On February 18, 2009 Ace Hardware announced that Lori Bossmann, who has successfully led the Merchandising team for eight years, has accepted the position of Vice President, Supply Chain Planning.  Lori's knowledge of merchandising, inventory control, distribution and finance will serve Ace well in this new role. Inventory Management will continue to report to her as well

Lori's position is going to be filled by John Surane.   John comes to Ace from Bosch Tools, where he was the president of Skil Power Tools for the last three years. He had full P&L and general management responsibility for the Skil Power Tool Company across North America.

Langenfeld, and all of Langenfeld's manufacturers, are really looking forward to working with John in the future.