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Office Products

	3M 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. It produces thousands of imaginative products, and is a leader in scores of markets – from health care and highway safety to office products and optical films for LCD displays. Success begins with the ability to apply technologies – often in combination – to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course, all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world.
	Avery Dennison Founded in 1935, Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials. Based in Pasadena, Calif., the Company had 2007 sales of $6.3 billion. Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag and labeling systems, and specialty tapes and chemicals.
	CCH CCH provides leading tax and business law information and software solutions. CCH products track, report, explain and analyze tax and related law in over approximately 700 publications in print and electronic form for tax, accounting, legal, human resources, banking, securities, insurance, government and health care professionals. The CCH brand has been a market leader since 1913, the year the U.S. federal income tax was created. It is one of the most respected names among accountants, attorneys and compliance professionals.
	Image Star Growing resellers can order more efficiently from Image Star, a leading imaging supplies wholesaler. Offer the full line of over 5,000 original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and compatible printer, fax, copier, and data media products. Enjoy the Ultimate Blind Drop Ship — anywhere in the United States, with your logo, slogan, and specialized message on every packing slip.
	is.group The is.group is an office products buying group that sells office supplies, furniture, machines and machine service, printing, computer/IT supplies, and a wide variety of other products and services. The group was founded in 1977 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
	Educators Resource Educators Resource is the leading wholesale distributor of preK-8 learning materials and educational toys used by schools, teachers, parents and children. They provide value to their retail customers by providing "best-in-industry" stock replenishment and order fulfillment services across a broad selection of products.
	Mead Westvaco MeadWestvaco Corporation, provides packaging solutions to many of the world’s most-admired brands in the healthcare, personal and beauty care, food, beverage, media and entertainment, and home and garden industries. The company's businesses include Consumer & Office Products, Specialty Chemicals, and the Community Development and Land Management Group, which sustainably manages the company’s land holdings to support its operations, and to provide for conservation, recreation and development opportunities.
	Net1 Payment Solutions NET1 Payment Solutions is an established leader in the transaction processing industry. Founded in 1989, Net1 has maintained an outstanding track record of bringing groundbreaking products, services and technology to market.  Focusing mainly on integration services with distribution and marketing software as well as local businesses in the Northern Virginia and the greater DC area.
	NOPA NOPA’s mission is to foster growth and improved profitability among independent U.S. and Canadian office products dealers and their key business partners. NOPA does this through delivery of leading edge government advocacy, dealer performance benchmarking services and online business resources and tools, as well as through its leadership of standards development and other industry initiatives.
	Objectif Lune Objectif Lune first started in the variable data printing industry in 1993 by creating custom turnkey solutions which evolved to a suite of products called PlanetPress Suite. With impressive success, the company has quickly become a leader in its field and now provides solutions for all aspects of the variable data printing industry.
	S.P. Richards Co. S.P. Richards Company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia is one of North America's leading business products wholesalers. It distributes over 30,000 business products to a network of over 7,000 resellers in the United States and Canada from a network of 44 Distribution Centers. Included among these distribution centers are S.P. Richards Company's computer supplies subsidiary, HorizonUSA, headquartered in Reno, Nevada and S.P. Richards Canada, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
	Supplies Network Supplies Network is the largest privately-owned wholesaler of IT consumables in the U.S.  Incorporated in 1991, the St. Louis-based company has achieved impressive growth and continues to invest in the right mix of people, products, services and technologies for their customers.
	TriMega The TriMega Purchasing Association is a not-for-profit buying group serving office products dealers. TriMega helps out over 500 members profit through group purchasing, the production and distribution of quality marketing materials, information sharing through networking at national and regional activities, and the delivery of education at industry events.
	United Stationers United Stationers Inc. is North America's largest broad line wholesale distributor of business products, with 2007 consolidated net sales of $4.6 billion. The company stocks over 100,000 items from approximately 1,000 manufacturers. This includes a broad and deep selection of technology products, office products, office furniture, janitorial and breakroom supplies, and industrial products.

