Winter Newsletter

Q.E.P. Co., Inc. recently exhibited at the SURFACES 2013 tradeshow at the end of January. SURFACES is the largest USA event serving the floor covering industry. Held annually in Las Vegas, NV, SURFACES brings together buyers and sellers from all over the world to see the latest floor covering products, tools, services and technologies. (Continued on page 2)

In the Field...1-3 CEO’s Message…4 The Q-munity…5-8 President’s Message…9 In the FIeld…10-17 Social Media….12 In the Spotlight…18

(A Masterpiece in Motion)

In front of the 16 foot tall Harris Wood tower, team QEP gather together the first morning of SURFACES 2013. From left to

right, Back: Dale Peterson, Marc Elliot, Michael Rehak, Brian Johnson, Chip Hamilton, Rob Collins, Jason Badr, Brad Miller,

Darrell Tweed, Marc Gagnon, Paul Boyce and Jason Webb. Front: Scott Greatrex, Madelyn Rivera, Ken Mosser,

Dan Vanderboom, Jamie Clingan, Ralph Richins, Jennie Johnson and Sean Flack.

Walking into the showroom, from any vantage point you can

see Q.E.P.’s Corporate banner (shown to the right). We had

a huge presence on the show floor with a 20’ x 40’ booth, to

emphasize our size and strength as a company.

Our theme throughout the booth this year was “(A

Masterpiece in Motion)”. This truly captures who we are as

a company-constantly adding new products, making

acquisitions and never sitting still. This theme will be

carried out throughout the year in all of our marketing

efforts.

To support this theme we employed artist Zoey Stevens to paint some

interesting portraits for two of the three days of the show. The most

interesting aspect of these paintings is that he actually painted some of them

in sections upside down!

There was a drawing held on-site to win some of the paintings, winners

chosen included Jim Sansouci from Bolick, Dennis Harrison from Southern

Wholesale and Jim Batt from CDC. They will be hanging their paintings in their

warehouses and offices with special QEP logo’s on each painting. In addition

to the paintings chosen for winners, Zoey

painted a variety of other paintings that will

now be showcased around corporate

headquarters in Boca Raton, FL. To see these

paintings (as well as a full view of the booth)

which include a portrait of Lewis Gould, our

Roberts 75th Anniversary Logo, Elvis, Marilyn

Monroe, James Dean, Frank Sinatra and

many more, visit our QEP Facebook page and

view the Surfaces Album.

In the Field

(A Masterpiece in Motion)

Zoey Stevens painting Frank Sinatra

live at Surfaces upside down and

different sections

Q.E.P. Corporate booth with 4 towers showing QEP, Roberts

Tools and Adhesives, Harris Wood, Capitol Adhesive and Ludell

Frank Sinatra painting showcased in the

booth until the next live painting!

Many changes have taken place within our company and we wanted to

showcase these important focal points of our company to our customers, as

well as the industry, at Surfaces this year. In the upcoming year we will be

making changes to our QEP brand including new branding, packaging and

products as shown here to the left. One of our biggest milestones, Roberts

75th Year Anniversary is this year and we’ve launched an exclusive 75th

Anniversary logo shown atop the Roberts tower at Surfaces. Roberts also

showcased the new look of the Roberts adhesive packaging and new products

that have been added to the line. A huge focal point on the adjacent tower

was the newly redesigned, repackaged and full line of Capitol-branded

adhesives. On the backside, for the first time under the QEP Corporate

heading, the newly acquired Hisco and Ludell were showcased featuring the

full line of digging and striking tools.

Harris Wood anchored the booth this year

with three separate displays. Samples of the

new engineered wood flooring offered under

the Harris Wood brand were shown along

with revealing the two newest collections,

Aspen and Highlands. These were

prominently featured showcasing the ten new

colors available. Another first-timer for our Surfaces booth was the new extension to

the continuously growing line of Harris Wood, the renewable, sustainable and

environmentally friendly Harris Cork collection. The four Harris Cork collections; Napa,

Sonoma, Sierra and Santa Cruz feature twelve different flooring choices available to

meet the demands of the

consumers looking for a way to

stay green.

The booth, new products, new

brands, new catalogs and

revitalized branding were all very

well received by our customers and potential customers. We’re

following up on meetings held in our booth, leads of new

customers received at the show and starting our planning process

for next year already! Thank you to everyone involved in Surfaces

for truly making it one of the best tradeshows yet!

