DOING MORE THAN JUST SURVIVING

摘要

As overused as the word "survivor" may be these days, what more appropriate word is there to describe a distributor marking its 100th year in business? A. Louis Supply Co. of Ashtabula, Ohio, is a distributor of an array of materials, among them pipe, valves and fittings; electrical supplies; cutting tools and abrasives; power tools; contractor's supplies; plumbing equipment: Listeners; safety supplies; and miscellaneous mill supplies. Or, as its president, Kick Coblitz sums up,"We're a stocking wholesaler—a stocking industrial distributor." The company serves customers in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, lVnnsylvania, New Jersey and Kentucky. Their customer base includes: industrial plants; plumbing, heating, excavating, electrical, and building contractors; municipalities; schools; hospitals; and many other types of commercial enterprises.