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92 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

92 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK GF&D SYSTEMS 5500 S. Westridge Drive, New Berlin, WI 53151 TEL 1-800-360-1318 FAX 262-789-8640 EMAIL sales@gfdsystems.com WEB www.gfdsystems.com GF&D SYSTEMS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS by Diane Kuman Celebrating our 25th year has been particularly gratifying from the feed back we have been getting from our thousands of customers throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. GF&D Systems had one goal to be the best supplier of grease fittings and related products in the United States and in many ways we have achieved the goals we dreamed of 25 years ago. • Same day shipments if called in by 1:00pm central standard time • Order fulfillment is at a record 99.89% Achieve the highest honors awarded by our customers in our area of expertise • Continued improvement on a daily basis • Reward our people for a job well done We believe at GF&D Systems goals are achieved but there is always room for improvement, and we start each day looking for ways to improve our company in order to be a superior supplier to our many customers through out North America. GF&D Systems if you did not know sells only to Distributors and Catalog Houses who in return supply the many OEM’s through out the country. The thousands of distributors and catalog houses have added grease fittings and related items to their line cards and catalogs since started doing business with GF&D Systems. Considering the VMI programs throughout the country grease fittings and related items are another product you can add to your programs serving your end users making you more valuable to them. Consider this, 1200 of our current customers were not supplying fittings on their VMI programs to their end users until they contacted GF&D Systems for assistance. If you have any questions or require literature contact GF&D Systems at 800-360-1318 or talk to any of our professional rep organizations through out the US and Canada who would be pleased to meet with you, and provide you with additional information. • