SupplyCore to Stock Corning Products in Support of DoD Installations in Middle East

ROCKFORD, Ill., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With the growth of DoD installations in the Middle East, SupplyCore is expanding its core products stocked in its Kuwait City, Kuwait and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia warehouses to include Corning fiber optic network infrastructure solutions. Starting in 2009, SupplyCore will provide local stock of key cable and connectivity products from Corning to provide on-going spares, consumables, and product support for the various facilities, installations, and datacenters across the region that have an installed base of Corning's products. Local stock will include Corning Plug & Play(TM) pre-terminated trunk cables, Pretium(TM) connector housings, Unicam(TM) connectors, and Keyed LC patchcords and panels.

"Expanding our product offering in the Middle East is in response to the increased voice/data network requirements, datacenter construction, and demand for Corning products and solutions by our DoD customers," said David Hahn, SupplyCore's Vice President of Corporate Development. To date, SupplyCore's Kuwait City warehouse has primarily been used to support the DLA Prime Vendor Program for the CENTCOM region for Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) products such as building materials; power tools; HVAC, electrical, and material handling equipment; safety gear; and more. The MRO Prime Vendor Program that was created by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to give federal agencies and military facilities a more efficient means of procuring MRO materiel from a pre-qualified, prescreened integrated supplier. As a pre-competed contract, the Prime Vendor program meets all FAR and DSCP guidelines, and any federal agency or military facility located within a prime vendor contract region may utilize the Prime Vendor Program to help streamline their purchasing process and reduce cost and complexity. In addition to the CENTCOM region, SupplyCore also holds Prime Vendor contracts for the North Central United States, Southeast United States, and Pacific Region.

SupplyCore's ability to rapidly adapt to sudden shifts in demand, and the unique logistical requirements of its DoD customers has made SupplyCore a leader in procurement and supply chain management -- developing both U.S. and local supplier networks; kitting, consolidating and containerizing products; and ensuring transportation arrangements for timely delivery. With offices and distribution centers strategically located in America, Asia and the Middle East, SupplyCore can manage logistics anywhere the U.S. government needs it and can accept multiple forms of payment such as MIPR and P-Cards and provide all the approval methods and tracking the DoD requires.

SOURCE SupplyCore Inc.