PelRay’s David McGee Retires After 35 years

David McGee on top of Lost Mine Peak (elevation 7,500 ft) in Texas

The PelRay International Company has announced that sales manager David McGee will retire at the end of the month after 35 years with the company. He was recruited by Ray LeBlanc in 1986, and became the branch manager of Amex International’s warehouse located in Laredo, Texas. When Amex’s Laredo operations were relocated to San Antonio in 2007, McGee continued to work in sales and logistics for Amex alongside LeBlanc and Bart Pelton.

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Brush Fibers Adds New Division In Mexico

Brush Fibers, Inc. with offices in Arcola, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, has opened a new company located in Monterrey, Mexico. The new entity is called Fibras y Cepillos (translates to Brush Fibers in English) and will be under the supervision of Roberto Sixtos, who will be the general manager of Mexico operations.

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Bart Pelton’s 2020 Economic Report: Part 2

Each year at the National Broom, Mop and Brush Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, Pelray International’s Bart Pelton delivers a comprehensive global economic report.
With the 2020 meeting canceled, he presents Part 2 of his 2020 report through the YouTube video above.

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Bart Pelton’s 2020 Economic Report: Part 1

Each year at the National Broom, Mop and Brush Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, Pelray International’s Bart Pelton delivers a comprehensive global economic report. With the 2020 meeting canceled, he presents Part 1 of his 2020 report through the YouTube video above.

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2019 NBMB Meeting: Broomcorn, Tampico and Mop Yarn

Bart Pelton from Pelray International Company

The National Broom, Mop and Brush meeting was held October 10-11, 2019, in St. Louis, Mo. Below we have early reports on broomcorn, tampico and mop yarn. Next week, we’ll post reports on handle materials. The Foreign Exchange Report and 2020 Economic Outlook by Bart Pelton will be in the print and digital versions of the November-December issue of Brushware.

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