September 2004 - French Creek Medical has joined the Manufacturers� Agents National Association (MANA) which is one of the largest associations of its kind in the world.

As written in their statement, �MANA�s mission is primarily through a major empahasis on education, to aid in the development and promotion of mutually profitable relationships, ethical standards of behavior and interdependence among multi-line professional sales representatives, their principals and their joint customers�

Tom Wible, President of French Creek Medical, first learned about MANA while conducting research at the Cleveland Public Library main branch.  �I knew that there had to be a way to parlay my 10 years of sales experience into value for companies and still remain at the helm of my own enterprise.  I was at the card catalog running a search on how to become an independent outsourced field rep.  As luck would have it, the periodicals section of �the people�s university� had several binders filled with back issues of MANA�s Agency Sales Magazine. This was great stuff!�, said Wible.

�When I saw that MANA was offering a seminar on Law School for Reps right here in Cleveland it made perfect sense to join. French Creek Medical�s contact information was immediately listed on the MANA website as an Ohio-based medical rep company.   I am confident that this affiliation is only going to help us in connecting with those medical manufacturers and distributors looking for representation in Ohio.