Birmingham, AL
Full Service Center
270 Center St. North
Birmingham, AL 35204
Phone (205) 251-8223
Fax (205) 322-8934
BILL BUSH
Birmingham Operations Manager
Bill joined Porter Warner Industries in 2008 as Birmingham Operation Manager. Bill is responsible for the Birmingham “manned” operation. The Birmingham, AL operation covers foundries and surface preparation customers in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Arkansas. Bill covers direct accounts in Alabama and Florida.
Prior to PWI, Bill started and owned Specialty Foundry Products from 1999 to 2008 and started and owned Refractory Specialist, a refractory installation company from 2004 to 2008. Bill was employed by Premier Refractories from 1993 to 1999 as the Regional Sales Manager and V. P. of Sales. Bill was Technical Director for Specialty Systems from 1990 to 1993. From 1986 to 1990, Bill was employed by Mueller Chattanooga, where he was the Core Room Supervisor and General Foreman. Bill was employed by Eureka Foundry from 1973 to 1986, where he managed the wet lab and was afforded the opportunity to work and learn all facets of green sand, no bake, cupola, channel, and coreless furnace operations.
Bill has over 50 years of experience in the foundry industry.
Bill attended MTSU from 1974-76 where he majored in Biology. Bill attended University of Tennessee- Chattanooga from 1977-1981 where he majored in Geology.
Email: bbushpwi@gmail.com
Phone: 205-568-3316
SHELLY M. VINES
Birmingham Office/Warehouse Manager
Shelly became Porter Warner Industries’ Birmingham, AL Office/Warehouse Manager in 2010. Prior to that, Shelly worked in the PWI Birmingham office as a Customer Service Representative since 1999. Shelly joined PWI in 1992 as the Birmingham Receptionist.
Email: svinespwi@gmail.com
Phone: 205-725-8211
DUANE S. ALFORD
Technical Sales Representative
Industrial and Marine Market Development
Duane joined Porter Warner Industries in 2009 as a Surface Preparation Technical Sales Representative for the Southeast U. S. and works out of our Birmingham, AL facility.
Prior to PWI, Duane was employed by The Sherwin Williams Company from 1984 to 2009. Starting as store manager in Talladega, AL in 1984 and was then promoted to the facility manager in Auburn, AL in 1994. Duane became sales rep in Birmingham in 1996. Duane was promoted to sales rep in Montgomery, AL in 1998 and was promoted to facility manager at the Birmingham Commercial location in 2001. In 2003, Duane opened the first full service Industrial facility in Birmingham, AL, and then was promoted to Industrial and Marine Rep in North Alabama in 2005 where he finished his career with Sherwin Williams Company.
Duane has over 40 years’ experience in the coatings and surface preparation industry.
Email: duane.alford@yahoo.com
Phone: 256-318-2298
BILLY J. ANDERSON
Technical Sales Representative
Billy joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in 2014. His area of coverage is Alabama, Arkansas and Western Georgia.
Prior to PWI, Billy was employed by Mueller Co., Chattanooga, TN from 2005 to 2013. Billy was the Manufacturing Superintendent and Foundry General Foreman. Billy was employed by U.S. Pipe & Foundry., Chattanooga, TN from 1983 to 2005. Positions held were Superintendent, General Foreman Production Control & Shipping, Supervisor Shipping, Valve Assembly Supervisor and hourly employee.
Billy has over 41 years of experience in the foundry industry.
Billy served in the United States Navy from 1979 to 1983.
Billy earned his A.S. degree in Industrial Management from Chattanooga State in 1995 and his B.S. degree in Organizational Management from Covenant College in 1997.
Email: billyandersonpwi@gmail.com
Phone: 423-883-3192
JOSEPH M. FUQUA
Technical Sales Representative
Joe joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in 2015. His area of coverage is Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana.
In 2022, Joe became a Technical Consultant for PWI.
Prior to joining PWI, Joe was with American Colloid Co from 2002 through 2015 as a Technical Service Representative and Product Manager. His employment at American Colloid came through the acquisition of a private company he and a business partner ran from 1990 through 2002. Joe worked for Ashland Chemical from 1981 to 1990 as a Technical Service Representative, Metallurgist, and Product Manager. Joe worked from 1978 to 1981 as a foundry metallurgist at Rockwell International in Atchison, KS and Florida Machine and Foundry.
Joe has over 45 years of experience in the foundry industry.
Joe earned a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering in 1978 from the University of Missouri – Rolla.
Email: joe.fuqua.pwi@gmail.com
Phone: 205-215-0883
BEN STOUGH
Technical Sales Representative
Ben joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in October 2023. His area of coverage is West Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Prior to PWI, Ben was employed by Thompson Tractor Company in Birmingham as a Parts and Service Sales Representative for two years. Before that he had a combined 22 years in the foundry industry servicing customers in the Southeast as a Technical Sales Representative for Specialty Foundry Products and Perry Supply Company in Birmingham. He began his career as a Machinist and CNC Programmer / Operator for Research and Development Company in Tuscaloosa.
Ben earned his A.S. degree in CNC / Machine Tool Operation from Shelton State College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Email: bstoughpwi@gmail.com
Phone: 205-903-0359