Toll Manufacturing Beneficial for Pesticidal Coatings Sales Agency
For years, hundreds of municipalities throughout the country, primarily in Arizona, California and New Mexico, have been waging a war against one of the oldest creatures on this planet -- roaches. In hot, dry climates, these incredibly resourceful beasts head for the town's sewers where it's cool and provide enough moisture and food to meet their needs. Turn over a manhole in many of these western towns and it's a scene out of a Stephen King novel, with hundreds of roaches clinging to the underside and below.
Enter JABco, the St. Petersburg-based sales agency that holds worldwide distribution rights for leading pesticidal coatings products, and Acry-Tech Coatings, Fort Lauderdale, FL, whose toll manufacturing division designs, formulates, tests and manufactures coatings products. The heads of the two companies, Jim Lawrence of JABco and Dan Hittenberger of Acry-Tech, found themselves together in January 2001 at a waterfront restaurant in Florida. The conversation soon turned to coatings.