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Release Date: April 30, 2007

First Supply Announces Acquisition


(Madison, WI) -- First Supply LLC has acquired the assets of H.W. Theis Co., Inc. With the addition of their three locations in Brookfield, Burlington and Oshkosh, Wisconsin; the First Supply family of locations grows to twenty-three.

H.W. Theis Co., Inc., also a Wisconsin based family owned plumbing distribution company, has been in business for over 80 years. Joining with First Supply, celebrating its 110th anniversary this year, ensures its Greater Milwaukee and Fox Valley customers continued years of outstanding service.

Joe Poehling, CEO and Dick Adix, President of First Supply, recently met with Theis employees and welcomed them to the First Supply family. Joe told them “I am very excited about our future as one company and I am personally looking forward to working with each of you.”

First Supply now offers the Great Milwaukee area seven convenient locations to better serve its customers. The nearly 3000 square foot showroom in Brookfield gives First Supply a Registered Kohler Showroom to serve our Greater Milwaukee area customers. The Brookfield and Burlington facilities will be under the direction of Kevin Miller, General Manager of the Greater Milwaukee area locations.

The Oshkosh facility will make three locations that will help better serve the Fox Valley and will be under the direction of Ron Cherney, General Manager of the Fox Valley locations.

First Supply LLC is a regional wholesale distributor now with twenty-three locations in the upper Midwest. Founded in 1897, First Supply, employing over 500 people, is a family-owned, single source provider of plumbing, heating, cooling, municipal, waterworks, pump/well & septic, builder and industrial supplies.


For more information contact:
Elliot Collier, V.P. Sales & Marketing
Phone: (608) 661-6993
Fax: (608) 223-6664
email: ecollier@1supply.com
First Supply LLC
P.O. Box 8124
Madison, WI 53708-8124