Schrodt Designs, Inc.

Subject: Schrodt Designs, Inc. represents one of the remaining mainstays of what is meant by "Hand-crafted in USA".

Press Release
For Immediate Release - 04.14.03

Achieving excellence in business is never an easy feat. Especially when you do it while maintaining your core business values, and walking-the-talk of your Mission Statement. Schrodt Designs, Inc., located in Ashland, Oregon, is a fine example of doing just that. In the business of designing and producing hand-crafted wildlife garden products for the past eighteen years, Schrodt Designs has established itself as the best-in-the-business among its loyal wholesale and retail customers.

Schrodt Designs has garnered its reputation offering stellar wildlife products including the: Classic Songbird Lantern, Hummingbird Lantern, and Misty Bird Bath. In 2002 - 2003 Schrodt Designs introduced a new bird feeder collection featuring original etchings from artist and co-owner Gary Schrodt. Gary's unique images transformed a selection of Schrodt's best-selling Teahouse Songbird Feeders and Hummingbird Lanterns into fanciful reflections of the Native American crafts he was inspired by. Furthering the creative muse Roz Schrodt, co-owner and Marketing Director, collaborated with Woodstock Percussion's Stacey Bowers to produce the Harmony Songbird Lantern Feeder/Chime, the perfect blend of sound, form, and function. The Schrodt Designs catalog includes other timeless designs for the backyard wildlife sanctuary such as bird, butterfly, and Mason bee houses.

Roz says, "We continue to do what we do because we love it". She continues, "Gary and I maintain an intense pace to keep things going, creating new designs, implementing creative marketing strategies, adding new accounts, and servicing our existing customers. We don't look back, staying focused and attentive are the keys to our success".

Schrodt Designs lives up to its own high standards, continuing to manufacture their wildlife garden products on American soil out of recycled and reclaimed materials, using a local artisan labor force. Gary Schrodt says, "The pressures on American designers and hand-crafters are tremendous. We are competing for very limited retail dollars, yet we've been able to continue to hand-craft our products and still keep our price-point within the same range as our competitors." Gary goes on to say, "We're different and we like it that way. Our production processes don't create environmental, or material wastes, and we haven't sold to the mass merchandisers." That's what their customers want and that's what they pride themselves on providing.

In Roz's words, "Gary and I set out 18 years ago to make the best birdfeeders on the market, hand-crafting them in our studios in ways that matched our core social and environmental values. We have come a long way since that moment of inception, exceeding many of the goals we set for ourselves". Smiling she continues, "Gary and I are survivors and we are really proud of our company and the team that works for us - we will be in this game for years to come." Gary chimed in, "If we have done nothing else, we've stayed loyal to our roots and consistent within our values - we care about this earth and how we will leave it for future generations." Undeniably, Schrodt Designs, Inc. represents one of the remaining mainstays of what is meant by "Hand-crafted in USA".

Schrodt Designs' products can be found at www.schrodtdesigns.com.

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