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430:-area hardware retailers who sought the buying power to bypass wholesalers and deal directly with manufacturers. On July 20, 1960, the Ro-Na name was adopted, named after Rolland Dansereau and Napoleon Piotte, two of the founders of Les Marchands en Quincaillerie. Ro-Na member stores begin adding the Ro-Na logo to identify themselves as members of the buying co-operative.
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449:. Appointment in 1992 of Robert Dutton as President and CEO of RONA. In 1997, ITM Entreprises S.A., a France-based group, invests $ 30 million in the Rona Dismat Group Inc. ITM became a shareholder and created a purchasing alliance with Rona.
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654,000 square feet (ca. 6 ha), doubling its warehousing capacity. In the year 2000, Rona acquired
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