(A Masterpiece in Motion)

In the Field

The new QEP brand logo and

packaging showcased above. The new

look was well received by customers

and media attending Surfaces

(A Masterpiece in Motion)

Roberts 75th Anniversary Logo

Roberts 75th Anniversary Logo

From the desk of Lewis Gould

Dear Fellow Associates:

Wow! We have had a heck of a last few months. It seems like the last time we published the newsletter we gave a history

lesson. Now so much has transpired, it looks like this will be another history lesson!

We expect in the next few days to acquire a company called “Homelux” in England, who is a manufacturer and distributor of

trims, both metal and plastic, for the home improvement and ceramic tile industries. We are very excited about this

acquisition. We have targeted March 1st to make the official announcement.

In addition, the company is looking at other acquisitions wherever possible to balance our sales with our major customers

who are bringing “margin pressure” to our company as, in fact, most retailers are! We hope to have good news as we

stabilize our sales and earnings.

Your company is working through the intricacies of Obamacare. We will be affected in our rates, coverage and plans. It will

probably go into effect this August and we are doing everything we can to comply with the new regulations but to also

mitigate many of the costs flowing through. This is a very complex set of regulations that will affect everyone.

In addition, we are subject to a variety of additional regulations regarding almost anything you can imagine. In the State of

California we have to analyze our products and make sure there are no chemicals or lead which can harm people. We have

to watch our emissions in manufacturing glue and keep up with the constant state of new regulations coming out of

Washington, D.C. Obviously none of this is easy for a small company like us and it is becoming increasingly difficult to

constantly wrestle with these rules and regulations.

As we approach our year end, which is February 28th, we look forward to the new year. Your company will continue to grow

and become a more global company than we are now. There are many hidden perils in growth, whether from our lenders,

from banks, from personnel issues, etc. We are committed on a continuing basis to make sure we have a wonderful,

harmonious and profitable company for all of us!

Kindest regards,

Lewis Gould

Lewis Gould

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

The Q-munity

Being that festive time of the year there is no better way to get

everyone together and celebrate the success, challenges and

memories of that year. Christmas parties were both held in NSW

and VIC, giving everyone the opportunity to wind down and

socialise. Thanks to all those who attended and all the best in 2013.

Christmas Down Under

David Gonzalez prepping at St. Joan

of Arc Church for Thanksgiving dinner

‘Tis the Season in Boca

Boca headquarters celebrated the holidays at City Fish Market

with a delicious buffet, trivia games and raffle.

Brian Johnson, Stan Labanowitz and

Jim Kirkwood filling up at the buffet

Employees at our Montpelier, IN office donated $425 to the “Make A Wish” Tree for Christmas. This tree held childrens

names that needed gifts for the holiday season. With the Montpelier donation, the Make A Wish foundation was able to take

the remaining names off of the tree ensuring all children in the area received a gift in 2012!

Making a Wish in Montpelier

Left to right: Betty Murchison and

Marie Keough from Imperial and

Rannie DelOrbe

The Q-munity

John Dever Retires

John Dever, the AFS Branch Manager at the Gosford location, has been with us for 13 years and recently retired. Before joining our team, he was an accredited flooring installer for over 30 years. He will be missed and we all wish him well in his retirement. “John has been an absolute stalwart of the business for over a decade. He’s someone whom

management have relied on to run an autonomous and profitable regional trade centre.

Although from the "old school" John has been an example to us all through his ability to accept

changes to the business as we have tried to keep AFS current in the challenging market over

recent years. He will be missed in too many ways to mention but all of us are happy for John and

Judy and we wish them all success in their retirement.” Bruce Maclaren, QEP Australia Managing

Director, said of John Dever’s retirement. Bruce Maclaren presenting John Denver his farewell gift

Congratulations Richard!

Lutchman Premsukh, Director of

Information Technology at

Headquarters in Boca Raton, FL

recently graduated from Florida

Atlantic University with his Master of

Science in Information Technology and

Management (MSITM).

The Master of Technology Receives his Masters!

Congratulations Lutch!

Richard Brooke, Q.E.P. Co., Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer, was one of the finalists for the 2013 CFO

Awards from the South Florida Business Journal.

Richard Brooke Nominated as Finalist in 2013 CFO Awards

The Q-munity

Newest Additions to the QEP Family

Left to right: Mina, Jessie

and Abigail Youssef

Precious baby Abigail Violet Youssef was

brought into our QEP family on January 17th,

2013 by Jessie Youssef, Marketing Coordinator

in Melbourne and Mina Youssef.