Office Furniture

	20 20 Technologies Space-planning, specifying and presentation software dedicated to the Office Furniture & Interiors industry - From designers to manufacturers and contractors to facility managers, 20-20 Technologies offers space-planning, specification and presentation tools for the office furniture industry. 20-20's software is also used by architects and other professional service firms that plan, specify and influence interiors.
	Acteon (also known as BudgetGuide) Acteon Technologies was founded in 2001 with the charter to deliver a better budgeting solution to emerging and middle-market companies. Acteon’s solutions enable its customers, in a collaborative manner, to plan, analyze, and report their financial operations with greater accuracy and greater confidence.
	Configura Configura works with manufacturers to create PGC-based software solutions that improve the total sales cycle. Configura starts by meeting with manufacturing clients to learn their needs and the needs of their sales force. Then, Configura applies their PGC technology to develop a custom solution.
	Net1 Payment Solutions NET1 Payment Solutions is an established leader in the transaction processing industry. Founded in 1989, Net1 has maintained an outstanding track record of bringing groundbreaking products, services and technology to market.  Focusing mainly on integration services with distribution and marketing software as well as local businesses in the Northern Virginia and the greater DC area.
	NeoCon NeoCon is now considered the largest trade show of its kind in North America. Complete with 1,200 showrooms and exhibits, NeoCon offers a unique combination of residential and commercial furnishings in one convenient location. Professional designers and architects can journey from product seminars and special events to furniture exhibits with ease. A demand for the NeoCon World's Trade Fair will continue as various emerging commercial industries grow and transform.
	OFDA The Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA) is the industry association for office furniture dealers who are serious about focusing on growth, development and profitability. Membership is comprised of leading dealerships and the manufacturers, technology vendors and diverse service providers who support their success.
	OFUSA Office Furniture USA prides itself on being different. It is a nationwide collaboration between the top manufacturers and dealers of office furniture in North America.
	Project Matrix Since 1987, ProjectMatrix has created industry leading solutions for Contract Furniture CAD design and electronic specification. ProjectMatrix site license can save a dealer even thousands of dollars a year in software costs.
	SolomonCoyle The Solomon Coyle team is led by David Solomon and Barry Coyle, best-practice consultants to the contract furniture industry. Its solutions powerfully couple deep industry expertise in business processes, management, sales and marketing, operations, dealer services, cost accounting, and information technology with firsthand knowledge of hundreds of dealer operations and situations, from small to large dealers in markets across North America.
	Workplace Alliance The Workplace Alliance is an innovative network of Haworth Preferred Dealers with a common vision: to provide our clients with the most creative, cost-conscious, and flexible workplace solutions wherever they do business.

