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12 • AUGUST 2012 • WORLD FENCE NEWS WILMINGTON, Ohio — Bab- cock Lumber Company (Pittsburgh Distribution Center), a leading distrib- utor of building products and lumber materials, has named TimberTech as its Vendor of the Year. Additionally, TimberTech regional sales manager TimberTech and member of its sales staff receive top vendor recognition from distributor Babcock Lumber Tony Groh has been chosen as Vendor Representative of the Year. Both honors are demonstrative of TimberTech's passion for customer AVAILABLE! CUSTOM ITEMS care and new product development, the company stated. "It is because of Tony's outstand- ing service in promoting growth and profitability that Babcock Lumber Pittsburgh was able to exceed their goals in 2011," said Tom Caruso, gen- eral manager, Bab- cock Lumber Pittsburgh. "Tony's accessibility and his advancement of the [Earthwood] Evolu- tions line were vital to our development of 10 new stocking dealers and the many trucks that followed." "We and our many dealers are grateful that with the support of Tim- berTech, a challenging year was made much better for us all," added Caruso. Normally designated to a vendor Tony Groh company field representative, Groh said he was surprised to be awarded this individual honor at the corporate level. "Our entire company shares in the gratitude for this great recognition," said Craig Hyatt, TimberTech national sales manager. "We are particularly proud of Tony, whose success in con- verting new dealers on behalf of Bab- cock Lumber has had a real impact on growing their bottom line and solidi- fying us a valuable partner. It's be- cause of the effort of employees like Tony that we are able to strengthen channel partnerships." TimberTech, a leader in the alter- native decking industry, offers a wide selection of outdoor living solutions and is one of the world's leading pro- ducers of decking, railing, fencing, low-voltage lighting and under-deck storage products, which are available through a network of more than 8,500 contractors and dealers worldwide. For more information, visit www.TimberTech.com or view product installation videos on the TimberTech YouTube channel. Stay up-to-date on TimberTech by following the company on Twitter (@timbertech_deck) or Facebook (/TimberTech). As it marks its 125th anniversary year, Babcock Lumber Company dis- tributes more than 100 lines of build- ing materials and lumber products via ten wholesale building material distri- bution facilities located in Pennsylva- nia, New York, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia and Florida. For more information on the com- pany and its products lines, visit www.babcocklumber.com. Press reports say distributor L.R. McCoy to close after 90 years in business Reports in the building materials industry press state that L.R. McCoy of Worcester, Mass., which has been in business for 90 years distributing wholesale wood flooring, fencing and industrial building components to pro- fessional contractors, retail outlets, home centers and industrial accounts throughout North America and Canada, is currently winding down op- erations. The published reports quoted Henry Braverman, the company's vice-president of operations. World Fence News attempted to contact Braverman for comments, but tele- phone and email inquiries were not an- swered. In the news articles, Braverman said the "Great Recession" was the leading cause for the company's clos- ing, adding that the company was doing "business as usual, to an extent," as of mid-June. He was quoted as saying, how- ever, that by August its inventory should be liquidated and the entire company closed. L.R. McCoy's fencing line in- cluded aluminum ornamental fence, white cedar, Western Red Cedar, spruce, pressure treated pine, chain link, post and rail, PVC fence, snow fence, welded wire fence, and wood gate hardware. continued on page 29