| |
FAIRLAWN, OHIO, January 5, 2009 – OMNOVA Solutions (NYSE: OMN) today announced that MDC Wallcovering will distribute OMNOVA’s ESSEX™ commercial wallcovering brand in the Southeastern U.S., including the states of Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington, D.C. This agreement is effective immediately.
By partnering with MDC Wallcovering to distribute ESSEX wallcovering, OMNOVA is extending an already successful manufacturer-distributor relationship to better serve the architectural, design and contracting communities with world-class service for its ESSEX brand. In addition to distributing ESSEX wallcoverings on a regional basis, MDC Wallcoverings is the exclusive national distributor for OMNOVA’s BOLTA® and GENON® commercial wallcovering brands.
OMNOVA Solutions is a technology-based company with proforma 2007 sales of $836 million and a current workforce of 2,650 employees worldwide. OMNOVA is an innovator of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals and decorative and functional surfaces for a variety of commercial, industrial and residential end uses.
Based in Elk Grove, IL, MDC Wallcoverings is a leading source for contract wallcoverings and specialty wall products.
BOLTA and GENON are registered trademarks of OMNOVA Solutions Inc. ESSEX is a trademark of OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
Source: www.omnova.com
|
