American Louvered Products Co. President Awarded Expo Trip Prize By Exhibitor Glen Oak Lumber & Milling

April 4, 2002: The 2002 International Window Coverings Expo was enjoyed by all, particularly John Saunders, president of American Louvered Products Co., a wood shutters manufacturer in Tampa, Florida. Saunders attended the 20th annual trade show as Glen Oak Lumber & Milling’s guest and winner of the company’s prize drawing for a free trip to the 2002 Expo in Baltimore, Maryland March 22-24.

Saunders, who had planned on attending even before winning the trip, used his good fortune to treat additional guests of his own to the show. American Louvered Products customers Brad Hall and Kathryn Gadoury of The Blind Factory (Lakeland, FL), and prospective shutter dealer Mike Hayes of Hayes Painting and Restoration (Doylestown, PA), joined Saunders, his wife Sissy, and American Louvered Products Sales and Customer Service Manager Cam Whipple at the IWCE.

“We had a great time,” John Saunders relates. “The retail customer I took with me is very diversified and found the show to be very, very good—he saw a lot of new fabrics. It was an eye-opening educational experience for my brother-in-law Mike, who is considering complementing his existing business with a shutter dealership,” Saunders continues. “I enjoyed meeting with Glen Oak and Tom (Talbot, Glen Oak CEO) and reconnected with a couple of companies I had talked to at the New Orleans show. I’m very glad that I went again this year; it allowed me to see what’s happening in the marketplace.”

Glen Oak Lumber & Milling, used the show to debut its Arrow-Straight F.J.™ poplar shutter components. A first-time exhibitor at the International Window Coverings Expo, the hardwood millwork manufacturer and its products were well received, according to Glen Oak CEO Tom Talbot. “Judging from the overwhelming response we received from shutter fabricators at the show, we have successfully reset the industry standard for shutter component quality and changed people’s opinions about finger-jointed shutter parts.”



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