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Part of what makes CRSA unique is our members.  Most shippers' associations service a group with similar commodities; however, our members' businesses are quite different from each other.  We appreciate our members and are happy to spotlight them below.  You are encouraged to contact them or visit their websites.

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A-Boy Supply Company
(includes Dolan Designs, Globe Lighting, Seattle Lighting, and Lance Larkin)

Founded by John Dolan in 1960, A-Boy Supply Company first sold plumbing fixtures, electrical supplies and appliances from a former grocery store in S.E. Portland. Lighting products and supplies were added later. Business grew slowly but steadily. Our company has grown from a small retailer of plumbing and electrical products to a seven store hardware and home center chain serving the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area and the world via the Internet. We carry a broad range of quality plumbing fixtures, consoles, tubs, sinks, faucets and water heaters. Electrical supplies from light fixtures, service panels and breakers to portable and built-in heaters are available. Through buying direct from major vendors, we're able cut costs and save our customer's money. Our new point-of-sale system helps us provide a better in-stock availability of products and our excellent service means friendly help for all.  We at A-Boy work hard to earn our customer's loyalty everyday. You need more than quality products and low prices to earn customer trust... knowledgeable, helpful people make the real difference.
Website:  http://www.aboysupply.com

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-- Dolan Designs
 

At Dolan Designs we have been dedicated to designing and producing our own unique lighting fixtures and updated interpretations of traditional styles since 1993. What you will find in each and every one of Dolan Designs’ products is an attention to detail that you expect to find only in the most expensive collections.  The reason for this constant dedication is very simple; Patrick Dolan is involved in every step of every product from conception to manufacture.

Website:  http://www.dolandesigns.com

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Globe Lighting

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Seattle Lighting

-- Globe Lighting & Seattle Lighting
 

Seattle Lighting, established 1917, and Globe Lighting, established 1978, have been a leading source for an exceptional choice of quality lighting fixtures and accessories in the Pacific Northwest. Both companies have exclusive designs and expert advice. We also have certified lighting consultants on hand who can demonstrate the latest design techniques in our state-of-the-art lighting labs.  Seattle Lighting has showrooms in many convenient locations, which are the perfect place to compare the latest in decorative light styles or to analyze technical specifications. At Seattle Lighting and Globe Lighting, we have a Builder Sales department with associates specially trained in all aspects of residential lighting technology. Our stores feature an outstanding selection of quality lighting, including the perfect piece for your home!

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-- Lance Larkin

Lance Larkin’s motto is “life made simple”.  Our products will save you time, effort, and provide the benefits of a life made simple for years to come.  We are the home for Brew Express, the world’s first truly built-in-the-wall coffee maker system, and the Earth Advantage certified Speedi-Boot boot hanger. 
Website:  http://www.lancelarkin.com

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Brenntag Pacific

Brenntag is the leading worldwide chemical distributor with operations in North America, Latin America, Europe and South Africa. Our North American headquarters is located in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Brenntag's full-line distribution companies in North America include:

  • Brenntag Great Lakes, Milwaukee, WI
  • Brenntag Mid-South, Henderson, KY
  • Brenntag Northeast, Reading, PA
  • Brenntag Pacific, Santa Fe Springs, CA
  • Brenntag Southeast, Durham, NC
  • Brenntag Southwest, Longview, TX
  • Brenntag Canada, Toronto, ON

Brenntag's specialty chemical distributors are:

  • ChemTech Specialties, Philadelphia, PA - serving the East Coast
  • Mineral and Pigment Solutions, South Plainfield, NJ - operating nationally
  • Coastal Chemical, Abbeville, LA - serving the Oil & Gas Industry nationwide
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Website:  http://www.brenntag.com

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Columbia Sportswear

 

Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company has grown from a small family run hat distributor to become one of the world's largest outerwear brands and the leading seller of skiwear in the United States. Columbia's extensive product offering now includes a wide variety of outerwear, sportswear, rainwear, rugged footwear, sporting goods, and accessories.  Developing innovative products that are functional yet stylish and offer great value is what we do.  In 1998 the company went public, and Columbia moved into a new era as a world leader in the active outdoor apparel industry.  Today, Columbia Sportswear employs more than 1,800 people around the world and distributes and sells products in more than 50 countries and to over 12,000 retailers internationally. You'll find our flagship store in downtown Portland, Oregon. We also have seven outlet stores:  two in Portland; and one each in Bend, Oregon; Lincoln City, Oregon; Birch Run, Michigan; Medford, Minnesota; and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Website:  http://www.columbia.com

