Federated Honors Members With Awards For Excellence

Federated Honors Members With Awards For Excellence

Federated honored three of its members for their exceptional commitment and support of the Federated Co-Man, marketing and national accounts programs.

Left to right: Kerry Humphreys, Cold Air Distributors; Ken Bates, Cold Air Distributors; Phil Moore, senior vice president, Federated Auto Parts; Denick Cobb, Cold Air Distributors.


Federated honored three of its members for their exceptional commitment and support of the Federated Co-Man, marketing and national accounts programs. 

Automotive Supply Co. in Appleton, Wisconsin, was named Federated Co-Man Member of the Year. This annual award is presented to a member that has shown outstanding support of the member-owned Co-Man warehouse operation and its programs. Rick Wood accepted the award on behalf of Automotive Supply. 

Cold Air Distributors of Fort Pierce, Florida, was honored with the Federated Marketing Excellence Award. Accepting the award were Ken Bates, Denick Cobb and Kerry Humphreys.

Parts Distributing Inc. (PDI), located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was honored with the Federated National Accounts Award. This top award recognizes a Federated member for excellence in serving national accounts customers. Donovan Haidinger accepted the award on behalf of PDI.

“We are proud to honor these Federated members who successfully execute marketing, national accounts and Co-Man programs,” said Rusty Bishop, CEO of Federated Auto Parts. “We congratulate Automotive Supply, Cold Air and PDI for excelling in each of their respective categories and earning these prestigious awards. We also thank all of our members for their continued dedication to the success of these vital Federated programs.”

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