KINGTON-based Atrium Conservatories has opened a window on the world with a sale to a Californian customer over the Internet.
A $150,000 conservatory was sold after 14 months of e-mail communication between the company's Bernard Rump and his client who heard of Atrium after being unable to find what he wanted in America.
The free-standing conservatory will sit in California's earthquake zone and must comply with structural regulations.
The building will be shipped at the end of May and Atrium hope this will be the first of many connections with customers shopping in the 'global village'.
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