Steven Delarge was promoted to CEO and president of American Standard Brands and LIXIL Water Technology Americas.
Delarge was named acting CEO following the departure of previous CEO Jay Gould, who resigned at the beginning of the year.
“Steve, as chief financial officer of American Standard Brands and LIXIL Water Technology Americas, was asked to step into the interim CEO role at the beginning of this year, as we worked through the process of identifying the right leader for the organization,” said David Haines, CEO of LIXIL Water Technology. “During his tenure, he has continued to provide sound leadership and business results whilst we developed the leadership teams for sales, marketing, engineering, supply chain, legal and human resources.”
Delarge joined the company in July 2012 as senior vice president and CFO. In this role, he was responsible for financial and strategic planning, complex business and tax issues, annual operating budget development and management, accounting, treasury and financial operations, compliance and governance.
Prior to joining American Standard, Delarge held various senior executive positions at Momentive Performance Materials and led the carve-out of this $2 billion General Electric business into private equity ownership. Before this, he spent 25 years with General Electric in financial and planning roles for numerous operating units of that company, which included working globally and living in Latin America and China.
SJE-Rhombus adds Atlantic Canada representative
SJE-Rhombus named JF Taylor Enterprises of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, its new manufacturer’s representative for Atlantic Canada, including New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
JF Taylor has 50 years of service as a manufacturer’s representative for the plumbing, HVAC, humidification and pool dehumidification for Atlantic Canada. This third-generation-owned business has a staff of 10 technical sales employees and new 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Moncton.
In addition to representing SJE-Rhombus control products, JF Taylor’s line card includes Acorn, American Standard, Axiom, Belimo, Chicago Faucets, Crane Plumbing, Elkay, Fiat, Guardian, JR Smith, Leonard, Liberty Pumps, MDC, McGuire, Nortec, PPP, Seresco, Sigma, Sloan, SMS, SRP, Van Packer, Viega, Tekmar and Weksler.
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