Affiliated Distributors, a North American distribution network comprised of more than 330 independent distributor companies in the electrical, industrial, plumbing and pipe, valves and fittings supplies industries, presented its Recognition of Excellence Awards for its PVF and Plumbing Divisions during its North American Meeting, Sept. 19-21 in Dallas.

The annual Recognition of Excellence Awards identifies individual affiliates and suppliers who have excelled in one or all of the following areas: marketing, performance, and leadership. The winners were:

• Best Annual Planning Process--PVF Division, All-Tex Pipe & Supply, Dallas;

• Best Annual Planning Process--Plumbing Division, Wolff Bros. Supply Co., Medina, Ohio;

• Best Conversion to an A.D. Supplier--PVF Division, Puget Sound Pipe & Supply, Kent, Wash., and Anvil International

• Best Conversion to an A.D. Supplier--Plumbing Division, Puget Sound Pipe & Supply and Anvil International;

• Best Conversion to an A.D. Supplier--Plumbing Division, Central Supply Co., Inc., Indianapolis, and NIBCO, Inc.;

• Best A.D. Exclusive Promotion--PVF Division, Conbraco Industries;

• Best A.D. Exclusive Promotion--Plumbing Division, Moen, Inc.;

• Service Provider of the Year--PVF and Plumbing Divisions, Concept Connections/Nextel;

• Affiliate of the Year, Performance--PVF Division, Red Man Pipe & Supply Co., Tulsa;

• Affiliate of the Year, Performance--Plumbing Division, Standard Plumbing Supply Company, Salt Lake City;

• Affiliate of the Year, Leadership--PVF Division, Michael Horner, Chairman and CEO, Frischkorn, Inc.;

• Affiliate of the Year, Leadership--Plumbing Division, Bill Arenberg, CEO, Columbia Pipe & Supply, Chicago, and John Pope, CEO, F.W. Webb Co., Bedford, Mass.;

• Supplier of the Year, Performance--PVF Division, Merit Brass;

• Supplier of the Year, Performance--Plumbing Division, the Chicago Faucet Co.;

• Supplier of the Year, Leadership--PVF Division, Pennsylvania Machine Works;

• Supplier of the Year, Leadership--Plumbing Division, Watts Water Technology;

• A.D. MVP--PVF Division, John "Skip" Shepherd, Missouri-Kansas Supply Co., Kansas City, Mo.'

• A.D. MVP--Plumbing Division, Sarah Wright, Murray Supply Company, Winston-Salem, NC.