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At Vector International, we utilize our broad worldwide supplier network and joint global manufacturing ventures to solve your problems.

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WE ARE VECTOR INTERNATIONAL A leader in globally-sourced equipment for convenience and grocery

Vector International is the newest company to be added to the Royston Group portfolio of industry leading companies. Leveraging Royston Group’s extensive global supplier network and joint manufacturing ventures in Mexico and China, Vector International provides competitive solutions to our customer’s challenges.

Vector International streamlines access to expanded resources, making possible the ordering of the broadest range of products on one purchase order. The financial advantages of consolidating the supply and delivery of equipment across multiple locations can be significant and Royston Group is one of the few companies with the reach to offer mass service agreements.

As the latest company to join Royston Group, Vector International relies on a vast network of suppliers to offer supply chain and project consolidation services across all markets served by Royston Group.

Southern CaseArts, Royston LLC, and SignResource provide products for all types of retail environments. For convenience and grocery stores, Southern CaseArts is the premier manufacturer of innovative refrigeration units, while SignResource is the image expert when it comes to exterior signage. Royston LLC sets the pace in the creation of modular fixtures for store interiors.

Providing high quality cabinetry, workstations, and fume hoods to the educational and private sector laboratory market, Hamilton Laboratory Solutions is proud to be part of the Royston Group.

“We are uniquely positioned to know which global suppliers offer quality work that will meet our standards.”

Frank Callis
President and CEO of Royston Group

Vector International FAQs

Frank Callis, Royston Group President and CEO, answers questions about the vision for Vector and the expanded benefits it offers customers.

Royston Group, a leader in the outfitting of retail environments through casework, merchandisers, refrigerated cases and exterior store signage, has created Vector International (Vector), an import and consolidation company, to extend product offerings by leveraging its extensive global supplier network and joint ventures in Mexico and China.

Why did you create Vector International?

Customers want more choice and more product options. Over our many years in business, we have developed great relationships in Mexico and China to support manufacturing demand. Through Vector, we're taking a truly global approach to offer a wider range of products, including some at lower price points than what's possible from our US operations. We've expanded our thinking to provide more products, more value and be a total solutions provider.

What is Vector International?

As the import arm of the Royston Group, Vector sources products internationally to expand the product selection of our current businesses: Royston, Southern CaseArts, SignResource and Hamilton Labs. It also provides consolidation services for our customers. These two things make a lot of sense together. If you are consolidating a store, you can provide a customer with potential outsourcing opportunities to drive down costs.

What does Vector International provide that no one else does?

We are one of the only companies in the industry having the breadth of capability to offer mass service agreements. As an example, looking at C-Stores from a shipping standpoint, if we ship more cube volume, would it not make sense to ship more products on the same trucks? You are already sourcing our standalone refrigerators; why not let us provide you with our sourced specialty merchandisers and serve as your singular point of contact for refrigeration? We are uniquely positioned to help you do just that.

What are the top three ways Vector can enhance the experience of current RG customers?

A customer recently said to me: "all I care about it is that the product is complete, on-time, and top quality - the market will take care of the price." I'm confident Vector can deliver on all these points. We want to offer the most comprehensive package of products we can. We want to maintain our best-in-the-business standards for on-time shipping. We want to ensure quality on everything we sell. .. and we can, we do it today.

What does the "Vector" name mean?

Do you have any experience in global sourcing?

Absolutely. We have a joint venture in Mexico City, the components we manufacture there are seamlessly combined with parts made in Jasper, GA. We import shelves from China that are utilized in our US made shelving units and you cannot tell them apart. Also, we're running a consolidation program for a Top Ten US retailer right now. Our extensive experience bringing quality foreign made products into the US helps control costs. We are expanding our global approach to offer more and more value.

How does Vector choose and ensure quality supplier partners?

We stringently evaluate potential partners through a comprehensive process that often includes our current industry contacts. We attend Asian and European equipment conferences and are always expanding our database of potential suppliers. A "design brief" is developed at the start of every new project. It lays out what the customer wants to accomplish and outlines all challenges. We start by evaluating the feasibility of producing the product in one of our eight US factories. If it is not possible, we create an "offer package" and request quotes from select vendors. We meet with the vendor, run first articles for quality, test and provide a sample to the customer. This process ensures vendors are bought into the quality process for maximum results

Which retail industry segments does Vector serve?

How will the Vector offering expand over time?

Does this mean you can make your current products at a lower price in places like China?

Can my current Royston contact provide me Vector services and products?

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VECTOR INTERNATIONAL OFFERS A GLOBAL APPROACH TO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS More Products. More Choices. Better Pricing.

Sourcing

Vector is taking a global approach to offer a wider range of products, including some at lower price points than what’s possible from Royston Group’s US operations. This provides customers with an expanded product selection and more value.

Consolidation Services

Over the years, Royston Group has helped thousands of customers open retail stores and laboratories across the U.S. It is this experience that makes Vector international a natural choice to help consolidate orders and shipments to provide the most cost effective options to our customers. Our vendor relationships and warehouse capacity allows us to import full containers of products rather than partial ones and provides the opportunity to deliver full freight trucks to customer locations rather than multiple half empty trucks.