Office Equipment

	3M 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. It produces thousands of imaginative products, and is a leader in scores of markets – from health care and highway safety to office products and optical films for LCD displays. Success begins with the ability to apply technologies – often in combination – to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course, all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world.
	AIMED AIMED is an association comprised of North America's most prominent mailing and shipping equipment dealers, value added resellers, systems integrators, mailing software developers, office technology service providers and various office automation dealers. AIMED also includes Associate Members who provide the dealer network with high quality, reliable products, along with precise consultation related to the needs of the industry.
	Brother Brother International Corporation is one of the premier providers of products for the home, home office and office. Our U.S.A. corporate office, located in Bridgewater, New Jersey, was established in the US on April 21, 1954 and markets many industrial products, home appliances, and business products manufactured by its parent company, Brother Industries, Ltd., of Nagoya, Japan. These products include an award-winning line of Multi-Function Center® and printers. Brother also provides the number one line of facsimile machines in the U.S. and is the leader in electronic labeling, with its full line of P-touch® Electronic Labeling Systems.
	BTA The Business Technology Association (BTA) is an international not-for-profit trade association serving independent dealers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, manufacturers and distributors in the business equipment and systems industry. BTA helps its members profit through a wide variety of services, including free legal advice and guidance; business benchmarking studies and reports; information on the latest news, trends and products in the industry; strong educational offerings; and industry-specific publications Office Technology and BTA Hotline Online.
	FSPA Since its establishment in 1973 as NIBESA, this organization has been guided by a succession of dedicated hands-on leaders. Its members, as leaders in their own fields, expect and deserve no less from their association. FSPA is now under the full-time management of John and Liz Vrabec, who have been in the financial industry for more than 25 years. Former association members and business owners, they truly know how to help, having experienced the same challenges you face.
	HP HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. It explores how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. It applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way customers live and work.
	ITEX ITEX (Information Technology Education & Exposition), is the premier event for Dealers, Resellers, VARs and ISVs looking to partner with suppliers in all aspects of the expanding Office Equipment, Document Management and Business Solutions market, and more. WIth red-hot education tracks to reshape your business model, and hundreds of vendors displaying the latest products and services, the fierce offerings at the "all-in-one-forum" of ITEX '09 will provide the variety of innovative products, people and technologies you need.
	MWAi MWA Intelligence, Inc. was created to serve businesses that understand world-class customer service is vital to a profitable bottom line. It provides cutting-edge M2M (machine-to-machine) solutions and tools that support the exchange of real-time information between hardware assets, mobile workers, back-office management and key stakeholders in mission-critical departments. The result is an efficient and intuitive system that better manages employees and devices, regardless of their location. And, its M2M solutions and professional services are customizable to meet the unique requirements of a wide spectrum of industry niches and vertical markets.
	Net1 Payment Solutions NET1 Payment Solutions is an established leader in the transaction processing industry. Founded in 1989, Net1 has maintained an outstanding track record of bringing groundbreaking products, services and technology to market.  Focusing mainly on integration services with distribution and marketing software as well as local businesses in the Northern Virginia and the greater DC area.
	RSPA RSPA stands for Retail Solutions Providers Association. We are the only association dedicated to the retail technology industry. Our members include resellers, distributors, hardware manufacturers, software developers, consultants and service providers who bring retail technology solutions to the marketplace.