Congratulations on a healthy baby girl!

Congratulations Richard!

Left to Right: Bashar, Graeme, Bruce and Ivan looking spiffy for

Jarod’s wedding in Sydney Harbour!

Jarod Hainey, Flooring Sales Manager for NSW married Claudia on December 23 in Sydney Harbour, Australia.

Many fellow QEP employees attended their nuptials to congratulate and celebrate. From everyone at QEP

Worldwide, Jarod, we wish you and your beautiful bride a healthy and happy life together.

Jarod and Claudia cut the cake at their reception

Tying the Knot

The Q-munity

Congratulations to Tina Zhu and her new baby boy Jiale

Xu pictured to the left. Jiale Xu was born January 25th,

2013 at 8lbs. The new parents are happy and busy back

to work. As a tradition in China, the grandparents will

take care of the grandchildren while the parents are

working. From everyone at QEP Worldwide, best wishes

on your new healthy baby boy!

Mark Deutsch, QEP Tools Product Manager in Boca Raton, FL, and wife Marta

brought in baby boy Daniel Arthur Deutsch. Their newest addition arrived

January 4th, 2013 at 1:13pm at 7lbs 12oz and 20 inches. Congratulations Mark

and Marta on your first baby boy!

Newest Additions to the QEP Family

Laurent Barbudaux, Director of Purchasing

at Q.E.P. Co., Inc. in Boca Raton, FL, and

wife Yvonne welcomed baby boy Sébastien

on February 21st, 2013. Congratulations

Laurent and Yvonne on your healthy baby

boy!

Alicia Lara, Shipping Clerk at Dalton, GA, gave birth to baby boy

Jayden Lara on February 25th, 2013. He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and

was 19.5 in. Congratulations Alicia!

From the desk of Leonard Gould

Last month Q.E.P. Co., Inc. participated in our biggest trade show of the year, “Surfaces 2013”, in Las Vegas. “Surfaces” is

by far our largest in both attendance and order writing, but it is certainly not the only one.

“Surfaces 2013” is one of over 100 around the world that QEP will participate in this year. Many of our customers, big and

small, host their own shows. Many are regional, some are national, and a few are international.

These shows are a good opportunity for our sales and product teams to get in front of our customers. There are secondary

benefits as well: We can scout for new products and ideas, we can stay on top of both industry and societal trends, we can

hold high level meetings with key vendors, and of course, we hope to write plenty of new business as well!

There also is a significant cost associated with attending so many of these shows. The natural question is, then why do we

participate? As a truly global company it is important to keep our many brands front and center in the minds of our many

buyers.

As you can see from this issue’s cover story, our booth at Surfaces was immense. The impressiveness of the design and

layout made an enormously positive impact. My hat is tipped to those in marketing who made this booth a reality. We

presented like a billion dollar company and I cannot recount just how many compliments I received on our booth style, and

the new products inside.

So what is next for QEP on our ‘tour’ of shows? In the USA we are just hitting co-op season. This means our customers such

as Ace Hardware, Tru-Value, and Origill Brothers will all be holding national shows. All these lead up to the National

Hardware Show which is the largest mass market show. Of course there are always a slew regional shows and events.

These can be pool distributors, sundry distributors, and of course wood flooring distributors. Even our largest customer,

The Home Depot will hold a show of its own for all 2,000 of its store managers.

Internationally we will be participating in shows in the UK, China, Germany, as well as Design Build down under in Sidney,

Australia. When we come to a town near you, please come by and see us!

Best Regards,

Len Gould

Len Gould

President

In the Field

MET is a store service

team trained to assist in

selling Q.E.P. Co., Inc.

products.

Pictured to the right are

the MET team in

Chicago.

Left to right: Robert

Mankiewicz, Tom

Blumberg, Will Foster,

Jeff O'Donnell, Glenn

Wooden, Ed Vaughn,

Rahfik Barnes, Ken

Slifka, Bianca Castrejon,

Euberto Lorenzo and

Christina DelPercio.

Amtico Training QEP Australia acts as a distributor throughout Australasia for

Amtico International, the leading brand of luxury vinyl

flooring in the world. As part of the ongoing training QEP

Australia received a visit from Phil Sutton the UK based

Technical Manager of Amtico. Phil spent 3 intensive days

developing product knowledge and sales techniques with the

sales force.

