Viking Spites Face, Ends Relationship with Nose

Effective end of March, Viking will stop distributing Viking products in western Canada through the Viking owned distributor Northern Pacific Appliance Distributing.  Viking created Northern Pacific in January 2002 with the people and facilities of the old GPM Distribution.  Viking plans to distribute in western Canada through Seattle based Gateway Distribution.  As soon as we have information as to the cause of the change and the final destination of Viking's equity in this outfit we'll let you know.  With this move, Viking ends its foray into the distribution business.