Border States Announces Vendor of the Year Awards

FARGO, N.D. (March 17, 2025) — Border States is proud to announce the winners of their 2024 Vendor of the Year Awards. These awards include several different categories, recognizing vendors for their excellence and the strong partnerships they’ve developed with Border States. See a full list of winners below:

Strategic Marketing Partner of the Year – Eaton

This award recognizes exceptional campaign execution, innovative processes and marketing tactics and best-in-class alignment with Border States’ Marketing team. Eaton demonstrates a creative, passionate approach to their marketing strategy. They prioritize distributors and engage channel partners early and frequently throughout the process. Each carefully crafted campaign reflects Eaton’s visionary outlook, offering distributors unique opportunities to connect with customers. The Eaton team actively seeks feedback and continuously strives for improvement — a commitment demonstrated through the work of their Marketing Distributor Advisory Council.

Digital Marketing Partner of the Year – Milwaukee Tool

This award recognizes best-in-class ranking on Border States’ Digital Content Scorecard and Content Quality Scorecard. Through an outstanding partnership with the Border States Digital and Marketing teams, Milwaukee Tool has continually raised the bar for their digital presence on Border States’ website. Their innovative approach and dedication to excellence make them a true partner in our shared success.

Supplier of the Year – Service Excellence

Awarded to one small, one medium and one large company, this award recognizes vendor partners who have demonstrated excellence in consistently meeting delivery deadlines, maintaining optimal inventory levels and integrating seamlessly into Border States’ systems. These vendors also proactively communicate and show a dedication to improvement, strengthening their partnership with Border States. This year’s winners are:

Supplier of the Year – Sales Excellence

Awarded to one small, one medium and one large company, this award recognizes vendor partners who have demonstrated excellence in return on receivables, growth rate percentage and their vendor footprint (number of participating branches). They excel in efficiency and profitability, and their widespread footprint demonstrates a commitment to accessibility. This year’s winners are:

Border States supplies products and services to construction, industrial and utility customers. The 100% employee-owned company is rated the sixth largest electrical distributor in the United States by Electrical Wholesaling magazine. Border States has nearly 3,500 employee-owners in 31 states. The Branch Support Center (corporate office) is located in Fargo, North Dakota.