LESCO adds four service centers

Cleveland, Ohio – LESCO continues growing its network of service center locations with the opening of the four latest locations in Gurnee, Ill.; North Canton, Ohio; Weymouth, Mass.; and Walker, Mich.

With these four new service centers, LESCO has now opened 17 new locations in 2005, bringing its nationwide total to 289 service centers in 39 states.

“LESCO has accelerated its growth by opening more than 60 new service centers across the country in the last three years,” notes Michael P. DiMino, LESCO’s president and chief executive officer. “And we are certainly not done growing. We expect to open a total of 25 to 35 new service centers this year and annually going forward.”

LESCO has been opening service centers in new markets while also targeting locations that increase market density and better serve current customers.

The Walker location is the 11th LESCO service center in Michigan, while the Weymouth and North Canton locations are the 16th locations in Illinois and Ohio, respectively. Finally, the Gurnee service center is LESCO’s 17th location in Illinois.

“Today, LESCO is the nation’s largest lawn care, golf and pest control products supplier, and we are committed to continuing to grow in this fashion so that we can better serve our customers,” says DiMino. “The recent additions of Chuck Denny as senior vice president of sales and store operations as well as Michael Poole as vice president of real estate and store planning strengthen our business further, especially as we continue implementing our commercial retail strategy to better serve our customers.”