Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century

REGIONAL SUPPLY
Regional Supply, one of the largest sign,
screen print and plastic supply wholesalers in
the Western United States, is a division of Fisher
Group, Inc. Regional Supply was founded in
1946 by Art Mendenhall and was originally
called Regional Electric Works. At that time,
they repaired electric motors and rebuilt neon
transformers for the electric sign industry, with
Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) as its
main customer. By 1951, Art and his team had
expanded their business into a full-service sign
supply business.
As the years passed, Regional Supply’s business
continued to expand and become more
recognized in the sign industry, supplying product and
services to most of the area’s leading sign manufacturers.
In the 1960s the company continued to diversify and
expand as the market changed,
further developing the product
line to include screen-printing
equipment and supplies. The late
1990s brought about digital
imaging and printing as another
new and emerging trend for
the sign and graphics industry.
Regional Supply embraced this
new technology and has become
a leader in the sales of digital
printers, inks and media.
After many years of successful
operation, Art retired in 1978 and
was succeeded by his son, Dwain
C. Mendenhall, who owned and
operated the company for thirty
years. In 2008, Dwain sold his
companies to his son-in-law, David L. Fisher, who had been
the company’s vice president for many years. David’s company,
Fisher Group Inc., now acts as a holding company for
four businesses, including Regional Supply.
“We take pride in the deep roots of our history and value
the relationships we have cultivated over the last sixty plus
years,” Fisher says. “We don’t just sell products we take care
of our customers through technical support, daily delivery,
and a personal sales staff. When you purchase supplies and
equipment from Regional Supply, we want you to know that
you’re not alone. Your purchase will be backed by experts
with years of experience in the field.”
Fisher noted that the sales team is trained in the latest
technology, and its members also have a vast working
knowledge of each piece of equipment the company sells.
Regional Supply specializes in wholesale supply to screen
printers, large format digital printers, electric and vinyl sign
makers and installers and a wide variety of plastics users.
It carries more than 10,000 items for customers’ businesses,
from vinyl, inks and neon to plastic sheets, transformers,
screens and lamps.
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