HVI Press Release

HVI Elects Officers & Directors

The Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) announced the results of Officer and Director elections at the General Membership Meeting on September 26, 2007, in St. Louis, Missouri. Peter Grinbergs of Nutech Brands, Inc. in London, Ontario was elected to serve a two-year term as HVI Chairman of the Board. Jim Boldt of Broan-NuTone, LLC in Hartford, Wisconsin was elected as Vice Chairman/Treasurer. John Fox of Air King Ventilation Products in West Chester, Pennsylvania was elected to serve as Secretary. Ola Wettergren of Fantech, Inc. in Sarasota, Florida now serves as Immediate Past Chairman.

Directors elected to one-year terms include Don Stevens of Panasonic in Keyport, Washington, John Harper of JDH Consultants, LLC / Ortech Distributors in Hamilton, Ohio, Daniel Forest of Venmar Ventilation, Inc. in Drummondville, Quebec and Russell Pope of Soler & Palau USA in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Home Ventilating Institute (HVI), founded in 1955, is a nonprofit association of the manufacturers of home ventilating products. Through a Certified Ratings Program, HVI provides a voluntary means for residential ventilation manufacturers to report comparable and creditable product performance information based upon uniformly applied testing standards and procedures performed by independent laboratories.

Today, HVI represents manufacturers from the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe, producing the majority of the residential ventilation products sold in North America. For more information, contact HVI at 1000 N. Rand Road, Suite 214, Wauconda, IL 60084. Telephone: 847/526-2010; fax: 847/526-3993. Visit the website at www.hvi.org.

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