product line in the long run.
WCM: It's a natural fit WFP and the RHG range. How does this improve your customer packages? Will you be bundling Tucker poles with systems for example?
SG: This is certainly an option, but at the moment we are working to meet current demand and fulfil orders placed by the distribution network.
our overall sales.
WCM: This also expands RHG into the Jan San market too, right?
SG: Yes. Tucker is primarily a Jan San supplier so we are looking to boaster our overall presence in the Jan San market.
WCM: What are the current demands like for Tucker products?
SG:High. We have been working non stop to catch up with the back orders for the product line. We have already achieved in 90 days what Tucker did all of 2014 in terms of overall sales. We have yet to really tap into the distribution network as of yet either so I expect demand to stay high for quite a long time.
WCM: Would you like to expand the Tucker range?
SG:Not necessarily. We are looking to improve on the current line at this time rather than grow the offering. Many things have been done the same way for decades and with RHG at the helm we are certainly able to make some overdue changes. The first change was to the clamping mechanism. We adopted a plastic clamp rather than the old metal style clamping mechanism of the past. We are working to change over from casted aluminium parts to machined anodised parts next. Lots of little changes that will improve the
WCM: Which office will Tucker work out of?
SG: The operations have nearly all moved to Colorado at this time. The exception is the brush manufacturing. It will still be done by the same employee’s who started making them quite some time ago in Iowa. Harold, is a master brush maker and he is happy to be back to work producing brushes for the industry again. END.
Shawn Gavin with Lee Burbidge
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