SEASONALITY AND CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

SEASONALITY AND CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

SEASONALITY AND CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

5.Operating results for the first three months of 2012 are not necessarily indicative of performance for the entire year due to the seasonality of most of our products. Historically, sales of the Evaporative Cooling segment are higher in the first and second quarters, sales of the Concrete, Aggregates and Construction Supplies (CACS) segment are higher in the second and third quarters and sales of the Heating and Cooling segment are higher in the third and fourth quarters. The sales of the Door segment are more evenly spread throughout the year. The economic recession and financial market turmoil that began in the latter part of 2008 has had a significant detrimental effect on the construction industry in general and on our construction related businesses in particular since that time and is expected to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.