CONTENTS A Letter From The President Letter From The President page 1 People On The Move page 2 Spotlight page 3 Phone List page 4 Upcoming Events page 5 Ad page 6 Next Meeting page 7 Fellow Fencers, I hope that this newsletter finds you well, as winter rapidly approaches. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for having the confidence in me to perform the duties and meet the responsibilities as the President of the Garden State Chapter of the American Fence Association. A few of my goals this term are to expose our members to new methods of increasing their sales and profits. I would also like to utilize some AFA resources and training programs to increase our knowledge of the industry. I know that there are great people in this chapter who have given their time and resources to make us what we are today. I personally thank you for your efforts to make the fence industry better and more promising for the future. I will be soliciting help from our members for committees and special projects and I welcome any suggestions or ideas you may have. Your input is what will make our Chapter a strong and active one. I look forward to working with each of you and getting to know some of you better. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Troy Burke Page 1
SCIW Fence Products Manufacturer of: Hometown Vinyl Systems Stocking Distributor for these fine products: Acculink Vinyl Fence Allied Tube & Conduit Ameristar Ornamental Steel & Wood Hardware Bekaert Deer Fence & Horse Fence Bekaert Hi-Security Fence Panels Collins E-Z Cutter / Rhino Post Drivers D&D Technologies: Magna Latch & Tru-Close Hinges Filtrona Top Lock & Winged Slats Garonite Trinity Guide Rail & End Treatments Iron World Ornamental Steel Jerith Ornamental Aluminum Little Beaver Earth Drills & Pengo Blades New England PVC Arbors Royal Outdoor Products Extrusions Smooth Operator Graphite Cant. Rollers Stateside Steel & Wire Tenax Plastic Safety & Deer Fence Tymetal Internal Trolley Cantilever Gates VEKA PVC Extrusions Welded Wire: Galvanized & Vinyl Coated Wheatland Tube Co. South: 534 Swedesboro Ave, Mickleton, NJ 08056 800-962-1029 fax: 856-423-2015 Central: 572 Whitehead Rd, Bldg 5, Hamilton, NJ 08619 800-447-7811 fax: 609-584-7333 People On The Move FLW is pleased to announce the hiring of Ryan Donnelly, a 7 year veteran of the fence industry. Ryan brings extensive knowledge and expertise from both the wholesale and retail end of the fence business. Ryan s focus with FLW will be on servicing new and existing wholesale and retail FLW fence accounts. He will be working from FLW s Northfield, NJ office and can be contacted at 1-800-550-3591 or by e-mail at ryandonnelly@flwwood.com. If you know of anyone who has recently been promoted or has a new position please e-mail me at liztaylorfence@verizon.net so we can put it in an upcoming newsletter. Page 2
Spotlight On SCIW Fence Products Inc. HISTORY South Camden Iron Works, now doing business as SCIW Fence Products, Inc., has been owned and operated by the Kowal family for four generations. The company was established in 1923 in Camden, NJ by Antoni Kowal who had emigrated from Poland in 1910. After starting as a blacksmith shop, the business expanded over the next 20 years into the manufacture and installation of railings, fire escapes, basement doors and eventually fencing. In 1945 a second generation joined the business and four years later the company installed its first chainlink fence. By 1959, the company had grown to the point that a decision was made to discontinue installations and focus on wholesale distribution. The 70 s saw a transition to a third generation and expansion to a second location in Hightstown, NJ to better serve customers in central and northern New Jersey. This location recently moved to a larger and more modern facility in Hamilton, NJ near Trenton. SCIW Fence Products had also outgrown its original location, so in 2003 we moved to a brand new 14 acre state of the art facility in Mickleton, NJ. A fourth generation has overseen this phase of the company s expansion and also our re-entry into manufacturing with the introduction of our own line of PVC fencing, Hometown Vinyl, in 2006. PRODUCTS & SERVICES SCIW Fence Products specializes in wholesaling and manufacturing quality fencing products combined with excellent customer service. We partner with industry leaders such as Wheatland Tube, Allied Tube, Tymetal Corp, Jerith, D&D Tech, Ameristar, iron World, and others to supply our customers with the highest quality products in the marketplace. We