Beacon acquires Wholesale Roofing Supply

Beacon Roofing Supply has completed its acquisition of Dallas-based Wholesale Roofing Supply, a distributor of residential roofing materials.

With projected sales of about $34 million in 2014, WRS maintains a nine-acre facility in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, serving the Dallas and Fort Worth areas.

WRS President Rick McLaughlin will remain onboard as leader of the unit after the transition is completed.

"WRS will be a great addition to our existing Dallas/Ft. Worth branches," said Beacon president and CEO Paul Isabella. "It greatly broadens our footprint in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and enables us to even better and more quickly serve the surrounding area customer base. Rick McLaughlin and his team will be a great addition to our company and I am thrilled to welcome them to Beacon."

"The entire WRS team is excited to join Beacon, which has a strong, long-standing presence and excellent reputation in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market," said McLaughlin. "Being part of Beacon will allow WRS to bring our customers new product offerings and enable our employees to share in Beacon’s continuing growth and success. The Potter family over the last 59 years has built a great company, and I want to thank them both for their years of support and for deciding to partner with Beacon to help secure WRS’s future.”