United States Stove Company has named John Voorhees as director of Product Development within a new company division. He departs his most recent position of Business Development with Intertek.

Voorhees will report to August S.L. Jones, president and COO of United States Stove Company . He also will assist in the ongoing development of products that support the company's Breckwell, Ashley, Vogelzang, HomComfort and USSC Divisions.
 
In a statement, Jones said, "In an effort to continue U.S. Stove's ongoing success as an industry leader, we are pleased to add John Voorhees to our team in this important position for developing products on behalf of many of our brands. John is a well-respected industry veteran and we believe he will be very successful in this new position given his strong track record.

"With John joining USSC, we are excited to continue building the team that will execute our growth strategy," said Calvin Haggard, CEO of United States Stove Company.
 
"I'm honored to be part of United States Company and the leadership team headed by Haggard and Jones," said Voorhees. "USSC and its many divisions has incredible growth potential, and I'm excited to bring to the organization products that will enable us to develop efficient heating appliances that we will deliver to our customers."