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HUNTSVILLE, AL – On March 15th 2016, Pioneer’s Vice President and National Sales Manager attended Association of United States Army (AUSA) Winter Trade Show in Huntsville, Alabama. It was a great experience to collaborate with manufacturers in supporting the sale of aftermarket parts specific more military application. Members of Pioneer’s Preferred Vendor ProgramSM (PVP) connected with Pioneer’s staff by to discuss military and industry trends. More manufacturers also conveyed their interest in the program.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – On March 8th 2016, Pioneer Industries, Inc., has received a contract to supply nine (9) Function Deck Assemblies worth a total of more than $400,000. These assemblies are critical for the landing platform/dock (LPD), an amphibious warfare ship, that embarks, transports, and landselements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. The Department of Defense has been unsuccessfully attempting to procure this material since February 2015 via other resellers.

To date, Pioneer is the only supplier in the country to successfully supply these Functional Deck Assemblies to the DoD’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Pioneer’s offer was submitted in late January and worked with the buying command to expedite the evaluation process. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in a few months.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On March 1st, 2016 Pioneer sent its National Sales Manager, Howard Fox, to the Submarine Industrial Base Council (SIBC) in order to better support the military budget, Over the course of 2 days, Howard collaborated with industries leaders in educating active politicians about importance of strengthening submarine warfare to promote national security. Through numerous meetings with Congressman and navy personnel, Howard lobbied for increased funding for Advanced Procurement for two Virginia-class submarines, additional Department of Defense funding for Ohio-Class Replacement development, and further financial support for the progression of the Virginia Payload Module (VPM). After the ballots were cast, Pioneer was pleased to learn that his efforts were a major success, as all three measures passed in Congress.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – On January 5th, 2016, Pioneer Industries, Inc., formally signed a contract to begin developmnent on a new state-of-the-art proprietary enterprise software for sales, purchasing, inventory, vendor management, and more. This software suite will be called Presidium 2.0. Over the past three years, the team at Pioneer has invested a significant amount of time, money, and resources in creating robust, forward thinking, specifications so the staff can be more efficient, faster, and more analytical.

Pioneer Industries is always looking for ways it can better support Its vendors and members of its Preferred Vendor ProgramSM (PVP). By upgrading to an advanced platform, Pioneer has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the military and industry.

On July 19th, Pioneer Industries will be celebrating its 70th year in business. After beginning in Brooklyn, NY in 1945, the company is still family owned and operated, and has been under the same management since 1964. Pioneer now operates out of a 20,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in Farmingdale, New York.

Pioneer Industries, Inc. sits on the executive committee of a new campaign, America’s Strength, whose primary goal is to raise public awareness of the underfunding and overextension that could break the Navy-Marine Corps team. America’s Strength, the Navy League of the United States campaign, brings together humanitarian organizations, businesses and retired military officers to inform the United States as a whole that our Navy-Marine Corps team is close to its breaking point. The campaign urges Congress to act and invest now, before the Department of the Navy cannot reverse the long-term, detrimental impacts that an inadequate budget and over-demand will have on the nation’s defense, economy and position as a world leader. Since 2001, the size of the Navy and Marine Corps has steadily decreased even as the number of missions and operations has increased. The combination of increased daily operations and responding to crises, and delayed maintenance due to a lack of funding, is crippling the Navy and Marine Corps.

To learn more about the America’s Strength campaign, visit http://navyleague.org/americas-strength/.

Pioneer Industries has been nominated by the DLA for the 2015 Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Business Alliance Awards. The Business Alliance Awards is designed to recognize industry partners and customers for their outstanding efforts in providing quality products and services, and assisting in the accomplishment of the DLA Mission. Pioneer has been nominated in the following categories: Vendor Excellence, Outstanding Readiness Support Contractors, Commanders’ Choice Award, and Recognized Cost Saver Award. Best of luck to all of the fellow nominees.

Members of the Pioneer team traveled to Baltimore to meet with several vendors and a customer. The visit gave Pioneer an opportunity to meet additional key members in Sales and Engineering, to see and further understand vendor products, and discuss strategies to win future business.  One of the meetings was with a new “start- up” vendor.  Topics discussed during this meeting included how the Preferred Vendor Program can benefit the newly rising company.  Pioneer visited a customer in the area to gain feedback on how to better support their needs.

WARNER ROBBINS, GA – Pioneer has received another order to supply Warner Robbins Air Force base with a unique Polyurethane foam kit that is specifically designed for aircraft parts. This order is for 3400 units valued at more than $500,000. All kitting will be performed at Pioneer’s New York facility. Pioneer will ship in monthly releases over a six month period to extend the shelf life and thereby extending the item application viability.