LBM & Hardlines

	Allied Building Stores Allied Building Stores, Inc. (ABS) is a wholesaler of lumber and building materials. ABS is 100% owned by its 245 Dealer members, each of whom operates an independent retail lumber business or home center in our twelve state service area. ABS neither owns Dealers nor sells lumber or building materials directly to the public. The basic purpose of the company is to serve as a central purchasing agent for its Dealers. Our mission at ABS is to enhance its members' abilities to compete favorably in the marketplace by reducing the costs of goods and services that each dealer must purchase in order to operate.
	BlueTarp Financial BlueTarp Financial, Inc. was founded by a diverse management team with experience in both the construction and financial services industries. BlueTarp's knowledge, experience and technological capabilities will deliver outstanding results for you and your business. BlueTarp is committed to delivering trade credit and information-based tools to building materials dealers and contractors, while backing these products with exceptional customer service.
	Command Alkon Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Command Alkon Incorporated develops, markets and supports software and hardware products for construction materials producers including aggregate, ready mixed, concrete, asphalt, cement and block producers. Command Alkon employs over 400 people in its Birmingham, Columbus, Shawnee Mission, European, South American, Australian and Southeast Asian offices. For over thirty years these combined resources have served the construction materials industry.
	Construction Maestro Symun Systems, Inc. created Construction Maestro, a software program that allows the user to accurately estimate a custom building package with ease. Construction Maestro combines the expertise of a Microsoft Certified Professional and a building contractor with 17 years experience in the lumber & building industry. The system is designed for lumber companies and building contractors alike.
	Do it Best Do it Best Corp. proudly serves over 4,100 member-owners in the United States and 47 countries and is the only U.S.-based full-line, full-service, member-owned distributor of lumber, hardware, and building materials products in the home improvement industry.
	DQ Technologies DQ Technologies is a Texas-based software company founded in 1992. DQ Technologies develops software solutions and custom systems for people to do what they have always had to do - just Faster and Smarter.
	EMBDA Eastern Building Material Dealers Association (EBMDA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1892 to represent independent building material dealers and their associates in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC. EBMDA was established to foster, protect, and promote the welfare and best interest of its members.
	Gasboy Gasboy is a leading manufacturer and marketer of commercial electronic and mechanical petroleum dispensing systems, fleet management systems, and transfer pumps, primarily for non-retail petroleum applications. The company provides innovative, efficient, cost-effective solutions to meet customers' needs for dispensing, controlling, and managing fuel and related products.
	Handy Hardware Handy Hardware is one of only six dealer-owned hardware buying groups in the U. S. We have been 100% dealer-owned since our inception in 1961. As a regional wholesale hardware distributor, whose growth spans the last forty three years, Handy's basic structure and approach to the market place have remained sound and unchanged, through an ever-changing economy.
	House Hasson House-Hasson Hardware Company was founded in 1906 by Mr. C.S. Hasson and Mr. Sam House. House-Hasson started with 13 salesmen who came from the old C.M. McClung Company of Knoxville, Tennessee. The company has served dealers in Tennessee and 12 surrounding states and just recently the Caribbean. House-Hasson Hardware was generally known as "Knoxville's Exclusively Wholesale Hardware House."
	LAT LAT is an organization of businessmen & women who own and/or manage lumber & building material companies throughout Texas and Louisiana. LAT was founded in 1886. In October of 2001, the LBMDA - Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association merged with LAT. LAT is one of the strongest, largest and most service-oriented federates of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.
	LMC Lumbermens Mechandising Corporation (LMC) is an organization, dedicated to providing outstanding service at the lowest total procurement costs with the highest return on investment in the industry.
	MiTek MiTek is the world's leading supplier of state-of-the-art engineered products and services for the building components industry. MiTek customers benefit from using the most advanced and the most efficient design software in the industry
	Moore Handley Founded in 1882, we are the second largest independent hardware and building materials distributor in the U. S. located in Birmingham, Alabama. Our 550,000 square foot distribution facilities are fully electronic allowing us to provide the highest shipping accuracy in the industry.
	NRLA The Northeastern Retail Lumber Association (NRLA) was established in New York in 1894 by a small group of pioneering lumbermen who recognized the value of cooperation. Today, the NRLA is an 1,150 member association representing independent lumber and building material suppliers and associated businesses in New York and the six New England states. NRLA produces the industry’s largest regional trade show, Lumber and Building Material Expo.
	OCSA The Ohio Construction Suppliers Association (OCSA) was founded as Ohio Lumbermen's Association over 125 years ago. The associations purpose is: to promote the general welfare of the construction supply industry throughout the State of Ohio; to seek new legislation and modification of existing legislation to best serve the interest of the public and the construction supply industry throughout the State of Ohio; to develop and encourage high standards of service and conduct among persons engaged in the construction supply industry; to broaden public understanding of the importance and function of the construction supply industry in the American economy; to promote and advance the use of construction materials throughout the State of Ohio.
	Orgill Orgill, Inc. is the nation’s largest independently owned hardlines distributor providing retailers across the United States and in more than 60 countries throughout the world access to more than 60,000 products and industry-leading retail services.
	RetailerSoft Margin Master Margin Master is a computer program designed to help retailers achieve incremental gains to their bottom line by enabling them to quickly analyze their current retails. Their retail can be quickly changed to provide unlimited "What-If" scenarios. Also, an analysis can be performed against known Competitor Pricing Information. The value of Margin Master really shines when the retailer is able to quickly perform these "what-if" scenarios, and see very quickly the impact a proposed retail change has to their bottom line - both on an annual basis and a month by month basis.
	Saberis Doug Syme and his team have specialized in the kitchen and building supply industries for the last 15 years. Founded by Doug Syme in August 2000, the company evolved into one of the few companies with integration expertise in these industries. Now, Saberis Inc. in alliance and co-operation with other software providers, provides the industry with systems that will handle virtually all of it's needs.
	True Value True Value Company, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperatives with sales of $2.0 billion in 2007. The True Value cooperative includes approximately 5,400 independent retailer locations worldwide operating under the store identities of True Value, Grand Rental Station, Taylor Rental, Party Central, Home & Garden Showplace and Induserve Supply.

