NSCA Booth #2027
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Chris Nicholson, Griffin Public Relations & Marketing (212) 481-3456
cnicholson@griffinpr.com

SOUND MARKETING NAMED MIDDLE ATLANTIC PRODUCTS 2000 REP OF THE YEAR

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, March 8, 2001 - In a ceremony marking the culmination of its 2001 national sales meeting at this year's NSCA Expo, Middle Atlantic Products honored Sound Marketing with its 2000 Representative of the Year Award.  Sound Marketing Principles John Reda and Mike Flynn accepted the award on behalf of their staff from Middle Atlantic Products National Sales Manager Robert Newhuis.

"Sound Marketing had a great year in sales performance, selling through the entire Middle Atlantic product line," commented Newhuis.  "They also took the initiative in developing effective presentation materials to train their customers on our equipment as well as broaden awareness of the scope Middle Atlantic's line of enclosure systems and accessories."

"This award is both an honor and a testament to the hard work of the entire staff at Sound Marketing," Reda said in accepting the award.

"We have a true group of professionals who understand Middle Atlantic's philosophy of application-driven engineering and bring that line of thinking to our customers," Flynn added.

Sound Marketing is based in Palos Hills, Ill. and represents Middle Atlantic Products in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Headquartered in Riverdale, New Jersey, Middle Atlantic Products, Inc. is a world leading designer and marketer of state of the art steel enclosure systems for a wide range of applications, including the commercial audio video installation, broadcast, post production, structured cabling and premise wiring markets.  Dedicated to the proposition that the enclosure system is as important as the equipment it protects, the company incorporates application-driven engineering into every system it designs in order to meet the individualized requirements of the broadest range of installers.  
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Pictured in accompanying photo (l-r): Robert Newhuis, National Sales Manager, Middle Atlantic Products; John Reda, Tom Lykins, Mike Flynn, Sound Marketing; Bob Schluter, President/CEO, Middle Atlantic Products