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AUG - SEP 2021 the two of them – Julian was the salesman, the order picker, and the delivery person, while Betty did the books. Together, they steadily grew the company, built up their team, and established an uncompromising reputation for reliability. Dennis joined the family business 1974. Under his leadership, the company was reinvented into a PVF supply house. By the mid-1980s, they had become the premier PVF supplier in South Florida. In the years since, they have continued to grow and expand exponentially. In the 1990s, for example, the company decided to expand beyond the borders of the United States. That’s when they were joined by Ron Stauffer, International Sales Manager. To this day, Ron is responsible for “everything south of the border” – currently, that includes the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. In 2019, Lehman Pipe also established two new warehouses outside of the Continental United States – one in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, and the other in Medellín, the capital of Colombia. Over the years, the company has expanded domestically as well. In 2017, they upgraded their main branch in Miami to a 10-acre facility, which includes 95,000 square feet of warehouse. Just last year, they launched second location in Broward County, which includes 65,000 square feet of warehouse. Today, between their two domestic locations, Lehman Pipe has reach as far north as Port St. Lucie on the Atlantic side and Fort Meyers on the Gulf Side. They also work internationally, as previously mentioned, with five sales reps living and working overseas. Within their expansive purview, they service a range of industries and markets, including agriculture, industrial, power generation, municipal, oil and gas, fire protection, mining,