FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	June 14, 2000
Contact: Barbara Miller
Sumner Rider & Associates
(301) 348-2017

 

New York, NY -- This summer will see representatives of the Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) criss-crossing the country to participate in some of the building industry’s largest and most respected trade shows.

In June, BHMA travels to Atlanta, Ga. to man its exhibit booth at the Construction Specifications Institute’s 44th annual Convention and Expo from June 22-25. BHMA Program Director Maria Ungaro will be manning Booth #2546, providing convention goers with BHMA certified product directories, specifier brochures and a look at the latest PowerPoint presentation of the association’s third-party product certification program.

In August, BHMA will sponsor a special seminar on major new trends impacting the hardware industry at the National Hardware Show (August 13-16 at McCormick Place in Chicago). Entitled "Redefining the Rep Organization in the New Millennium," the hour-long panel discussion will focus on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s manufacturer’s rep, harnessing the power of e-commerce, and improving profits in the face of increasing margin pressures.

Panel members are Edward B. Linaugh, Jr., president of Mid-Atlantic Agents, Ltd.; Jim Cashmore, president of I.S.K. Industries, Inc.; and Jeff Windstein, Jr., manufacturers representative for DeJure Windstein, Inc. BHMA Executive Director Peter Rush will moderate.

From September 7-9, BHMA staff will be in San Francisco at the 25th annual convention of the Door & Hardware Institute (DHI). In addition manning the association’s traditional booth with DHI, BHMA officials will present the annual BHMA Award of Excellence and announce the winner of the BHMA/DHI Education Foundation scholarship for 2000.

The BHMA Award of Excellence is given to the distributor or hardware professional who has demonstrated exceptional ability in meeting the needs of architects, contractors, users and manufacturers. The scholarship, open to employees of contract hardware distributors, provides tuition, room and board to a DHI Technical School of the winner’s choice.

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