First FIN Published in 1979
FEATURE
Editor’s Note: The following is the introduction of Fastener Industry News by founder and first editor/publisher Dick Callahan on the front page of the first issue of FIN. The original annual subscription price was $100.
July 10, 1979 FIN – RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT – This being your first look at Fastener Industry News (FIN) you might be somewhat curious about the publication and the people behind it.
Let’s start off by introducing ourselves properly. FIN is a wholly-owned enterprise of Business Information Services, Inc., which also publishes (since 1973) a newsletter called Wire Industry News (WIN) as well as an annual called Directory of Wire Companies of North America. The publisher of FIN (and the president and owner of Business Information Services, Inc.) is also the publisher/editorial director of the magazines, Wire Technology and Fastener Technology which are published by Wire Technology, Inc. of Stamford, Conn. However, there is no corporate link between Business Information Services, Inc. and Wire Technology, Inc. Both are separate and independent enterprises with their own offices.
FIN will be a bi-weekly newsletter of eight pages and will begin its bi-weekly schedule with the issue of August 15, our next issue. Subscribers to the publication will be billed from that issue onwards. This one’s on us.
Besides providing news about companies and individuals in the fastener industry we also plan to have several special issues each year on topics that warrant special attention as well as surveys on business conditions in the fastener industry. These will come as part of the regular subscription price.
We’ll keep you up to date with what’s happening but to do so we’ll need your help. We want you to write us or call us and fill us in about what you’re doing. Some of the large companies in the industry have regular public relations people to do that for them but we want to hear from the small companies too. If you have a mailing list for information about your company, add us to it.
We don’t claim to be experts in this field. We’re reporters. And like any neophyte we’re going to make mistakes. But we’re quick learners and we think we’ll have something of real value to contribute to this industry as we mature. That’s enough about us, let’s get started with the more important subject of what’s happening in the industry. ©1979/2009 Fastener Industry News
For a list of articles in the first FIN, click on Fastener History and scroll to: 1979 FIN – First Fastener Industry News Published in 1979 or click HERE. ©1979/2011 Fastener Industry News
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