Between A Rock and A Hard Place
ADI and partnering vendors hosted its annual ISC West bash at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, welcoming more than 2,000 customers to an evening of great food and entertainment. “Starship and Friends” once again headlined with hits from the last three decades. Joining Starship lead singer Mickey Thomas onstage were lead singers from other mega bands from days gone by, including Santana, Electric Light Orchestra, The Knack and John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. The night was capped off with an encore performance by all lead singers on stage singing “We Built This City...for ADI,” a personalized Starship classic.
Not Just another Tequila Sunrise
As reported last month in Security Dealer, The Systems Depot raffled off a “Truckload of Products” with a suggested retail value of over $100,000 at ISC in Las Vegas, NV. Larry High of Hightech Communications, Rocky Mount, NC, was the lucky winner. He was traveling home from the show and on a layover in Cleveland when he got the word.
“When Randy Hall called me and told me I won the $100,000 product giveaway, I just wandered around in circles at the Cleveland airport in disbelief,” High recalls. “I walked past a bar and there were a bunch of people that were not feeling any pain. I stopped and ordered a double shot of Tequila - one for me and one for The Systems Depot.”
He knew he wasn’t hallucinating when The Systems Depot truck later pulled up at his business and delivered over $100,000 of products! Whether or not he had another shot of tequila was not known at press time! Cheers.
Takin’ It to Tennessee
Ohio-based Akron Hardware opens its third distribution center this month. The new facility for this national wholesale distributor of architectural hardware and security products is located in Bartlett, TN. The Tennessee location, just as the Ohio and Arizona facilities, will be able to same day ship orders placed by 5pm.
The 12,000 square foot Tennessee Distribution Center will be fully stocked with an extensive variety of products from manufacturers like Corbin Russwin, Sargent, Yale, Norton, Rixson, Dorma, Arrow, Adams Rite and Kaba Access. For more information, visit www.akronhardware.com.
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