With new website, Reliable gets down to business

Reliable Distributors introduced two new members and a brand new web site during its 2015 Management and Marketing Conference in Orlando, Florida.

The two new members of the Libertyville, Illinois-based buying and marketing group are The Islander Group from Mililani, Hawaii and Allcon Products/Hennix Group from Anaheim, California. In total, the company has more than 100 agricultural, hardware, lawn & garden and paint & sundry distributors from across the United States.

On Thursday evening, Presidential Awards were presented at the Opening Reception to acknowledge members and vendors for their outstanding commitment and leadership they provide the group. Honorees included:

• Inland Wholesale Hardware, Inc., George Ohlendick;

• Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, Mark Morton;

• Chapin International, Inc. – Steve Hickey, Dave Morse; and

• Seymour Midwest LLC – Chuck Yeager, Lucas Whalen

The annual Reliable conference is organized with pre-scheduled member and manufacturer meetings, with more than 110 brand of products represented during the two days of appointments. Eighteen new vendor programs have been added to this year’s slate of offerings. The members were introduced to 12 of the new vendors during the member meeting.

Reliable also unveiled a new and updated responsive website to the Members. The site is optimized for smart phone, tablet or computer screen.

“Improving the accessibility of the web site on various platforms will ensure the Members have immediate access no matter what device is available to them,” said Allan Meyer, president.

Guest speakers included, Brad Therrien, NATI North American Tool Industries; Pat Murphy of FunMobility;

Next year, Reliable Distributors will celebrate its 30th anniversary.