Hardy Rawls, Ron Garfunkel, Steve Jagde, Barry Heller, Andy Tegan, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. HERCULES CORPORATION From left: David Swift, Mark Eisler, Andrew May, Ross Van Horne, Steve Beckerman, Hardy Rawls, Matthew Reich, Doug Amodie, Vernon Wilmott, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. 4
CALDWELL & GREGORY, INC. From left: David Swift, Malcolm Caldwell, Brian Sheehy, Hardy Rawls, John Gregory, Ross Van Horne, Patrick Gregory, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. COINAMATIC CANADA From left: David Swift, Hardy Rawls, Richard Adamson, Ross Van Horne, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. 5
GREAT LAKES COMMERCIAL SALES, INC. From left: David Swift, Jeff Gauger, Hardy Rawls, Dan Naumann, David Anderson, John Alexander, Ross Van Horne, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. COIN-O-MATIC, INC. From left: David Swift, Hardy Rawls, Steve Cohen, Ross Van Horne, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. 6
R. GARDNER S AGENCY From left: David Swift, Hardy Rawls, Wayne Harston, Gaby Worthington, Ric Gardner, Nick Koukourakis, John Alexander, Tom Halford, and Craig Kirchner. CONGR ATUL ATIONS TO THESE ADDITIONAL AWARD WINNERS MAY TAG TOP-LOAD WASHER AWARD Northwest Laundry Supply MAY TAG FRONT-LOAD WASHER AWARD Pierce Commercial Laundry Distributors, LLC MAY TAG MULTI-LOAD WASHER AWARD Fowler Equipment Company MAY TAG MULTI-LOAD DRYER AWARD Equipment Marketers MAY TAG SINGLE-LOAD DRYER AWARD Coin & Professional Equipment Company (C-PEC) WHIRLPOOL TOP-LOAD WASHER AWARD Mac-Gray Corporation WHIRLPOOL SINGLE-LOAD DRYER AWARD American Meter & Appliance 7
TWO GREAT BRANDS, ONE STRONG COMPANY! John Alexander Tom Halford Ross Van Horne Craig Kirchner Welcoming a Brand New Era Dave Swift, President of Whirlpool s North Amercian Operations, provided a special welcome for Maytag/Whirlpool trade partners at the 49th Annual Sales Meeting in Las Vegas. 8
Karen Ganter of BDS Laundry Systems chats with Hardy Rawls at the tradeshow exhibit. From left: Jerry Wolf of Wolf s Distributing, Whirlpool s Rex Braden, and Mark Goodman of Pride Laundry Systems. From left: Peter Pierre of Alco Services, Michael Albanese of Commercial Laundries of West Florida, and John Mitchell of Washco Laundry Equipment, Inc. From left: Bryan Rausch with Fred Maytag Award Winners Rob Jackson and Bob Stevens of Harco Company, Ltd. From left: Rosemary LaMaina, Dick LaMaina, Sue LaMaina, Hardy Rawls, Carol LaMaina and Larry LaMaina of Equipment Marketers. From left: Terry Miles of Midland Commercial Sales, Don Hunt of Hunt s Laundromatics, Hardy Rawls, and Ed and Peggy Mucha of Commercial Laundry Distributors. 9
A highlight of the meeting was the introduction of several new products, including new Maytag Brand Energy Advantage dryers. Elite Equipment Company s Marty Jackson stops by the marketing booth at tradeshow exhibit. From left: Rod Goldberg from Dadson Washer Service, Jeff Hunt and Kim Davenport of Hunt s Laundromatics, Hardy Rawls, and Terry and Gena Gideon of John Morris Equipment Company. From left: Mac-Gray s Todd Burger, Hardy Rawls, Whirlpool s Chinmoy Banerjee, and Mac-Gray s Mike Lento. From left: Eddy Coppieters and Jean-Baptiste Van Damme of Primus, Hardy Rawls, and ADC s Dennis Slutsky. From left: Whirlpool s Mike Jennings, Rick Trama, and Jim Hunter. 10
From left: Brittany Karn, Hardy Rawls, Deb Karn, and Hardy s guest, Susan. From left: BDS Laundry Systems Peggy DeMarsh and Danielle DeMarsh, Pride Laundry Systems Debra Goodman, and BDS Erica DeMarsh-Ginkel. From left: Laura and Steve Ash of Eldis, Inc. From left: Whirlpool s Ross Van Horne and Kevin Riehl. From left: Primus Jean-Baptiste Van Damme, Gooder Equipment s Leslie Gooder, Primus Eddy Coppieters, and Carolyn Kirk and Libby Baldwin of Richard Jay Laundry. The Service Team, from left: Warren Long, Bobby Drummond, Steve Parks, Mike Bernhard, and Jim Hunter. 11
From left: Victor Hirmas and Jorge Salamé of Intertrade Chile, Hardy Rawls, and Fernando Argiro of Technolav Brazil. From left: Web Service Company s Bob Reed, Teri Reed, Chris Hannum, Hardy Rawls, Nikki Hannum, Ronda Gates and Tommy Gates. Information and ideas were shared at the Group Breakout Meetings held on Friday morning. From left: Myranda and Shaun Moyes of Mendenhall Equipment Company with daughter Anna. From left: Erin Schroeder, Jill Post, Hardy Rawls, Angie Rausch, and Kathy Braden. From left: Carolyn Kirk and Josie Kirk of Richard Jay Laundry, Adelaide, South Australia. 12