The annual meeting will be June 10-11, 2019, at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza – a National Historic Landmark hotel of 1930s French Art Deco design.
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75 exhibitors booked for June 4-6, 2019, biennial trade show in Rosemont, IL.
Founded in 1974, Blume Supply distributes to construction and industrial industries.
Founded in 1948, Auto Bolt is a privately-owned manufacturer of quality fasteners, specializing in low- and high-volume performance and commercial fasteners.
The company said fastener segment sales reflected growth in each quarter, with much of that growth coming from non-automotive customers.
North America sales rose 10.4% and sales in Europe grew 10.6%.
Founded last year, Intuilize offers predictive analytics for midsize fastener distributors.
Komar Screw was founded in 1969 as a full-line fastener distributor by Marvin “Marv” Kocian, who started in the fastener business in Chicago in 1961 by working for fastener distributor Carlton Screw.
The Southwestern Fastener Association board has been struggling with direction, as most of the eight regional fastener associations have.
Machinery from the closed AKKO Fastener Inc. plant in Middletown, OH, will be auctioned Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
He was VP and a partner of Jay-Cee Sales & Rivet, where he started working in 1969.
Facility in Florence, SC, to “support the southeast geography and growing customer base there.”
“In the fourth quarter, our business in America and Asia grew by double-digits, exceeding expectations,” the company stated. “The demand in the European markets slowed down at a high level.”
Overall Fastenal sales increased 10.5% to $411.9 million in February, while daily sales grew 10.5% to $20.6 million during February.
“Our fastener manufacturing business continues to perform well, increasing sales of its self-piercing and clinch products to new customers around the world,” stated CFO Patrick Fogarty.
Since 2007, Matt Schron has been GM for Jergens Industrial Supply, the company’s distributor of metalworking products representing more than 300 manufacturers in the U.S.
Both have been active in the Southwestern Fastener Association since 1984. Both have been SFA chairpersons.
Revenue increased “due to higher demand levels for more complex fasteners.”
He was the owner of Delaware-based Kenneth G. Lilly Fasteners, Inc. – a distributorship founded in 1964 by his father, Kenneth Granville Lilly.
Previously Filion worked for 20 years at Velcro USA Inc., including most recently as president.