CHHMA honours industry veterans

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Canadian Hardware & Housewares Manufacturers Association held its 2015 inductions to its 31^st Industry Hall of Fame. Industry veterans Paul Straus (right, with CHHMA president Vaughn Crofford) of Home Hardware Stores Limited and Bryan Gilbart, of Richmond Hill, Ont.’s Envirogard-Rainfresh, were inducted yesterday at a luncheon hosted as part of the CHHMA’s AGM. Straus has been with Home Hardware since the company’s inception and Gilbart has given 16 years of service to the CHHMA board.