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SUMMER 2013

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Distributor's Link Magazine Summer Issue 2013 / VOL 36 / NO.3

26 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

26 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Distrbutor’s Link Magazine 4297 Corporate Square, Naples, FL 34104 Tel: 1-800-356-1639 Fax: 239-643-5220 Email: leojcoar@linkmagazine.com www.linkmagazine.com BENGT BLENDULF RECEIVES IFI AND ASTM TECHNOLOGY AWARDS by Leo J. Coar Editor/Publisher, Distributor’s Link Magazine At the IFI award ceremony dinner at Marco Island, FL, on March 12, 2013 Bengt Blendulf was presented with the IFI Soaring Eagle Award for “significant contributions to the technological advancement of the fastener industry”. This was the ninth time the award was presented, and it is named after Roy P. Trowbridge, a highly respected engineering executive from General Motors. In May 2006, Bengt was also given the Fred F. Weingruber award from the ASTM International F16 Fastener Committee “in recognition of his outstanding efforts to promote and develop standards for the fastener industry. His leadership and dedication have helped to make the F16 Fastener Committee a premier body for fastener standards.” Bengt was born in Kristianstad, Sweden 1938 in a 9-children family. He went to engineering and language schools in Sundsvall and Stockholm before being drafted into the Swedish Army to get officers training. He eventually reached the rank of captain. In 1961 Bengt was hired by the Swedish Federation of Industries in the Foreign Trade Office, which was responsible to keep a watchful eye on the development of the European Common Market and EFTA (European Free Trade Association). please turn to page 170 Bengt and Anna Blendulf

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