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Gibbs Named WinWholesale's VP – Vendor Relations

DAYTON, OHIO Sept. 20, 2005 – Roger E. (Eddie) Gibbs has been named vice president of vendor relations for WinWholesale, one of the nation’s largest wholesale distributors.

Gibbs was vice president of sourcing for Noland Company when WinWholesale acquired the Newport News, Va.-based firm in May 2005. Prior to joining Noland in 2003, Gibbs spent nearly 30 years with Hughes Supply Co., serving as its director of purchasing for more than a decade.

In his new position, Gibbs will be based in WinWholesale’s corporate offices in Dayton and serve as the company’s principal liaison with its vendors. In addition, he will continue to coordinate vendor negotiations for Noland, which operates as a WinWholesale subsidiary.

“Eddie Gibbs has done an outstanding job over the past couple of years in re-engineering and upgrading Noland’s sourcing function,” said WinWholesale president and CEO Rick Schwartz. “This dual oversight will ensure optimum effectiveness in helping both WinWholesale and Noland achieve their mutual goals of lower product acquisition costs, greater market penetration and increased profitability.”

WinWholesale oversees and assists more than 400 local wholesale companies, or locations, under a business model that emphasizes local ownership and decision making supported by centralized technical and administrative services. Noland operates as a wholly owned WinWholesale subsidiary with nearly 100 branches. Collectively, WinWholesale and Noland represent more than 530 locations in 43 states, with 5,100 employees and estimated 2005 revenues of nearly $2 billion.

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