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Incorporated in the State of Alabama in October 1980, Hile Controls Of Alabama, Inc is celebrating their 28th year as an Independent Manufacturer's Representative. With our Corporate office in Birmingham, Hile Controls serves the process industries in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and the Florida Panhandle. Hile Controls of Alabama, Inc was originally founded by Bill Hile of the W.K. Hile Company in Matthews, ( Charlotte ) N.C. Grady Andrews, then a six-year employee of the Company, began the purchase buyout of the Alabama franchise in 1988. Mr. Andrews completed his buyout in 1994 and is now the sole owner of Hile Controls of Alabama, Inc The outside sales consultants of Hile Controls of Alabama, Inc have over 50 years combined experience in process and factory automation controls, analyzers, flow meters, level gauges, regulators and control valves. Their markets include power generation, chemical / petro-chem, steel, tire, pulp & paper, waste water, and engineering firms. Key customers include Alabama Power, Southern Company Services, TVA, BP/Amoco, Mobil Oil, Hunt Refining, International Paper, Degussa, Monsanto, Solutia, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, U.S. Steel, Michelin, Air Products, Raytheon / Washington Group, and BE&K Engineering. We regularly are given Sales / Goal Achievement awards from our Principals that line our conference room walls and have been honored with a number of Professional Achievement Awards to include: Hile Controls of Alabama, Inc strives to be a superior Independent Manufacturer's Representative Firm ; representing the finest instrumentation available, whose cutting edge technology will take our Customers through the 21st Century. Our highly trained Industrial Controls Consultants will recognize opportunities to solve the engineering problems of our customers in the factory and process automation fields. Our high expectations for in-depth sales calls and Inside Sales effective communications will provide the swift and timely service, credibility and practical solutions that are imperative to the satisfaction of our Customers and Principals we represent. Grady R. Andrews: ( President/Engineering Sales ) ; Grady was graduated from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. with a B.S. in Engineering Operations in December 1979. He began inside sales in Knoxville, TN and was promoted to Regional Manager for Hile Controls of Alabama in Birmingham in June 1981. With six years of outstanding outside sales, he purchased the Alabama operation in 1988. Sales have grown over 400% since 1988 under his direct management. His responsibilities include leading the Company, determination of Principal affiliation, outside Sales Engineering consulting and various ISA Section and Society duties. Grady has supported local ISA Sections throughout Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, as well as, ISA International Society. He was President of the Birmingham Section 2003-04 and has served as the District Three Vice President for the 2008-10 term of office. Grady's outside activities include scuba diving with his buddy Catherine, power boat driving on Smith Lake, golf, weight training and his two children ; Ross and Max. Contact Grady Andrews by phone 205.438.0983 or email: gandrews@hilealabama.com Catherine M. Andrews: ( Director of Operations/Corporate Secretary ) ; A 1989 graduate of UNCG with a B.S. in Business, Catherine directs the flow of the Company and Inside Sales through newsletters, quotes/orders and lead follow-up. She is responsible for Inside Sales, Hile marketing efforts, our web site ( www.hilealabama.com ), and accounts payable/receivable. Her sales background was in the grocery industry with T.J. Lipton for 15 years, working with distributors and developing new markets for Lipton & Lawry products throughout the Southeast, prior to joining Hile Controls in 1997. In addition to Hile Controls' responsibilities Catherine has served as ISA Birmingham Section President and was awarded ISA's Em