October, 2004- WESCO's Gerry Bignell awarded the 2004 Brightest IDEA Award

February, 2004 - WESCO Wins Silver to Abitibi Consolidated!
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One of WESCO’s key strengths is customer satisfaction. Delivering quality products to our customers is only part of the value WESCO brings to each project. We go beyond procurement and distribution to customize solutions for clients, saving time, money and improving overall operations.

October 2004
Dave Pala, Eaton Electrical & Gerry Bignell, WESCO Distribution Canada LP presented 2004 "Brightest IDEA Awards"

Dave Pala, Eaton Electrical and Gerry Bignell, WESCO Distribution Canada LP were presented with the 2004 Brightest IDEA Awards at this year's Electro E-Biz Forum. Each year, one manufacturer and one distributor representative is selected by industry peers in recognition of their contributions to foster and implement e-business process improvement in the electrical industry.

Gerry Bignell was presented the electrical distributor award for developing and producing the IDW flat file data standard called EZVIEW/PIPE. This standard has been adopted as the alternative for an EDI 832 price catalog and has enabled more manufacturers to contribute data directly to the IDW. A long standing proponent of IDW and IDX in the Canadian market place, Gerry is also chairman of the IDEA Data Content Subcommittee and Vice Chairmen of the IDEA Standards Committee.

Congratulations Dave and Gerry for your contributions and dedication to Electrical Industry E-business initiatives. Well done and well deserved!

February 2004
WESCO Wins Silver Metal Supplier Award Two Years in a Row

Abitibi Consolidated Inc. implemented a Supplier Awards Program back in 2001 to recognize their best suppliers from across their enterprise. The first ever winners were determined by a vote of all Abitibi properties. Awards were made at a dinner hosted by Abitibi with the Purchasing Managers from all Abitibi properties in attendance.

Abitibi has over 16,000 suppliers, all of whom were eligible for the awards. There are three categories, and in each category, Abitibi selected Gold, Silver and Bronze winners. Wesco was judged in the "Services and Maintenance" category. In addition to the awards in your assigned category, the Three suppliers who won the Gold were also eligible to win the "Supplier of the year" award.

We are extremely pleased to announce that Wesco was awarded the Silver medal in our category. Gold went to Canadian Bearings, and SKF won the Bronze.

Abitibi selected CB as the overall supplier of the year.

This prestigious award is a result of a great effort on the part of numerous WESCO branches and several National Account sales team members. Building on solid relationships with the mills, WESCO's proven National Account Programs and our extra effort service in the branches helped deliver substantial added value for ACI in 2002. We are especially proud that this award was based on direct recognition from ACI employees, showing that where it really counts WESCO Delivers.

WESCO is delighted with this achievement and certainly we intend to be the "Supplier of the Year" when the mills vote for their choice in 2003. Abitibi Consolidated Inc., based in Montreal, Quebec, is the world's leading newsprint and uncoated groundwood manufacturer. They are the #1 recycler of old newspapers in the world and the 5th leading producer of lumber in North America.

With 17,000 employees, ACI has ownership interests in 25 paper mills, 22 sawmills, 10 recycling centres and 3 remanufacturing facilities in North America.

WESCO Branches contributing to Abitibi include:

British Columbia: Prince George
Manitoba: Winnipeg
Ontario: Thunder Bay, Hamilton, Timmins
Québec: Chicoutimi, Val D'or, Québec City, Trois Rivières, Baie-Comeau

Phoenix, Arizona
Augusta, Georgia
Longview, Texas
Mobile, Alabama

WESCO National Account Sales Team members who helped make ACI a Success include:

Richard Gagnon - Director of Operations, Quebec - Team Champion
Roger Partington - Director, Marketing & Sales Development, Canada

National Account Managers
Denis Tremblay, Quebec
Allen Bargen, Central & Western Canada
Bill Hartnett, United States Mills