We realized the need in our industry, the roofing industry, but the manufacturers, each of them, they were the manufacturers of it, but they were also the distributor. If you wanted that kind of shingles, you bought it from the manufacturer. There was no distribution chain across the nation, so there was little pockets of where the products were manufactured. And that's you generally bought from the manufacturer that was in your area. And as we were roofing contractors in the military, they would spec products that you couldn't get … (07:01–07:12)
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Asserts that there was no national distribution chain for roofing products.
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