Manufacturing

	AMTIL Based in Melbourne, the Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL) is the peak national body that represents the interests of manufacturing technology suppliers and users within the precision engineering and advanced manufacturing sector.
	NTMA The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) is the national representative of the custom precision manufacturing industry in the United States. The NTMA focuses on protecting the future of manufacturing in America.

Jan/San

	CSSA The Canadian Sanitation Supply Association is a non-profit corporation, established in 1957 and registered under the Canada Corporation Act, representing member companies engaged in the manufacturing, distribution and selling of sanitary maintenance products and services. The purpose of the CSSA is to provide a high degree of professionalism, technical knowledge and business ethics within our membership. Representing the leading product / service providers in the industry, the association promotes a greater public awareness and understanding of sanitary maintenance principles, while contributing to improved public health and environmental awareness in Canada.
	DPA Distributor Partners of America, Inc. (DPA) is a member-driven marketing and buying organization of close-knit high volume distributors in the Janitorial, Sanitary, Paper, Packaging, and Safety Equipment & Clothing industries who work with their DPA partner suppliers for mutual sales and group distribution benefits.
	ISSA As the worldwide cleaning industry association, ISSA’s global membership includes more than 5,700 distributor, manufacturer, building service contractor, and in-house service provider companies. ISSA offers the industry's largest cleaning shows around the world; a vast array of educational videos and resources; networking on local, national, and international levels; industry management standards; legislative and regulatory services; and industry news specifically focused on the world's cleaning community.
	Net1 Payment Solutions NET1 Payment Solutions is an established leader in the transaction processing industry. Founded in 1989, Net1 has maintained an outstanding track record of bringing groundbreaking products, services and technology to market.  Focusing mainly on integration services with distribution and marketing software as well as local businesses in the Northern Virginia and the greater DC area.
	ProLink Pro-Link, Inc. which was founded in 1984, is a national full-service janitorial supply, marketing, and buying organization. Pro-Link has more than 70 members and over 100 distribution points throughout the United States. Pro-Link provides its distributor-members and customers with a nationally recognized brand of high quality products and services that help deliver consistently cleaner facilities at lower total costs. With a sales force of industry professionals, ProLink also provides national field support, troubleshooting, and training for members and end-customers. Its national account customers benefit from sophisticated program consisting of centralized procurement, online ordering, and advanced reporting, all supported by fast delivery and service.
	ProLink Canada Pro-Link Canada is a full-service janitorial supply organization with distributors located throughout Canada. Pro-Link Canada offers comprehensive focus and expertise on cleaning and maintenance unmatched in the industry, including a commitment to total quality for all of its products and services.
	The United Group THE UNITED GROUP, established in 1983, is a nationwide buying group owned and directed by independent distributors who target the janitorial/sanitary, foodservice, industrial-packaging and safety equipment & supplies markets. Representing over 350 locations, the Member Stockholders purchase from more than 150 vendors they have designated as Preferred Suppliers, and they receive marketing allowances on their purchases. By coordinating these business transactions, THE UNITED GROUP opens doors to enhanced profitability for both the Member Stockholders and the Preferred Suppliers.

Corporate Partners

	Acsellerate Acsellerate Solutions LLC, is an innovative technology service company located in Northern Virginia. Acsellerate leverages the power and accessibility of the Internet to bring simple, affordable and highly-effective sales performance tools to customers across the country -- how, where and when they need it.
	Avery Dennison Founded in 1935, Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials. Based in Pasadena, Calif., the Company had 2007 sales of $6.3 billion. Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag and labeling systems, and specialty tapes and chemicals.
	Inc. 5000 The Inc. 5000 is an expansion of the Inc. 500, which Inc. introduced in 1982. The Inc. 5000 includes the Inc. 500 but digs deeper to offer the most comprehensive look ever at the entrepreneurial engine driving the U.S. economy.
	Net1 Payment Solutions NET1 Payment Solutions is an established leader in the transaction processing industry. Founded in 1989, Net1 has maintained an outstanding track record of bringing groundbreaking products, services and technology to market.  Focusing mainly on integration services with distribution and marketing software as well as local businesses in the Northern Virginia and the greater DC area.