LESCO To Supply TruGreen Consumer Lawn Care Products.CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1998--LESCO, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LSCO LSCO Lamar State College Orange (Texas) LSCO Lanthanum Strontium Cobalt Oxide ) and TruGreen ChemLawn, a division of ServiceMaster, announced today that LESCO LESCO Lahore Electric Supply Company (Pakistan) LESCO Logistics & Environmental Support Services Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) will become the exclusive supplier of the TruGreen branded line of consumer lawn care products. LESCO, the nation's leading manufacturer and marketer of turf care products for the professional green industry, will supply a line of fertilizers, seed, and weed and insect control products for consumer use. "We are pleased to support TruGreen's efforts in the consumer lawn and garden industry. We view this relationship as a significant opportunity for continued growth and expansion of our company," said William A. Foley, LESCO's chairman, president and chief executive officer. The TruGreen line of products is sold nationally at Target Stores, Builders Square Builders Square was founded as a big-box home improvement retailer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. A subsidiary of Kmart, its format was quite similar to Home Depot and Lowe's with floor space of about 100,000 square feet. , HG, Hechinger, Scotty's American Stores American Stores was the name of a United States chain of supermarkets. It was formed in 1917 when Acme Markets merged with four other Philadelphia area grocery chains into American Stores. American Stores would grow to 1,700 stores in 40 states with $15 billion in sales. , Inc. retail outlets, Payless Cashways and Pamida. LESCO will supply products through its nationwide network of fertilizer and seed-blending facilities and distribution centers. The company recently acquired production facilities in Stockton, Calif. and Hatfield, Mass., adding to its existing facility in Martins Ferry, Ohio Martins Ferry is a city in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the Ohio River, is the largest city in Belmont County, and is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area of the U.S. Census Bureau. The population was 7,226 at the 2000 census. and its new facility in Sebring, Fla. LESCO manufactures and sells a broad line of golf course and turf care products such as fertilizers, chemical control products, turfgrass seed, commercial mowing and other turf care equipment, and golf course accessories. Serving more than 100,000 customers worldwide, including all of the "Top 100" golf courses as reported by Golf Digest Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Advance Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. , LESCO distributes through 235 LESCO Service Centers(R), LESCO Stores-on-Wheels(R), lawn care service representatives and other direct sales efforts. Sales in 1997 totaled $357 million. Additional information about LESCO can be found on the World Wide Web at www.lesco.com. CONTACT: LESCO, Inc. Ware H. Grove 440/333-9250 or Cameron Associates, Inc. Clarence McGowan 212/245-8800 |
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