Turtle & Hughes Inc., Linden, NJ, has announced the creation of a dedicated Rockwell Automation sales department in the New York and New Jersey regions. Billy Wresch, formerly vice president of Turtle & Hughes' mid-island electrical supply subsidiary, will lead the new department as vice president of industrial automation sales. In his new position, Wresch will oversee all of the company's Rockwell Automation franchised branches in the New York and New Jersey regions. He will work closely with those branch managers to support and expand the company's Rockwell Automation product and services line. The existing Turtle & Hughes industrial control & automation department staff and technology specialists in New York and New Jersey will continue to support both the commercial sales department and the Rockwell Automation sales department.