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Detroit's best-kept secret.(RB Industries, Inc. and owner Reggie Ball profiled)(Company Business and Marketing)(Company Profile)(Interview)
Industrial Distribution, November, 2000 by Qualters, Sheri
Reggie Ball's company, RB Industries, Inc., is meeting the challenges of being a start-up and landing minority-sourcing contracts In three years, Reggie Ball has made the transition from the high-stakes world of the Secret Service to the high-powered ranks of business executives. Now he's growing his Sterling Heights, Mich.-based general line distribution company, RB Industries, Inc., into a force to be reckoned with in the Motor City and beyond.
After 23 years in the Secret Service, including missions in Sudan, Pakistan and China, Ball wanted a new challenge. At the agency, Ball rose to the position of jump team leader and coordinated about 80 agents for President Bill Clinton's trip to Sydney, Australia, in November 1996. Today, Ball uses many of...
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