In December of 1999, Turner Supply Company purchased Parrish-KeithSimmons, an industrial distribution company in Nashville, Tennessee and expanded into that area. In the same month, we opened our 12th branch location in Annistion, Alabama. In July, 2000 Turner Supply Company purchased Young & Vann Industrial Supply, a company originally founded in 1906. Along with this aquisition, we obtained our 13th branch location in Albany, Georgia and our Fabrication Shop in Birmingham, Alabama. Turner Supply Company currently operates from 14 locations throughout Alabama, Mississippi, Northwest Florida, Central Tennessee,- and Southwest Georgia, with Mobile and Birmingham serving as distribution centers. Total warehouse space consists of 290,000 sq. ft. and we operate our own fleet of delivery and service vehicles at each branch. Total inventory value is over $7,000,000 consisting of over 82,000 SKU's from 2,445 stocking vendors and 5,708 active vendors. Both inventory value and vendor base have grown steadily with the addition of major supply contracts and agreements with large national manufacturers.

Turner Supply Company is a member of Affiliated Distributors, A-D, an organization dedicated to providing new technology and cost saving programs to our partners. Through interaction with other distributors in this association, as well as IDA (Industrial Distribution Association) and NIBA (National Industrial Belting Association), Turner Supply Company stays on the leading edge of new programs, technologies, and opportunities for our partners. Our corporate officers have served as officers, directors, and committee members of these and other business and professional organizations, bringing that experience and knowledge to our systems and programs.

Turner Supply Company utilizes an IBM AS/400 computer system which networks all our branches and inventory. We are fully Y2K compliant and involved in an on-going process of software upgrades designed to offer increased service capability, expanded reporting capabilities, and improved opportunities for cost savings and productivity increases for our company and our partners. We are currently using EDI and ERS systems with several partners to reduce transactional costs and reduce errors.

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