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Quarterly Newsletter

8th Edition

May 2013

What’s news at Synergy New Members

February

WA Trade Tool Centre - Myaree, WA

New Locations

March

The Building Connection new branch - Darwin, NT

April

Nut & Bolt Factory new Branch - Rocklea, QLD

New Owners

February

Nut & Bolt Factory - Woolloongabba, QLD - Steve

McCoy & Grant Sibbald

Synergy now has 31

Members with 44 Locations

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What’s news at Synergy

New Preferred Suppliers

March

Industrial Tool & Machinery Sales

- importers & national wholesalers of a wide

range of quality engineering machinery & equipment.

April

Fragram Tools Australia

- import & distribute a broad range of hand

tools, air tools and automotive products.

May

SNA E Australia

- one of the oldest continuous producers of hand

tools in the world, home to the Bahco brand

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What’s news at Synergy

Suppliers leaving the group

March

As of March 1st Exafast is no longer a Preferred

Supplier to Synergy. Some of your alternate suppliers

for Exafast products are Hobson, Fastening &

Hardware, Bremick, Macsim & Advansa

April

As of April 1st Alkon is no longer a Preferred

Supplier to Synergy. Some of your alternate

suppliers for Alkon products are Bremick, Hitech,

Macsim, Simpson Strong-Tie, Powers & Ramset

The number of Preferred

Suppliers to Synergy is 93

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What’s news at Synergy

Members on the move

February saw Kyabram Bearings relocate their

Kyabram store to:

29 Crichton Rd, Kyabram, VIC 3620

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

Thursday kicked off with a quick bite of morning tea before

commencing the meeting with introductions around the room, a

review of Synergy, Members Competitors, General Purchasing

and Bulk Buys.

The launch of the April, May, June brochure was followed by the

Thexton Armstrong Business Success Programme Presentation.

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

After lunch saw presentations from:

Trevor and Ben from Ox Group,

Bill and Alan from Hobson Engineering,

And Stuart from Micronet

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

Pferd Australia rounded out the afternoon of supplier

presentations before we had to jump on a bus and make the trip

across town to the Harbour for a

Dinner Cruise with Magistic

Cruises sponsored by Pferd.

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

Friday we had a big day full of Supplier presentations:

Bostik Position

Partners

Powers

Weldmaster

ITLS-TWA

(AFTEK)

Pryda Paramount

Beaver Macnaught

Stanley

Black & Decker

Overall it was a very informative day and without these suppliers

wanting to present to the group, this meeting would not be possible.

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

Friday Night - Synergy Awards Dinner

As has become tradition for Synergy dinners, the opportunity to

mix and mingle with as many people as possible is facilitated by

moving tables between courses. Once again, the feedback for this

format has been incredibly positive, so it’s something to look

forward to at future dinners

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

Friday Night - Synergy Awards Dinner

The formality of the evening was to present a few awards to our

Preferred Suppliers.

The first was for Exceptional Service to Members, based on feedback

from all our members, winners being Powers, Pferd, and Hobson.

Preferred Supplier of the year was awarded in 2 categories; under

$1,000,000 and over $1,000,000 in sales with other criteria including

Admin Reports being accurate and on time, promotions to the group,

providing accurate data to the group and actively participating with

the group. Winners were Paramount Safety in the Under $1,000,000

category and Hobson Engineering in the Over $1,000,000 category.

An additional award was added this year for the best supplier

presentation, this is voted on by members after all presentations have

been completed on the Friday afternoon. This went to Pferd Australia.

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

Exceptional Service to Members

Powers Fasteners Pferd Australia Hobson Engineering

Preferred Supplier of the Year

Under $1,000,000 Over $1,000,000

Paramount Safety Hobson Engineering

Best Supplier Presentation

Pferd Australia

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2013 Members Meeting Novotel Manly Pacific

March 13th - 16th

Sergeant At Arms

Our Sergeant At Arms for this meeting was Darren Morrison, over

$300 was raised for the Mount Gravatt YMCA.

THANKYOU

Thank you to all that attended the 2013 Synergy Members Meeting.

Your willingness to participate in all aspects of the meetings is what

makes the Suppliers want to support our meetings and without the

suppliers these meeting would not be possible.

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2013 Synergy Construction & Industrial Supply Group

Trade Show

2013 Trade Show event will be held August 14th -17th at the

Novotel Hotel and the Encore Function Centre in St. Kilda, VIC.

You should have already received your invitations to the event,

RSVP is May 15th, so please mark this in your calendar as getting

in by this date is the only way to guarantee that places are

available.

If you have any questions regrading the Trade Show, please don’t

hesitate to contact Cheryl and she’ll be happy to help you out.

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Bulk Buys

Over the past three months we have tried to arrange bulk

buys in the following product groups.

Threaded Rod and accessories, Stainless Steel, Panel Shims,

Mild Steel, Site Boxes and Extension Leads. We have

arranged indent orders of Panel Shims, Site Boxes and

Extension Leads. The leads and site boxes have arrived at

the warehouse and the panel shims will be arriving in May.

We are currently finalising the bulk purchase of Stainless

Steel and will be working on High Tensile, Threaded Rod,

Purlin Bolts and Nylon Nuts in the coming months. We are

also negotiating a range of Builders Wheelbarrows.

Our target with bulk buys is to obtain group orders greater

than $20,000 so without your support it is difficult to entice

suppliers.

As requested we now send out a Specials Order Form with

quantities On Hand on the 25th of each month, so you can

take advantage of the specials with your 1st of the month

orders. Also the specials list features items in our current

brochure.

If you would like to purchase any of these items please

contact us at purchasing@synergysystems.com.au

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2013 Product Guide

We have some stock of the product guides available from the

Synergy Warehouse, please let Ray know if you would like to

order these. They are $4 ea, MOQ of 1 box (10).

Training

If you would like to have the Synergy Team provide training to

your team on Sales or Micronet please contact Perry or Cheryl to

discuss your requirements.

April, May, June Brochure

We are exploring the option of doing one more print run of the

April, May, June brochure, as some members would like to send

them out to their customers with their May statements. Please

contact Cheryl ASAP if you would like to be included on this run,

minimum 1,000 pieces, as we will need to order them next week, to

facilitate this occurring.

Quote of the Quarter

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater

than your fear of failure” - Bill Cosby

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