have taken the same approach with our Hometown Vinyl PVC fencing. Quality extrusions from Royal Outdoor Products and VEKA combined with accessories from LMT Corp result in a high quality PVC fence product with many styles and colors available. This year has also seen the introduction of Woodgrain PVC Privacy fence and the addition of New England Arbors to our product line. In the company profile section of our website (www.sciw. com), there is a picture of an ornamental fence job that was built and installed in 1947. The picture was taken recently and the fence still stands in perfect condition. We take great pride in maintaining this tradition of excellence. STAFF SCIW Fence Products currently has an office staff of 10 full-time employees with an additional 30 full-time employees in the warehouse and manufacturing operation. A few part-time workers are added during the spring and summer months. Besides the owners, about a third of our employees have been with the company for 10 or more years and several have put in 25+ years. AFA INVOLVMENT Our company has been a member of the AFA for 36 years and attends the Fencetech show every year. We have exhibited at every Garden State Chapter show in Atlantic City and have volunteered manpower and door prizes to help make the show the success that it is. We fully support both the national and local fence organizations because we feel a professional approach is an important part of strengthening the fence industry. PLANS Our growth in the PVC fencing market has enabled us to build a brand new 10,000 square foot fabrication building at our main location in Mickleton, NJ. This project should be completed by Fall 2008. Page 3
Officers: Phone List TROY BURKE, CFP PRESIDENT 888-443-3623 ANTONINO SPINELLA, CFP PAST PRESIDENT 201-797-5440 MARTHA DWYER SECRETARY/PRESIDENT-ELECT 732-528-1998 JEFF FELDMAN, CFP TREASURER 973-824-1850 Directors: ANDY ASTARITA, CFP 609-490-9542 TERRY FIELDEN 973-948-5161 FRANK HORNER, CFP 609-298-6438 BILL BENNER, CFP 908-638-8521 JOE SALLEMI, CFP 201-343-7303 Page 4
Upcoming Events November 7, 2008 Reunion Meeting Woodbridge Hilton, Iselin NJ January 14 19, 2009 Fence Tech 09, New Orleans, LA March 7, 2009 Jackpot, Atlantic City, NJ Page 5
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Our November Meeting REUNION! You won t want to miss this next meeting. We will be reuniting with some very old friends from our industry that we have not seen in a while. Some have retired. Some have left the industry, but all have made contributions to the fence business in New Jersey. Some of our expected guests are as follows: - Howard and Leah Jungkind of Sonco Worldwide and Capital Wire. - Louis and Elaine Salemy of Lawrence R McCoy - Sue Sires of Hurricane Fence - Sal and Marrie Picciuto of Cedar Fence and Mar Sal Machine - Tim Meaney of Meaney Insurance - Virgina Artuhewich of Wanaque Fence - Morgan and Judy Storms of Wanaque Fence - Roy and Linda Westervelt of Wanaque Fence Also, by looking at the attendance list from our first AFA meeting on April 3 1990, we should note that the following people are still active in our industry today and continue to contribute to the AFA. They are: Bill and Carol Benner of Rudl Fencing and Decking Robert Garcia of Rutgers Fence Jeff Feldman of Guardian Fence Sue Bercaw of Eagle fence Terry Fielden of F&J Fence, now of Filtrona Extrusion Ed Kowal of South of Camden Iron Works. Come say hello to some old friends. See you there! Please RSVP by November 3rd Date: Friday, November 7th Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: The Woodbridge Hilton Reminder: Three employees from your company get dinner for free if you make dinner reservations by November 3rd. However, if you just show up, or fail to honor your reservation, you ll owe $25 for the dinner. Please email Martha at fortressfence@hotmail.com or call 732-528-1998 to make your reservations. Hilton Woodbridge 120 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, New Jersey, 08830-2709 Tel: 1-732-494-6200 Fax: 1-732-603-7777 Directions to Hotel From the Garden State Parkway: take exit 131A-hotel is on the right hand side as you exit. From the New Jersey Turnpike: take exit 11 to the Garden State Parkway North to exit 131Ahotel is on the right hand side as you exit. Amtrak Train / Metropark Station is walking distance from the hotel. Exit the train station and turn right onto Middlesex Turnpike. Turn left at the light (Wood Ave South) and the hotel is two blocks up the hill on the left hand side. Total distance is 2.5 blocks. Page 7