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WHITERIVER.COM: Wins 6 of 8
2008 Vanguard Awards

FAYETTEVILLE, AR (September 2008) White River™ - the Leading Manufacturer of Embellished Hardwood Mouldings and Architectural Woodcarvings recently received several top accolades from Building Products' 2008 Vanguard Awards. White River's™ website, WhiteRiver.com received a total of 6 awards including Best Overall, Best in Class for Best Design, Best Product Information and Best Section for Professionals. Also, White River's™ site earned honorable mentions in the Best Navigation and Best Interactivity categories.

The Vanguard Awards honor the best manufacturer websites in the Business-to-Business construction market — based on their usefulness to construction professionals. All qualifying manufacturers submitted a comprehensive application to enter the Vanguard Awards. Entries were reviewed by a select panel of judges made up of a builder, a remodeler, and an architect.

According to White River's™ Marketing Director Richard Enriquez, "White River™ is proud to be recognized by Industry Specifiers and Building Products for having the 'Best Overall' website in our category. While designing WhiteRiver.com, our goal was to provide trade professionals with the information they need — at their fingertips — so they could begin the specification process. This award validates our success in our efforts." Enriquez also added, "White River™ subscribes to the business acumen that a website extends a company's business card to the world."

The WhiteRiver.com website is designed and maintained by the building industry's leading web design agency, BuildingOnline. BuildingOnline CEO and President, Alan Wickstrom commented, "We are proud to be the web design agency for White River™ - we have been their web partner since 1996. White River™ was our third client when we first opened our doors back in the 90's. Our team is pleased to have, once again, delivered a website that is recognized by building industry professionals in Hanley-Wood's Vanguard Best of the Web Awards for 2008."

Founded by Bruce and Joan Johnson in the mid-70's, White River™ is known — industry wide — as a leader in the design and manufacturing of elegant hardwood mouldings and hand-carved woodcarvings and mantels for the Millwork, Kitchen, and Bath Industries. Based in Fayetteville in the Northwest Arkansas corridor, White River™ offers over 1,500 decorative embellishments in hardwoods including mouldings, corbels, onlays, cabinet parts, range hoods, fireplace mantels, and a line of resin products for curved applications. For more information or literature about White River™, call toll-free today 800.558.0119 or visit their website, www.WhiteRiver.com.

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