MAY DISTRIBUTOR UPDATES

4)  NXR chooses Signature Marketing to distribute in Delaware, lower New York State, New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia

3)  Schaedel Expanding Viking Business North
Carl Schaedel informed its dealers May 19th that it has reached agreement in principal with Delia Associates for the acquisition of Delia's Viking business in New York State.  (As far as we know Delia would still have Zephyr and Sirius, though Zephyr's M.O. has been to follow Viking like a puppy.  Why is Delia selling a chunk of both its bread AND its butter?  Was the decision made under duress or as part of a well considered strategy?  We have a call into Delia, and hope to have an answer shortly.
CORRECTION May 22:  On Feb 15, 2008, Zephyr appointed Schaedel for New York State and Delia for New England, so Zephyr-wise:
      -Viking is following Zephyr..........puppy-like
      -Zephyr is distributed by (5) distributors which do not distribute Viking

2)  ALMO and Samsung and Climatic
Samsung will now be available to independent dealers having reached agreement with ALMO and Climatic to go through 2-step distribution.  Until now, Samsung was only available through national chains.  Climatic will cover:  AL, AK, FL, SC, GA, LA an MS.  ALMO will cover the rest of the country.

ALMO and FCI
ALMO will no longer distribute Italian brand FCI (aka Fulgor....not to be mistaken with Spanish brand Fagor) 

ALMO and Capital 
.....and there is rumor that ALMOs Capital Equipment territory is changing....i.e. Florida.

ALMO and ASKO
In preparation for Sub-Zero's launch of its own dishwasher line, ASKO is migrating away from its Sub-Zero distribution dependency.  ASKO is pulling out of Westye East and shifting to ALMO Distribution.  The territory includes New York City, Long Island and New Jersey.