Gillfor Distribution is well on the way to integrating AFA Distribution, which it purchased last June, says Mike Schneider, Gillfor’s VP of business development. “We wanted the amalgamation of the two companies to be something that had as little impact internally as possible on customers, vendors and our salespeople,” he said. “We wanted it to be as seamless as possible and, you know, as ‘boring’ as possible. And I think that’s kind of the phase that we’re in, that ‘soft landing’ or integration phase.”
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