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Nawkaw Hires Walker to Manage Southwest Territory

Words: Valor chimney Corp.Nawkaw Corporation has hired Duane Walker as a regional sales manager to handle operations for the Southwest portion of the United States. With the addition of Walker, Nawkaw can now effectively handle masonry staining requests throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Walker is a recent hire for Nawkaw Southwest, based in Deer Park, Texas. He has worked with Nawkaw during the past 12 months as a commission-based sales representative.

Walker has been a manufacture's representative for several companies in the masonry industry during the past 10 years, including Lambert Color, MK Diamond and PROSOCO, which specializes in masonry cleaning products.

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