Firms Partner Together to Drive Strong Sales Growth Despite Economic Conditions
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - January 13, 2010 - CriticalTool, a leading online specialty distributor of industrial safety equipment, today announced that Wilmington, Ohio-based R3 Safety has been awarded its Supplier of the Year award for 2009.
"We are proud to honor our partnership with R3 Safety with our Supplier of the Year award," said Rathi Niyogi with CriticalTool. "They delivered a customized solution that accommodates our unique business needs and drive cost savings and revenue for both firms."
"We are very proud to receive this recognition and it clearly demonstrates the success created when customers and suppliers collaborate at all levels of customer service, sales and delivery," said Jim Walker, General Manager of North America for R3 Safety.
CriticalTool's business model has evolved from a traditional, locally focused distributor to a technology driven online seller, directly driving cost savings and better economies of scale for its customers. By using automation to process small orders, customers no longer have to buy large quantities of items to get them at affordable pricing.
"The partnership with CriticalTool demonstrates R3 Safety's ability to adapt to changing market conditions over many different market segments and was one of the key components in our firm's success during 2009," said Nick Mercadante, Regional Business Manager of R3 Safety. "We can now help customers like CriticalTool source all their Personal Protective Equipment in one place, reducing their cost to acquire these products in the process."
"Businesses are using companies such as CriticalTool more and more for their safety product sourcing and other procurement activities," Niyogi said. "By creating key partnerships like we have with R3 Safety, we will continue to drive better pricing and product availability for our customers. This will help them save valuable money that can create more jobs while not compromising customer and employee safety."
For more information about CriticalTool, or to learn more about how the innovative web catalog can save your firm money on its industrial safety needs, please visit their website at www.criticaltool.com.
More information about R3 Safety, and its comprehensive list of safety related items, is available at www.r3safety.com.
Media Contacts:Rathi Niyogi
CriticalTool, Inc.
Phone: 610-814-2336
Joe Brancato
R3 Safety
Phone: 937-655-5900
Effective, Friday January 8, 2010, R3 Safety's Oakland, New Jersey warehouse will close to relocate to Scotia, New York. The Scotia location will be fully operational on Monday, January 11, 2010.
The relocation of the warehouse to the Scotia facility is advantageous for R3 Safety and R3 Safety's customers. "The new warehouse is larger and is in a location to better serve our customers in the Northeast" said Jim Walker, General Manager, R3 Safety.
R3 Safety is helping distributors prepare for flu season by stocking DuPont™ RelyOn™ Personal Biosecurity Kits for immediate delivery. R3 Safety is the exclusive wholesaler of the kit, which is designed to help minimize disease transmission in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak.
The DuPont™ Personal Biosecurity Kit contains a two-week supply of products that comply with EPA and FDA requirements, including:
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DuPont™ RelyOn™ Antiseptic Hand Spray
- DuPont™ RelyOn™ Multi-Purpose Disinfectant Cleaner
- a digital thermometer
- 30 surgical masks
- two pair of nitrile gloves
- a travel bag, and
- a user guide.
While the kit is designed to reduce exposure to a wide range of human pathogens, it is not a substitute for good hygiene and avoiding personal contact when appropriate.
R3 Safety General Manager Jim Walker said, “Distributors should consider talking with their customers about incorporating biosecurity practices into their business continuity plans. Having DuPont Personal Biosecurity Kits on hand will allow for a quick response in the event of a flu outbreak to help maintain business operations and raise the level of hygiene in the workplace.”
He added, “We are stocking kits for our employees because we want to give them the ability to take action and reduce their risk if a flu outbreak occurs.”
For more information on the kits and other janitorial and sanitation products for a healthier workplace, call Customer Service toll-free at 1-800-421-7081 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday, or email r3so@r3safety.com.
Wilmington, Ohio - April 13, 2009 - R3 Safety is pleased to announce the addition of a new Regional Business Manager, Bob Stephenson.
Stephenson will be responsible for managing the territory including Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
Stephenson has over 20 years of experience spearheading strategic operations directed at profit margins, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service satisfaction. Stephenson resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
"Stephenson's experience and knowledge makes him a great addition to the R3 Safety Sales Team, I expect great things from him and look forward to working with him" said Jim Walker, General Manager, R3 Safety.
R3 Safety is pleased to announce the addition of two new Regional Business Managers, Nick Mercadante and Ron Vince.
Nick Mercadante will serve as the Regional Business Manager for the Mid Atlantic Region including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Mercadante has worked in the industrial and safety distribution business for over 14 years. His experience brings extensive understanding of value based selling strategies to R3 Safety.
The new Regional Business Manager for the Mountain States Region including Oregon and Washington is Ron Vince. He brings with him over 25 years of service with proven track record in sales and marketing in the management solutions industry. Mr. Vince’s experience in sales management, business development, contract negotiations and strategic planning will make him a valuable asset to R3 Safety.
“Increasing our sales force during such trying times shows R3 Safety’s commitment to our model and strengthens our value to our distributors as well as our vendors. We expect great things from Ron and Nick and feel that they are certainly up to the challenge. I am excited to have them on our team” said Jim Walker, General Manager, R3 Safety.
Effective Friday, November 21st, 2008, R3 Safety's Sparks Nevada warehouse closed to relocate to Fresno, California. All orders previously shipped from Sparks are temporarily being shipped from one of our other facilities. Sparks is closed to all Will Call Pick Up.
The Fresno location will be operational on Monday, December 15th, 2008.
"Due to our growth in this region, we were looking for new space. We feel that Fresno presented us with more modern and larger facilities, with greater ability to reach our customers on the West Coast, North West and Mountain States more efficiently." Said Jim Walker, GM R3 Safety.
R3 Safety will introduce the implementation of R3 OnDemand at the National Safety Council 2008 Congress & Expo held in Anaheim California on September 22-24.
R3 OnDemand will offer 24/7 access to inventory, real time pricing, order tracking, and comprehensive order history.
This self service site will enable R3 customers to track details and status of open orders, as well as 90 days of closed orders, review associated invoices, as well as inventory availability by item. This tool will also give them access to their sales history and item usages as well as custom item pricing.
Actual Order entry thru R3 ONDemand will be available later this year or early next year.
Jim Walker, General Manager of R3 Safety said, "R3 OnDemand will give our distributors 'Best in Class' web tools and convenient access to all of the data they need to manage their business relationship with R3 on a 24/7 basis."
Effective August 1st, 2008, R3 Safety announced the appointment of Jim Walker to the position of General Manager
Jim joined R3 in 2007. He has been managing the day to day operations of R3 Tec Products. Prior to joining R3, Jim has extensive sales and management experience in the distribution, packaging and safety industry including Unisource and AFFLINK.
"I am excited to be a part of the R3 Safety Team. I look forward to the continued expansion of R3 Safety within the North American Marketplace," said Walker.