Diresco USA Partners with Colt Industries
IRVINE, Calif.– Colt Industries Inc. of St. Louis will be the exclusive distributor for Diresco Quartz Surfaces in the lower Midwest and Southeast in the United States.
Diresco USA, the direct partner/master importer of Diresco Quartz , announced the new agreement laste last year.
“This is a seminal moment in the continuing evolution of our company,” said Scott V. MacLeod, Diresco USA’s CEO. “As we continue to expand our presence in the U.S., and touch more and more lives along the way, we feel it’s important to have a partner that conveys why we exist – our purpose and our promise to provide a step change model for the delivery of quartz to the market.
“Colt delivers that, as they provide an elevated level of experience and unparalleled customer service.”
The new distribution region will be backstopped by Colt’s state-of-the-art distribution center located in St. Louis, with cross-dock facilities in Memphis, Dallas and future locations in Georgia and Colorado.
“The partnership between Colt Industries and Diresco is rooted in collaboration and commitment,” said Paul Hrebec, Colt Industries president. “The quality of our relationship and the quality of Diresco Quartz Surfaces will allow Colt to successfully deliver on our promise to our current and future customers.”
“We’re filling a void in the marketplace,” said MacLeod. “There’s simply no other company in our industry that provides our customers with the three things that matter most to them — a quality product, delivered on budget, on spec and on time, every single time. We are not a company that believes in over- leveraging our position at the expense of our customers, and believing we can get away with eight-to-12-week lead times for product.”
“Where is it written that companies have to be difficult to do business with?” asked MacLeod.“Creating customer champions is our whole reason for being – it isn’t until our customers succeed that we succeed.”
Diresco, founded in 2003 and based in Opglabbeek, Belgium, is one of the oldest Breton®-licensed quartz manufacturers in the world and currently the largest supplier of quartz in Western and Northern Europe.
Diresco USA, headquartered in Irvine, is the direct partner and master importer of Diresco premium quartz in the United States.The company is poised to expand into several other major U.S. cities over the next 12-24 months. For more information, visit www.direscousa.com.
Colt Industries, founded in 1963 by Charles W. Hrebec Jr., began as a kitchen-and-bath supplier to the new construction industry, distributing cabinets and appliances into that growthmarket. Colt began in 1970 as the St. Louis distributor for DuPont™ Corian®, and the necessity to focus on the solid-surface product became evident and the cabinet/appliance division was sold.
Today, under the leadership of second–generation owner Paul Hrebec, Colt Industries services more than one-million square miles (and growing) square miles of sales territory from its state-of-the-art 100,000 ft² facility in St Louis.
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