ED LEWIS – CEO

• Ed Lewis began his hardware career out of college working for Belknap Hardware as a territory salesman.
• Ed went into the independent rep business in 1969 and founded Ed Lewis Sales Co.(ELSCO) in 1974.
• Started calling on Do it Best (then HWI), Ace & True Value in 1969.
• First line the company ever represented was Thomas Paint Applicator – which became EZ Paintr and now Shur-Line. We still represent them today.
• Edwin Lewis joined ELSCO in 1997.

We have always been focused on two key principles:
1.Building relationships at all levels with our customers

2.Calling on co-op retailers is a key component to maximizing growth potential with the co-ops.

We invested heavily in 2007 to further build out our National Field Sales Team.