supplier of Wood-Mode merchandise, previously owned by Mike Kelly. Mr. Kelly will stay on as a consultant.

Bermuda Glass president, Larry Davis, said, "The last couple of years have been difficult for a lot of businesses, including ours, so naturally we began looking at ways to improve our position in the market.

"The first thing we did was streamline our operation, cancelling overseas partners whose performance levels had slipped over the years. Then we started looking for new products which met our high performance and quality standards.

Wood-Mode was the perfect solution.'' He added, "A merger of this nature just seems to make sense.'' Mr. Davis said that the resulting merged business is being run by existing Bermuda Glass staff, although the company anticipates an upturn in sales and opportunities for future expansion.