While there was plenty of time to celebrate Southern Wholesalers Association’s 90th annual convention milestone, plenty of work was accomplished as well during the recent gathering in Palm Coast, Florida that attracted more than 800 individuals.
SWA Executive Director Terry Shafer told Supply House Times the group’s emerging Mechanical Products Council continues to evolve. “The Mechanical Products Council came about two years ago,” he said. “We decided we needed to have a better offering for our mechanical-oriented wholesalers and vendors. For that group, we didn’t have something specific for them. We felt we needed to develop our opportunities for vendors to interact with wholesalers on that level. A number of our wholesalers work in the mechanical realm as well as PVF. They were asking us for that and when they do that we try to provide something new for them. It’s still in the creation phase, but we see this as one of the future things we will really work on.”