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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 9, 2004
Contact: Steve Alderman, 601-360-9466

“Irby Goes Platinum” in Tulsa
Stuart C. Irby Co. Celebrates 20th Anniversary in Tulsa, Oklahoma

TULSA – Stuart C. Irby Co.’s Tulsa branch celebrated its 20th anniversary this week with a grand celebration for customers, employees and vendors. The theme of the celebration – “Irby Goes Platinum” – reflects the company’s 20 years of serving the commercial, industrial, and utility sectors of the Tulsa area.

The Tulsa branch is one of five Stuart C. Irby Co. locations in Oklahoma. Other branches include Oklahoma City, Enid, Muskogee, and Idabel. Stuart C. Irby Co., based in Jackson, Mississippi, is a major electrical distributor serving customers in the utility, commercial, industrial and residential sectors.

“This is our way of saying thank you to both our employees and our customers,” said Stuart C. Irby Co.’s Tulsa branch manager Roy Thornton. The Tulsa branch sponsored an open house and celebration that included 17 manufacturers that had been Irby vendors for its entire 20-year history.

Thornton himself has been with Irby’s Tulsa branch since it opened in 1984. “I was 20 years old at the time, so it’s a celebration that I have a deep appreciation for as well,” he said. The Tulsa branch employs 36 people today, compared to 16 when the facility opened 20 years ago. Stuart C. Irby Co. employs a total of 650 employees at 34 locations in nine states, including Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and New York.

“We are pleased to have been a part of the Tulsa community for the past 20 years,” said company president Stuart M. Irby. “We look forward to serving the customers in this area.”
Stuart C. Irby Co. set a company record for sales growth during 2003-2004, and recently launched an effort to re-organize company operations. The company is ranked 16th (in sales volume) out of the top 250 electrical distributors nationwide.

“Last year’s success marks the beginning of a new era of prosperity for us,” said company president Stuart M. Irby. “Major changes are being implemented to improve sales, efficiency and customer service — not only in Tulsa, but in all our branch locations.”

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Photo images from the Tulsa Branch Celebration are available upon request. To receive the images, email Steve Alderman at salderman@godwin.com.

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Stuart C. Irby Co. was founded in 1926 and is based in Jackson, Mississippi with 650 employees in 34 locations in nine states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas). To find out more, go to www.irby.com.