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A-D wins national contracts with Michelin, ConAgra

July 1, 2003
Affiliated Distributors, Inc. (A-D), Wayne, Pa., won major national maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) contracts with two large customers. Michelin

Affiliated Distributors, Inc. (A-D), Wayne, Pa., won major national maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) contracts with two large customers. Michelin Corp., out of the U.S. headquarters in Greenville, S.C., signed a contract with A-D under which A-D's electrical distributors will supply all MRO products nationwide to Michelin's 14 plant locations in the U.S. and Canada. The contract is valued at $20 million dollars.

A-D's other recently secured contract is with ConAgra's Poultry Division, headquartered in Atlanta. A-D did not specify the value of the deal but described it as a "multi-million-dollar contract." A-D members will supply 21 facilities in the southeastern U.S.

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