Hoover has named William (Bill) Underwood as Sales Manager for the Western US Region. Mr Underwood is a graduate of Northwestern College and began working for Hoover in 1991. In 2003, Hoover decided to split the company in an agreement to sell off the poly drum and limited-use container lines to Mauser Germany. At that time, he joined with the Mauser Germany group and managed the West coast and Midwest territories. While living in the NW, he was voted in as VP and then President of the Northwest Chemical Association based in Portland, Oregon. In January of 2008 he resigned his position with Mauser to join a private venture in the container industry as President and partner. After a recent visit to the Hoover Houston facility he was encouraged by the new leadership with Donald Young at the helm and subsequently accepted a position as Sales Manager for the Western Region.