This training included practical demonstrations of the design

capability of Amtico supported by the enthusiastic QEP crew

who are now better equipped to generate increased sales

going forward. All who attended the training course were in

awe of Phil’s know how as a result of his 35 years history with

Amtico. Thanks Phil!

Phil pictured left demonstrating the design floor capabilities of the product to our awe struck sales team.

In the Field

Nupla attended The Firehouse World Trade Show late

February in San Diego, California. The Cygnus Public

Safety Group reaches fire, rescue and EMS professionals

with resources through the Firehouse World, Firehouse

Magazine, Firehouse.com, EMS World Expo, EMS World

Magazine and EMSWorld.com providing comprehensive

resources for the industry. This trade show is the

largest West Coast show for Fireman, EMT’s and Safety

officers.

Nupla hosted customers from the United States,

Canada, Mexico and Asia. There were over 250 vendors

displaying products from fire trucks to booths but Nupla

was the only vendor displaying a premium line of Fire

and Safety Tools for the industry. This year, attendance

was up 30% from last year proving a great start for 2013

and we look forward to another very successful year!

Nupla

Vitrex at the Totally DIY Show

QEP enjoyed another successful exhibition last month at the Totally DIY Show in Coventry, England – the most important UK industry trade show for retailers and suppliers of products in the DIY and home improvement sector. The event saw a big showcase of the Vitrex brand of tiling & flooring installation equipment, power tools and safety equipment - which have been at the forefront of the home improvement market in the UK for more than 70 years. The Vitrex booth was extremely popular with a high volume of traffic and QEP UK received a number of sales leads and many new orders as a result of our showing.

The Vitrex booth in Coventry, England

Social Media

Throughout the past few months I’ve been asked what a “twit”, “tweet” and “hashbrown” is and for numerous Twitter lessons

so I thought I’d give some insight on those “hashbrowns” or rather…#hashtags everyone is so curious about.

A hashtag is a word or phrase beginning with the symbol “#”. This symbol is used as a metadata tag which helps describe an

item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. It provides a grouping method that users can use to search for

other users content with the same hashtag.

These tags are normally chosen informally by the users and any combination of characters led by a “#” hash sign is a hashtag.

Therefore, any hashtag if promoted by individuals can “trend” and attract more individuals to use this hashtag in discussion on

the same platform. For example, on Twitter, when a hashtag becomes extremely popular, it will appear in the “Trending Topics”

area of the users homepage, this week #SpringBreak is in the Top 10 Trending Topics for hashtags.

Hashtags are not controlled by any one user or group of users and cannot be retired from public usage. They don’t contain any

set definitions and can be used for any number of purposes by those who make use of them. A variety of websites enable

hashtags and they are use similarly the same across all platforms, these platforms include Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest,

Tout, Tumblr and YouTube.

In the case of business’, hashtags are often used in marketing campaigns to file tweets to respond and interact with

followers/customers and easily search and organize within the social media platform.

Do’s and Don’ts of #hashtags:

1. It’s important to keep your tags simple and direct, don’t create a long complex hashtag.

Do: #hardwood #flooring Don’t: #Hardwoodflooring

2. Don’t weigh down your message with hashtags, 1-2 hashtags per message is acceptable. More than 3 hashtags is a

desperate marketing measure and a way to lose followers quickly.

3. Create your own hashtag to generate buzz around a marketing campaign or launching a contest.

4. Events are great opportunities for creating conversations around hashtags.

An event can be given a unique hashtag to generate content and discussion before, during and after the event.

Example: #SURFACES2013

#Hashtag

--Jennie Johnson, Marking Communications Specialist

In the Field

Harris Wood and Harris Cork at Carpet One Convention

Harris Wood renewed participation their with CCA

Global and their affiliate entities including Carpet

One, Flooring America, Floor Expo, Floor Trader,

GCO, International Design Guild, Pro Source and

Stone Mountain. This partnership allows Harris

Wood to continue expanding our brand and

further penetrate the wood and cork flooring

markets. Harris Wood exhibited both wood and

cork Items at the Carpet One convention in

Orlando the beginning of January.

Dallas Market

The Harris Wood and Harris Cork booth display at

Carpet One convention.

Swiff-Train’s annual Dallas Market was held at the beginning of the year in Dallas, Texas. Q.E.P. Co., Inc. exhibited showing Harris

Wood, QEP, Roberts Tools and Capitol Adhesives.

