Southeastern industrial-PVF distributors expect a good market in 2000, especially after the last couple of years.
Kip Miller, president of Eastern Industrial Supplies of Greenville, S.C., rates the PVF market in his area at about a 7 on a scale of 10. He says business is up slightly from last year, and is also better than it was three years ago. However, he is quick to point out that his company has been in "an expansion mode" -- adding three locations through acquisitions in 1998 -- so the growth he has seen may not be typical.