vinyl siding cleaners

Fuel surchargesHowever, with most products in adequate supply, it''s been a lot tougher for suppliers to impose any unilateral price increases, even when their expenses have risen demonstrably. Brown of OC pointed out that, over the past few months alone, the cost of natural gas -- which his company vinyl siding cleaners uses to melt sand into glass, among other things -- jumped to $4.80 per decatherm (1 million british thermal units) from its historical level of $2.40. in addition, in an industry where the supplier pays the freight, transportation costs have skyrocketed for any company that makes deliveries as a result of increases in gasoline and diesel fuel.oc is keeping its prices stable this year, brown said. but other suppliers can''t afford to be as magnanimous. tom ross, chairman of the 8,000-member national siding association of lumber and building cleaners material dealers, said lumber dealers have been hit with fuel surcharges from manufacturers vinyl for dimensional siding lumber and plywood that have ranged from $5 to $20 per load, with cleaners the average being $7.50 per load. "in certain categories, vinyl the fuel surcharge is worked into the negotiated price being quoted by suppliers," siding he said. hudson of yardbirds added that kohler, the bath fixtures suppliers, increased the list price for its products after dealers rejected kohler''s fuel surcharge.

these increases, though, need to be gauged within the context of the normal ebb and flow of raw material costs, and the competitive imperatives that drive cleaners suppliers'' pricing and supply vinyl strategies. dealers who were begging for gypsum wallboard siding at any price a year ago now have cleaners no trouble finding product. kellogg pointed out that pvc prices at the beginning of 1999 were at "historical lows." stock-well noted that, in 1998, armstrong actually lowered its prices by 25 percent.in 1997, after a "significant amount of capacity" flowed into the market, the price of fiberglass insulation plummeted by 20 percent. dave brown, president of owens coming''s insulation systems division, recalled vinyl that in the following siding two years, "the industry put forth five consecutive increases of 8 percent each. these were unheard of, but the market accepted them because demand was so high."

contact: caretaker systems inc., scottsdale, ariz. (800) 762-0647; booth 2525write 295 on postage-free card[illustration cleaners omitted]cat 2000 professional package by chemical automation technologiesfeatures: designed to save time and effort during installation; factory assembles a cat 2000 ph/orp water-chemistry vinyl controller and flow cell with rotary flow sensor onto a 24-inch, backboard; completed system then is shipped siding in a cartridge and arrives ready for installationcontact: chemical automation technologies inc., gaithersburg, md. (800) 657-2287; booth 651write 296 on postage-free card[illustration omitted]ch255 true ppm controller by chemtrolfeatures: solid-state sensor with a selective membrane to provide direct readings cleaners of free chlorine in water; controller is unaffected vinyl and siding by cyanuric acid and/or oxidizers and maintains constant free chlorine levels at all times, per maker; designed to be maintenance-free cleaners once installed

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