Ralph Richins and Sean

Flack with customers at

the Q.E.P. Co., Inc. booth

at Dallas Market

In the Field

Bunnings

Bruce Maclaren’s (QEP Australia Managing Director) team

from left to right, Peter Crommlyn (Crommelyn Concrete

Supplies), Mark Whitfield (Category Manager Building

Products), Bruce Maclaren and Ray Gair(from James Hardie)

replace their beers with golf trophies for this picture.

The annual Bunnings Supplier Golf Day was held this

February, where 250 supplies were invited to play golf and

participate in raffles at the awards ceremony. Bunnings

matched each suppliers contribution and in the end all

came together raising $30,000 for the Cancer Council

Charity. Our very own Bruce Maclaren’s team took home

the gold, winning the trophy in honor of QEP!

Bunnings Warehouse, the leading retailer of home improvement in Australia and

New Zealand, just recently placed an opening order for over 40 containers of our

new Hanwood 8.0mm click laminate flooring. The Hanwood click flooring is a

step up in quality from the previous 7.00 click laminate flooring and features a

classy high gloss finish in Australian species timber. Bruce Maclaren, QEP

Australia Managing Director said “Initial sales have been fantastic!”

The Orlando Pool & Spa Show Premix Marbletite (PMM), our most

recent acquisition, exhibited at The

Orlando Pool & Spa. It’s the premier

event of the swimming pool industry

attracting thousands of industry

professionals from the United States

and the Caribbean.

In the Field

PRCI Sponsors the 4L Trophy For the second consecutive year, PRCI sponsored the special rally called the “4L Trophy”. The special rally’s aim is to bring

school equipment to children in North Africa that suffer from lack of means to study at school. The 4L Trophy is a sporting

adventure for students ages 18-28, based on a competition of speed and working together as a team helping one another.

The 2013 event had over 2,800 participants from 1,460 French high schools. The sponsor teams left from Poitiers, France

February 14th, 2013 and will be on a 3 week journey to North Africa with their final destination in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Their journey is over 6,000 kilometers on the roads of France, Spain and Morocco making it the largest European student

car rally. Each team drove a special classic French car transporting school supplies in their 4L’s to the children in Morocco.

PRCI is so proud to have contributed to this great humanitarian adventure.

PRCI Introduces New Packaging In 2013, PRCI will make another big step in its product

range offering thanks to a revised packaging effort. The

PRCI packaging will not only be modernised thanks to a

new design, but will also show 16 languages allowing it to

be sold in more than 16 different European countries.

“Thanks to the great help from the graphics department at

headquarters in Boca Raton, FL, USA, PRCI will be able to

be sold throughout Europe, in such countries as Spain,

Poland, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine,

Romania, Bulgaria, Holland, Croatia and many more that

we currently have business agreements in process with.

We plan to launch this new International packaging in July

2013. 2013 proves it will be a successful year for PRCI with

International developments.” Gérôme Groussin, European

Sales & Marketing Manager – PRCI

In the Field

The New Vitrex Grout Squeegee & Spreader Set

The new Vitrex Grout Squeegee & Spreader Set is a pack of essential tools

for tile adhesive and grout application, consisting of a large squeegee, a

6mm square notch tile adhesive spreader and a 4mm V notch spreader.

The Large Squeegee is a strong flexible blade with a squeegee edge for

rapid grout application and a contoured handle for extra comfort. The Tile

Adhesive Spreaders are for fast adhesive application. The 6mm square

notch spreader is to be used for installing tiles on walls, and the 4mm V

notch spreader is ideal for installing smaller tiles and mosaics on walls.

PRCI’s New Showroom

PRCI recently opened a new showroom on their premises in

Montpellier, France to improve in welcoming customers.

Many products and the different brands that we represent are

exhibited in order to introduce the QEP group to our visitors through

its know-how and experience. We trust that this will enable future

developments.

QEP UK has just launched a 20 page Vitrex Safety Equipment

brochure featuring the fast moving range of PPE products including;

Respiratory Masks, Eye Protection, Head Protection, Ear Protection,

Knee Protection, Gloves, Workwear and Safety Kits.

The Vitrex Safety Equipment range has been re-packaged with a

high impact, improved design and an eye-catching wire frame head

on the front of the package to demonstrate the products in use.

This new brochure has been designed to make it as easy as possible

for consumers to choose the most suitable product for that

particular DIY job, with clear & concise information, professional

safety tips, clear fitting instructions and safety rating explanations,

in addition to the latest Vitrex display stand options available.

