PalletOne Named 'Vendor of The Year' By W.R. Bonsal
BARTOW, FL - June 27, 2002 - PalletOne of Florida was named 'Vendor of The Year' for the second time in four years by the Pompano Beach branch of W.R. Bonsal, a major manufacturer of building materials for the South.

"We selected PalletOne because of their service record with our plant. We know we can depend on PalletOne to get us pallets when we need them, even if it's after 5pm or on weekends," said Bill Ashton, Southern Region Operations Manager for W.R. Bonsal.

"The PalletOne team received high scores in all areas of the evaluation criteria including consistent quality, customer service, reliability and turn-around time," added Ashton. "They were evaluated against about 50 other vendors serving our Pompano facility."

"We are thrilled to receive such an honor from Bonsal. We take great pride in our work. To know that a customer has recognized our efforts as outstanding is a really good feeling, " said Russ Cambron, Bartow Plant Manager for PalletOne. "This award is shared by all 125 employees at our plant, it's the entire team's effort that keeps us delivering high quality and great service to our customers."

The Bartow, FL pallet plant has been supplying pallets to Bonsal's Pompano facility since it opened in 1998 and won W.R. Bonsal - Pompano's "Vendor of the Year Award" in 1999. The Pompano plant is the largest of Bonsal's eight facilities.
PalletOne operates 12 facilities throughout Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin and employs over 1,000 workers. The company specializes in pallets for the agricultural, building products, paper, manufacturing and distribution industries.
W.R. Bonsal is a leading manufacturer and marketer of building products for residential and commercial construction and is one of the largest quartzite aggregate producers in the South. Bonsal operates eight packaging facilities in North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Ohio.

 TRADE 2002-02
Jennifer Daniels
Marketing Communications
863.533.1148 x1306
jdaniels@PalletOne.com