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Atlantic Fasteners Co. started their operations in 1986. Since then, the company has had few customer complaints and a 99.96 percent accuracy rate. Their first few years in business were not so successful. In 1998, the company managed to become one of the leading suppliers of commercial nuts and bolts to process and manufacturing industries. Atlantic also require its employees to use the computer since most of their operations make us of the latest in technological innovations., Atlantic Fasteners will provide any service their customers need, even if it means starting a new company The year was 1986, and the management team at Atlantic Fasteners had mustered [...]

Birmingham, AL-based Birmingham Fastener Inc, a supplier of both custom and standard fasteners, regularly consults clients to determine their needs. Birmingham seeks to secure new business opportunities by providing clients quality services. The company also believes that the best service that it provides its customers is its skilled staff, who regularly undergo training to be updated with new inventory and to give them a competitive edge over other workers in the business., 'Good customer service is like goin' fishin',' says Howard Tinney, President, CEO and Founder of Birmingham Fastener, Inc. 'If you catch plenty of fish at one particular fishin' hole, you'll [...]

Tacoma,WA-based Gerrish Bearing Co has achieved growth in the distribution business for power transmissions when the company adopted a relationship-based approach to its customers. Gerrish, which provides a genuine family ambiance and personalized service to its customers, has a self-starting staff and has a low employee turnover. The company makes sure that employees are provided generous retirement plans and completely-paid health insurance., Tucked under the 11th Street Bridge in Tacoma, Washington's tide flats industrial area is the Gerrish Bearing Company, a living slice of power transmission distribution history. While many businesses -- [...]

Before walking down a church aisle on her father's arm, surrounded by loved ones, a bride-to-be should be walking down your store aisles with a checklist in her arms surrounded [...]

Smoot Lumber Co. in Alexandria, VA, resembles nothing so much as a fastfood restaurant. Complete with drive-through. Instead of diner booths, there are hardware and tool displays, but otherwise, the [...]

Add Service and Sales by Installing The replacement/remodeling market has opened up a unique service opportunity for trained hardware retailers. For some, plumbing installation has become a profitable niche that [...]

Joe Nowlan, Associate Editor Fasteners Inc. saw that the residential housing market was headed for a downturn. Panic? No, they just changed their approach and their customer base For many [...]

Once a value-added extra, service is now crucial to fastener distributors Inventory management is a lot like cappuccino: 10 years ago it was available only as a specialty item, but [...]

Tomlinson's new catalog showcases faucets, dispensers, kettles, organizers, replacement parts and more. Featured products include No-Drip ® faucets, Modular ® and Simpli-Flex ® dispensers, acrylic organizers, tabletop condiment holders, the [...]

General Fasteners Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta added three new warehouses in Calgary; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Kelowna, [...]

The Universal Group[TM] of Companies, Inc., opened a new distribution center in Indianapolis, [...]

Mergers and acquisitions are actually compressing the customer base in the nation's fastener market though the sector has surpassed $9 billion in value. Value-added service may perhaps be the best way to differentiate one's company from the competition and find business in a market where customers are scarce and a number of distributors are providing quality products. Providing quality products with more precise specifications, timely delivery, design/assembly expertise and quick viable solutions to a variety of problems will generate customer loyalty, new customers and more revenues., Adding value to each order is one way independents combat continuing consolidation within the fastener industry. The fastener market in the U. S. has topped $9 billion. It might appear [...]

ARLINGTON, VA. -- Fastenal's close relationships with national contractor Hensel Phillips and several manufacturers are paying off at the Pentagon, where Fastenal is the only distributor supplying the rebuilding effort. [...]

Stocker Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc. www.stocker.com info@stocker.com Stocker Hinge has been North America's leading designer and manufacturer of continuous, butt and specialty hinges for OEM's and Distributors since 1937. QS-9000/ISO [...]

GLOBEX Product Sourcing www.gbx.com E-Mail: info@gbx.com Phone: 1-888-445-6239 GLOBEX provides custom-manufactured, made-to-specification parts for OEM/ODM clients. All services are provided ... from product design, on-site quality control and code compliance [...]

Stocker Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc. www.stocker.com info@stocker.com Stocker Hinge has been North America's leading designer and manufacturer of continuous, butt and specialty hinges for OEM's and Distributors since 1937. QS-9000 [...]

Stocker Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc. www.stocker.com info@stocker.com Stocker Hinge has been North America's leading designer and manufacturer of continuous, butt and specialty hinges for OEM's and Distributors since 1937. QS-9000 [...]

Questron Technology, Inc has made six acquisitions and launched a Questron Distribution Logistics group as part of its drive to become a national supplier of inventory logistics management solutions and fasteners and allied products. The company is targeting original equipment manufacturers for supply chain management of C inventory parts, or products of high quantity yet of low value. Under its contract with Solar Turbines of San Diego, CA, for instance, it will conduct surveys of floor stock bins, use bar coding and apply other measures to reduce inventory and administrative costs., To call Questron Technology, Inc. simply a fastener distributor is to miss the point. The company is on a mission to become a nationally known provider of inventory logistics management [...]

It's difficult to believe we're about to enter the eight year of the 1990s! What will be the highlights and major storylines of 1997? Will there be new breakthroughs in [...]

A 'warranty war' is expected to take shape in the lockset industry, where most players have long provided clients with lifetime mechanical coverage. Master Lock Co is set to announce a 10-year finish warranty on some of its product lines at no extra charge. Other manufacturers, however, are not convinced and shun open-ended lifetime claims in favor of 50-year warranties. Meanwhile, surveys found that child safety continues to be a principal concern among buyers of hardware and that consumers prefer building supply retailers to specialty stores when buying locksets., Are warranties believable? Master Lock's Mark Koehneke predicts that 'warranty wars' will heat up the $1 billion lockset industry. Most of the majors offer lifetime mechanical coverage. Now the battle [...]

Quality and service are two subjects that constantly receive attention in the business press and in the consumer media. These two factors have ensured the survival of many members of [...]

Adding value to eyelets and nails At first glance, the blind rivet seems to be a product that could easily be viewed as a commodity. After all, a blind rivet [...]

PLUMB SHOP Founded in 1955, Plumb Shop, a division of Brass-Craft Mfg. Co., sells more than than 2,100 carded and bulk plumbing products in 15 product categories, and it is [...]

M. K. MORSE CO. M.K. Morse started the 1980s salvaging what he could from his Canton, Ohio, manufacturing plant, which had been destroyed by fire on January 27, 1980. Before [...]

This month's article was written by William P. Farrell, President/CEO of the American Hardware Manufacturers Association, Schaumburg, IL. Ah, the good old days. Ma Bell. No new math. No Nintendo. [...]