Vitrex Safety Equipment (PPE) Brochure Launch

Q.E.P. CO., INC. (QEPC) (the “Company”) announced Monday, March 4, 2013, it completed the acquisition of the Homelux® and TileRite® distribution businesses (“Homelux”) of Homelux Nenplas Limited. Homelux is a leading, global supplier of tile accessories to the DIY and professional markets with a product portfolio that includes extruded plastic and metal tile trims, flooring profiles, bathtub seals, under-tile heating, crack isolation and waterproofing solutions. Mr. Lewis Gould, Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, commented: “We are very pleased with the Homelux acquisition. Homelux is one of the brands that resonates with the global pro. This is part of our continuing strategy to acquire businesses that are profitable and complement our core U.S. business. We believe that the addition of Homelux will create for Q.E.P. a marketing theme where the customer will buy key brand names and a complete selection from Q.E.P. in several categories. The acquisition of Homelux is continuing this strategy.”

In the Field

Q.E.P. Co., Inc. Welcomes Homelux

Making Dreams Come True

“Of course I want to punt for 10-plus years. That’s a gift, that’s

something that anybody would want,” Clingan said. “But I told

my parents (after I graduated two years ago), I want to run out

of the tunnel once. I want to wear an NFL logo uniform or play

on an NFL field one game. That was my overall goal. And I

wasn’t going to stop until I got it.”

Looks like Blake is going to have the chance to prove himself

this season! Check out the leg on Blake pictured to the right!

What a kick! You can find Jamie decked out in her Lions gear

and lookout for Blake Clingan in the upcoming NFL season.

Congratulations Blake Clingan and good luck on making your

dreams come true!

BREAKING NEWS--Everyone in Boca Raton, FL just got a lot more interested in the National Football League (NFL) this

week, the Detroit Lions to be a bit more specific! Blake Clingan, son of Senior Vice President of Marketing Jamie Clingan just

got signed to the Detroit Lions NFL team Tuesday March 5th, 2013.

Blake played football at the University of Central Florida (UCF) graduating in 2010 and never got his opportunity with a NFL

team following his senior season due to a lockout. The difference between Blake and many others is his drive; he never

gave up the hope of one day playing for an NFL team. He continued to practice and workout and was given a chance

Tuesday during a tryout with the Lions.

In the Spotlight

Anniversaries

Brian Bayes, Canada 30 Years

Paul Vincer, Canada 30 Years

Armando Silva, Nupla 30 Years

Daniel Vanderboom, Comm Sales 15 Years

Terry Hirschman, China 10 Years

Cameron Undergust, Nupla 5 Years

Agnieszka Prosniak-Bijan 5 Years

Mark Carlow, Boca 5 Years

Mark Snow, Dalton 5 Years

Timothy Edwards, Nupla 5 Years

Nathan Smith, Adelanto 5 Years

Ally Wu, China 4 Years

Jenny Sun, China 3 Years

Orva Li, China 3 Years

Miguel Murillo, Nupla 1 Year

Yves Jean-Baptiste 1 Year

Robert Summitt, Dalton 1 Year

Ronnie Davenport, Dalton 1 Year

Peter Trytko, Canada 1 Year

Roberto, Gonzalez, Jr., Nupla 1 Year

Jeremie Leach, Dalton 1 Year

Jennifer Johnson, Boca 1 Year

Mason Wilkey, Dalton 1 Year

John Thurman, Dalton 1 Year

Adam Bell, Dalton 1 Year

Anthony Harris, Dalton 1 Year

Juan Garcia-Solis, Dalton 1 Year

Michael Bohannon, Dalton 1 Year

Welcome Aboard!

Annie Deng in China

Cheryl Krause, Shipping Processor in Dalton

Eddie Worbington, Shipping Processor in Dalton

Elisa Morton in Australia

Elvis Juarez, Maintenance at Nupla

Gary Scarbrough, Shipping Processor in Dalton

Krista Ali, Customer Service in Boca Raton

Miguel Mancillas, Machine Operator at Nupla

Rodney Sward in Australia

Talesha Payne, Mill Machine Operator in Dalton

Teresa Cervantes, Shipping Processor in Dalton

Valerie Pettersen, Purchasing/Sourcing Agent in

Boca Raton

Wayne Penny, Vice President Human Resources

in Boca Raton

QEP would like to extend a warm welcome to these

associates who have recently joined our team!

Their efforts within the organization have not gone

unnoticed and we greatly appreciate the long hours,

nights and weekends, the hard work and experiences

that they have offered us! We want to thank you for

being part of QEP and hope for many more years to

come!