Great Post 'silo':)
Your last paragraph is a good one and one that I don't think EI Corporate(Nick and Donna) or Tony Fifer, Dean and Gail Kelly of Waterloo International Funeral Supply, Bee, Perk and his wife and I discussed at the NFDA in Orlando:)
It was actually Dean Kelly(owner of Waterloo) who expressed a "concern" about production issues. These "issues" were in the, Down the Road type, which could see in a year or two. His comments were along the lines of, when EI's products really explode, production could be an issue, and this would not be a good thing.
I am "still" waiting to see other National Manufacturers other than Waterloo International. Dean Kelly could see an additional three or four manufacturers positioned throughout the country to handle the production of EI's products in the "future".
Checkout Waterloo's website and tell me what you think of Waterloo and how they are handling the marketing of Eternal Image's products. IMHO, and until I see other information to the contrary, Waterloo International Funeral Supply company is a Big Reason why EI is where they are today. Waterloo made the NFDA in Orlando a huge success and has positioned itself to be a major player in EI's manufacturing process.
I love(and I mean that) the way this ETNL board can do their DD and find just about everything imaginable about this company called Eternal Image. The "challenge" is still out there to find other companies that are manufacturing EI Caskets. Don't get me wrong at all folks, because with Tony Fifer and Waterloo in control of EI's manufacturing of MLB and CLC Caskets, we are looking might fine from my perspective:))
I know the S-1 mentioned I think (3) other manufacturer's/distributors besides Waterloo. I have not seen any evidence of production from them as of yet. I only thought one of those was actually capable of "manufacturing".
As of the NFDA in October and our meeting, Waterloo had set aside x amount of square footage in their manufacturing plant for Eternal Image, and could at a minute's notice shift their employees to EI's space to manufacture EI's products.
I was very happy also to see on Waterloo's website that they have the MLB urns on Display. In October they were not making any MLB urns for EI. I will accept Waterloo's apology for not having the Red Sox urn on display, But see they made up for this with the Red Sox Casket the "feature" casket on the site:)
Just food for thought:)
Back to the Cardinal's/Panthers game.
Heppie:)
"Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for those ETNL stars"
