Contributed to the Telegram

Ray Batts of Rocky Mount was named 2007 Top Volume District Sales Manager at the recent Ceco 2008 national sales meeting at the J.W. Marriott Starr Pass Resort in Tucson, Ariz.

Batts, a district sales manager for Ceco Building Systems' Eastern Region, was recognized for achieving $175,000,000 in cumulative sales.

With a meeting theme of "Leading the Way," Ceco Builders from across the nation met to learn how to professionally expand their sales and marketing efforts and grow their construction business.

Ceco Building Systems, a leading division of NCI Building Systems, designs and fabricates attractive, energy efficient, "function-oriented" metal buildings. Ceco is well-known for its "nonstandard is standard" design philosophy, allowing each project to be designed and manufactured to meet specific space and function requirements. Ceco has sales and manufacturing facilities in Rocky Mount; Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; and Columbus, Miss., and is one of the nation's largest manufacturers of metal building systems.

NCI Building Systems Inc., (NYSE:NCS) is one of the largest integrated manufacturers and marketers of metal building components and custom-engineered metal building systems in North America. The company offers one of the most extensive metal product lines in the building industry, under well recognized brand names.

Through internal growth, accretive acquisitions, broad distribution channels and the astute management of assets, the company has compiled a record of revenue and earnings growth well above the industry average.