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The new facility will improve access and service to customers in southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held April 10.
Pictured (L to R): Jason Cullum, general manager of the First Supply Dubuque facility, who will direct the Platteville location; David Prahler, vice president, First Supply; Eileen Nickels, Platteville City Council president pro-tem; George Krueger, executive director of the Platteville Area Industrial Development Corp.; Phil Garthwaite, State Representative of the 49th District and Terry Vaassen, PAIDC board president.