JOPLIN, MISSOURI – May 30, 2018 – TAMKO Building Products announced that Building Products Inc. is distributing Envision® composite decking at their new branch in Watertown, Wisconsin, which was opened this year.
TAMKO’s Executive Vice President, Tim Whelan, says the longtime manufacturer is excited to join forces with BPI. “BPI is a high caliber distributor with an appreciation for the differentiated nature of our Envision product line. We are very pleased with their initial success in launching Envision in their markets and look forward to significant growth with them,” said Whelan.
J.J. Robson, General Manager of the BPI Iowa and Wisconsin Divisions, said, “We are excited about this new partnership between BPI and Envision Decking by TAMKO. With our recent expansion to Wisconsin, we were looking for a trusted decking solution to offer to our customers and we believe we found that with TAMKO.”
According to TAMKO’s Director of Decking Sales and Marketing, Shara Gamble, TAMKO aligns well with BPI in terms of company values like integrity and respect for individuals. “Knowing that BPI prides itself on responsible business operations that lead to meaningful relationships - practices which are also held in high-esteem by TAMKO – we are thrilled with this distribution agreement,” said Gamble.
James Gonzalez, General Manager of TAMKO’s Lamar, Missouri manufacturing plant where Envision® composite decking is made, said “Envision decking is crafted in the heartland of the USA by a team of honest, intelligent, hard-working, women and men who reflect TAMKO’s core values. With BPI’s appreciation for similar character traits, TAMKO’s decking team is enthusiastic for this venture.”
BPI recently opened a new branch in Wisconsin located in Watertown, which among other products, stocks TAMKO’s Envision® and EverGrain® composite decking products and will service the Green Bay area south of Chicago and the area west of Madison, Wisconsin.