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Grand & Benedicts
 

For over a half-century, Grand & Benedicts has been meeting the fixture needs of a variety of companies ranging from small family owned businesses up to large, publicly traded Fortune 500 companies. We are dedicated to providing high quality store fixtures at the best prices available, all while meeting the important delivery needs of our customers.  With over 30 well-trained sales representatives and customer service coordinators, Grand & Benedicts prides itself on having excellent customer service at all of our facilities. Grand & Benedicts is well-known for having the largest and most expansive inventory of store fixtures at a single source. We manufacture store fixtures and display components constructed of wire, tubular steel, acrylic, wood and glass. Many items we manufacture are designated as our Signature Series Collection. The Signature series name designates our highest quality at the lowest price.
Website:  http://www.grandandbenedicts.com  

 
Hampton PT, LLC
 
Hampton PT, LLC
3030 NW 29th Avenue
Portland, Oregon  97210
Phone:  (503) 916-0388
Fax:     (503) 916-0891
 
 
 
Henry Sherman & Co.
 
Henry Sherman & Co.
PO Box 2865
Portland, Oregon  97208
Phone:  (503) 283-9778
Fax:     (503) 283-9779
 
 

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Innovative Freighting

 

Innovative Freighting is Total Logistics Resources's Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier and ocean transportation division providing complete, cost-effective ocean cargo services. Innovative Freighting offers efficient door-to-door service from the supplier's manufacturing sites to any destination designated by you (including foreign-to-foreign shipments) and provides you with the information you need to manage your cargo through tracking reports, volume reports, and pre-shipment advices.
Website:  http://www.shiptlr.com

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International Door and Latch

 

International Door and Latch of Eugene, Oregon, manufacturers a complete line of Craftsman, Bungalow, and Classic style doors, sidelights, and transoms.  Available in various woods such as Mahogany, Oak, Maple, and Ash, the doors can be ordered unfinished or pre-finished, including International Door’s unique antique and distressed finishes.  Complete pre-hanging is also available.  Authentic period style beveled and leaded glass panels complement the doors with many of the designs available mixed and matched in the doors and sidelights to create innovative combinations.  Our line of hardware is unique for its solid brass construction.  Many of the locksets weight 2-3 times more and are significantly thicker than most other locksets offered on the market today.  The beauty, solid weight, and construction of these doors and locks give any entry the look, feel, and sound of luxury.
Website:  http://www.internationaldoor.com

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Port of Portland
 
The Port of Portland is a founding member of the CRSA.  The Port of Portland Terminal 6 serves as our area's container terminal.  Terminal 6 is also the region’s barging connection from inland producers to Pacific Rim markets and beyond. Container barging connects Terminal 6 to four shallow-draft upriver ports on the Columbia/Snake river system: Boardman and Umatilla, Oregon; Pasco, Washington; and Lewiston, Idaho, which is the country's farthest inland port at 465 miles (744 kilometers) from the Pacific Ocean.  In addition, Ocean carriers and intermodal companies save on total transportation costs by taking advantage of Portland's transportation infrastructure.  Portland is a cost-effective point of entry that offers reduced transit times to inland destinations compared to other West Coast ports.  The Port also has a long history of reaching out and involving the community in development projects.

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Richardson Sports, Inc.

For 30 years, we’ve been building a brand and reputation that stands for quality, service and integrity. Our caps are designed for competitive athletes, casual lifestyles and outdoor adventure. Everything we do focuses on making our products better and easier for you to sell.  But it’s our team of people and their attitude that really defines who we are, people who care about quality and take pride in delivering our products and services with a smile.  Our commitment to exceptional products continues with cap embroidery that sets the industry standard for quality. There is a difference in our approach to embroidery and we've defined it with a dimension that is only achieved through experience, creativity and strict attention to detail.  It's another way we distinguish a Richardson cap from the rest. Richardson caps are distributed nationally and internationally only through qualified dealers and distributors.
Website:  http://www.richardsoncap.com

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SEH America

 

SEH America Inc., located in Vancouver Washington, together with its parent company Shin-Etsu Handotai, Ltd, and affiliates in Europe, Malaysia and Taiwan combine to form the world’s largest silicon wafer supplier. Together our company delivers a full spectrum of silicon product solutions. Silicon wafers provide the foundation for semiconductors and other electronic devices, and our first-class team of sales representatives, technical service engineers and customer service representatives bring this technology to you.  SEH is a high-volume supplier of ultra-pure silicon wafers, providing a wide product line to various semiconductor markets. SEH is committed to a process for continuous improvement in quality through the ISO 9000 and ISO/TS16949 standards, environmental awareness though the ISO 14000 standard, health and safety, and customer service. SEH strives to maintain flexible manufacturing processes and provide on-time delivery to its customers. In addition to the standard CZ, PW, EPI, and FZ products, SEH pursues a program of Research and Development into emerging technologies.  Supplying our customers with quality products is our goal. We have been consistently recognized by our customers as a leader in the silicon industry. 
Website:  http://www.sehamerica.com

