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Evergreen recognizes member and supplier of the year award recipients

Acme Tools, Darragh Company and Cook Iron Store take distributor honors.


The Evergreen Marketing Group has recognized three distributor members and five manufacturer partners as 2014 Member or Supplier of the Year. The awards were presented at the group’s 26th Partnership Conference held in Addison, Texas in April.

Earning distinction as 2014 Distributor Member of Year were:

• Acme Tools of Grand Forks, ND (Tier 1) (www.acmetools.com)
• Darragh Company of Little Rock, AR (Tier 2) (www.darraghcompany.com)
• Cook Iron Store Co. of Rochester, NY (Tier 3) (www.cookironstore.com)

Earning distinction as 2014 Preferred Supplier of the Year were:

• Stanley Black & Decker/CDIY (Tier 1) (www.dewalt.com)
• Werner Co. (Tier 2) (www.wernerco.com)
• Simpson Strong-Tie (Tier 3) (www.strongtie.com)
• M.K. Morse Company (Tier 4) (www.mkmorse.com)
• Certified Safety Manufacturers (Tier 5) (www.certifiedsafetymfg.com)

The awards were created to recognize the top distributors and manufacturers based on multiple criteria. Distributors and manufacturers were first divided into three tiers based on size. Within each tier, the distributors and manufacturers were then ranked based on a number of criteria including: contribution to the group, growth, participation, and member and supplier input.

The Evergreen Marketing Group is a member-owned cooperative organization founded in 1989 by six construction/industrial supply distributors. It currently consists of 69 distributors with more than 280 locations in the United States and Canada and has combined revenues of over $1.6 billion dollars.

The group is focused on driving growth and profitability of its distributors and preferred suppliers through an on-going program of training & education, business development and partnering. Evergreen maintains a state-of-the-art 17,000 square foot training center in Farmer’s Branch, Texas and offers the industry’s only professional certification program for distributor sales and operations people.

For more information, contact Kevin Higginbotham at 1-800-859-8733 or visit www.evergreen-marketing.com.

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