March 13, 2007 - For Immediate Release

Fairmont Supply Company

Effective March 13, 2007, Fairmont Supply Company is a new Industrial Supply Division (ISD) and Pipe, Valves and Fittings (PVF) Member of supplyFORCE.

Fairmont Supply Company is a full line distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies. Fairmont was founded in 1921 in Fairmont, West Virginia for the purpose of distributing mine supplies to coal operations in Kentucky and West Virginia, and later in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and Illinois. Fairmont has increasingly become a significant MRO supplier to industrial markets over the past three decades. These markets include: mining, steel, aluminum, gas, construction, utilities, paper, machinery and heavy equipment, glass, plastic, and chemical industries.

Fairmont Supply Company is committed to be the best and to establish new standards of excellence in the distribution industry. They are a recognized leader in materials management and are one of the largest multi-line distributors in the United States.

Fairmont Supply Company is headquartered in Canonsburg, PA at Southpointe, with 12 locations in 8 states: Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and Virginia.

For more information, please contact Rich Layton, President of Fairmont Supply Company, at (724) 514-3900 or Mike Vita, Director, Pipe, Valves and Fittings (supplyFORCE) at (610) 239-6571.