CINCINNATI, May 23, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — The Hillman Companies, Inc. (Amex: HLM.PR) (“Hillman”) announced today that Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer James P. Waters will succeed Max W. (“Mick”) Hillman as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2013. Mr. Waters, who had previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Hillman, also joins Hillman’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Hillman, who will retire as CEO after 44 years with the company, will retain a seat on Hillman’s Board of Directors.
During his extraordinary career, Mr. Hillman grew his father’s hardware distributorship into a leading international value-added distributor serving multiple retail channels and product categories. (…)
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