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Shindaiwa
 

Shindaiwa is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin-Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd., of Hiroshima, Japan, and was incorporated in Oregon in 1981. Shindaiwa is a leading manufacturer of professional-quality outdoor power equipment, including trimmers and edgers, brushcutters, chain saws, hedge trimmers, blowers, sprayers, cut-off saws, PowerBrooms, and models featuring the revolutionary C4 Technology. Shindaiwa markets its products around the world.  Shindaiwa matches components to the machine for a custom-built feeling from every product. We don't use the same components throughout our line like other manufacturers might. Our engineers design each product individually. They specify all the required components from shafts and outer tubes to carburetors and pistons, to handles in order to match the workload of the machine. You get the lightest, strongest, most powerful machines possible. So, if your Shindaiwa feels custom built just for you, that's what our engineers intended.
Website:  http://www.shindaiwa.com

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Tektronix, Inc.

As a world leader in test, measurement and monitoring, Tektronix is one of the principal players in enabling the coming together of computers and communications. Almost every time you view a Web site, click a mouse, make a cell phone call, or turn on a TV, you touch the work of Tektronix. Our products and technologies populate the design centers, laboratories and communications networks of virtually every global leader engaged in pushing the envelope of information technology. In the process, we draw upon a 50-plus year heritage of technical expertise and innovation.

Website:  http://www.www.tek.com

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Vanport Manufacturing, Inc.
 
Since 1967, Vanport has been recognized for its innovative international marketing of products and its willingness to produce to the customer's specifications. It is the first company outside Japan to be certified by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to produce JAS certified lumber.
  • Governor’s International Marketing Firm of the Year.
  • U.S. Small Business Administration Exporter of the Year.
  • Japan-America Society of Oregon, International Business Achievement Award.
  • Environmental Excellence Award For Environmentally Sensitive Forestry Practices, John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center.
  • The Federal Republic of Germany Friendship Award.
  • Portland Chamber of Commerce, For Excellence in Marketing of Pacific Northwest Forest Products
  • Oregon Business Magazine Enterprise Award.
  • Member of the Better Business Bureau.

Website:  http://www.vanport-intl.com

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VISCO
 

VISCO, Inc., an Oregon Corporation since 1947, has designed and produced fine ornamental outdoor lighting equipment for many years with installations nationwide and abroad.  We pride ourselves on the cosmetic and structural excellence of our poles, ornamental iron castings, and illumination packages.  We are a family owned business with our headquarters located in Eugene, Oregon.  We have knowledgable lighting representatives strategically located throughout the United States and Canada to assist you in designing and implementing your lighting project to its completion.  VISCO offers a wide range of ornamental street lights, decorative traffic signal poles and bollards.  We have over 80 different styles of cast iron and steel ornamental streetlights, traffic signal poles, bollards, and other streetscape equipment. VISCO offers fluted or smooth tapered poles to accommodate your needs up to 40 feet. Matching traffic signals with single or double arms are available up to 60 feet in length. Dress your custom light pole up with a flower basket, banner arms, or flag holder. Add a duplex receptacle, photo control, or sign bracket. Whatever you desire,   VISCO can meet your needs.  Each and every street light pole is unique and made to your design specifications.
Website:  http://www.visco-light.com/flash/index.html

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Z-Pro International, Inc.
 

Z-Pro International brings to market a complete line of painting tools and accessories including: paint brushes, roller covers, roller frames, caulking guns, extension poles, drop cloths, mini applicators, paint trays, bucket grids, power mixers, and much more.  Z-PRO markets painting tool products throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean and South America. Well known as innovators in the field of painting tools and supplies, Z-PRO introduced the patented and award winning vacuum action No-Drip® caulk guns and the patented No-Slip roller frames.  The Z-PRO® brand has come to be recognized as that of value, quality and innovation. By combining cutting edge creativity with cost effective and value-added merchandising, Z-PRO continues to become one of the leading suppliers of painting tools and applicators.
Website:  http://www.zprointernational.com

200 SW Market Street, Suite 190, Portland, Oregon 97201
503-220-2043 - Email: crsa@pdxmex.com