This month , owner , President and CEO of Fred C. Gloeckner & Company Inc. , Joseph A. Simone , has made definite his plan for retirement from the statistical distribution industry and announced an agreement with Ball Horticultural Company to transfer its undefendable orders to Ball Seed , the leading horticultural distributer in North America .
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Since its innovation in 1934 , Gloeckner has select pride in offering products and military service “ From World wide-eyed Sources . ” The caller ’s intersection production line and offering includes flower bulbs , specialty cut flower crop , potted flora programs , seeded player and other innovative agriculturist supplies for North American customers . It has also built meaning business enterprise in Latin America through subsidiaries and agent throughout Central and South America .
“ We have many recollective - time employee – several in overabundance of 25 years . Our chronicle of dedication to client , vendors and to workfellow has been very warm . It is alike to the culture found at Ball , which makes this an excellent modulation , ” say Simone , who has been employed at Gloeckner since 1975 and served as owner / President / CEO since 1990 . “ This concord allows the Gloeckner investment in multitude , innovative products and high - timbre client religious service to be entrust to an establish and well-thought-of platform at Ball Seed . ”
Effective Dec. 1 , 2020 , Gloeckner will no longer assume fresh Holy Order . Gloeckner will ship and service all orders in their system through the Dec. 18 , 2020 , ship appointment . All orders ship after this date are transferred to and superintend by Ball Seed . Suppliers will be append to the Ball program as necessary to assemble customer needs .
Ednie Flower Bulbs , which merged with Gloeckner in 2016 , will be bear on by Simone with the den Breejen family , and will manage its supply chain and proficient support for all bulb product lines . As part of the correspondence , it will then deal out alone through Ball Seed .
“ Ball and Gloeckner are both family - have distribution companies that have serve the market place for decades . We share a common culture of focusing on the needs of our client and employees while being dedicate to the gardening industry , ” aver Al Davidson , President of Ball Horticultural Company . “ This agreement see to it that Gloeckner ’s high-pitched level of mathematical product and customer services bear on in good hands . We look fore to a legato conversion for client and suppliers . ”
To help with the business organization transition , some office and cut-rate sale professional person of Gloeckner will join the Ball squad . These acquired personnel office will also help continue research into central mart and products , and produce new and existing relationships with of import vendors worldwide .
Gloeckner and Ball Seed customer can expect further communication from their sales and customer service teams as they offer a seamless changeover .
For questions about existing or succeeding orders : Ball SeedT : +1 800 879-BALLwww.ballseed.com
