ABB Canada Wins the 2018 E.B. Horsman & Son Supplier of the Year Award

March 28, 2019

During E.B. Horsman & Son’s (EBH) Annual General Meeting on March 5th, 2019, ABB Canada was presented with the 2018 EBH Supplier of the Year award by Tyson Carvell, VP of Marketing. The award was received by Ed Atkinson, ABB Commercial & Construction Sales Manager for BC, on behalf of Rob Ruys, ABB Regional Manager for Western Canada.

Each year E.B. Horsman & Son monitors the sales and operations of each of their 600+ supplier partners. They solicit feedback from their branch network on the effectiveness of the teamwork with their supplier partners, analyze key operational metrics and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and discuss strategic sales accomplishments.

“Over the past year, the ABB Canada team consistently supported EBH sales, marketing, and operations with concerted effort across all of our sales regions and territories,” said Tyson Carvell, E.B. Horsman & Son, VP of Marketing. “We experienced significant growth together in 2018 thanks to ABB’s commitment in being a leader in the digitalization of the supply chain. In the competitive industry that we operate in, it is a pleasure to know that we can count on the ABB team to deliver on their promises.”

Congratulations ABB Canada for being selected as E.B. Horsman & Son’s 2018 Supplier of the Year!

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