<ARTICLE> 5 <MULTIPLIER> 1 <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-2000 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-2000 <PERIOD-END> MAR-31-2000 <CASH> 388,054 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 13,266,012 <ALLOWANCES> 560,939 <INVENTORY> 29,025,853 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 43,880,309 <PP&E> 20,762,742 <DEPRECIATION> 7,507,592 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 60,338,498 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 6,494,104 <BONDS> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 145,571 <OTHER-SE> 38,908,110 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 60,338,498 <SALES> 10,402,428 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 11,849,586 <CGS> 8,388,495 <TOTAL-COSTS> 9,371,706 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 3,299,145 <LOSS-PROVISION> 174,000 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 244,474 <INCOME-PRETAX> (1,233,438) <INCOME-TAX> (424,499) <INCOME-CONTINUING> (808,939) <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> (808,939) <EPS-BASIC> (.06) <EPS-DILUTED> (.06)<F1> <FN> <F1> Excludes potentially dilutive stock options of 450,218 shares because to do so would have been antidilutive. </FN>