If you missed it last week, we have announced our finalists for the 2017 Truck Parts & Service Distributor of the Year award. This year’s finalists include four past finalists and a past winner, as well as one newcomer to the program.
As is the case for the fifth consecutive year, our finalists were selected through an open nomination period by the entire trucking community. We will spend this week briefly checking in with our 2017 finalists. Today we cover Potter Webster Company with Marketing Coordinator Vickie Calabrese. This is Potter Webster’s third nomination for Distributor of the Year, previously being a finalist in 2003 and 2008.
When was your business founded, and by whom?
In 1918 the company name was O.T. Potter Company and was founded by Orin Potter. In 1940 J.R. Webster and his brother Walter Webster joined with Orin Potter and the company became Potter Webster Company. J.R. Webster bought out the company in 1945 and then J.R. Webster’s son Dennis Webster inherited the business in 1986 and has been running it ever since.
How many locations do you have?
Potter Webster Company has locations in Portland, Ore., and Longview, Wash., and McKay Truck and RV is located in Albany, Ore.
How many employees do you have?
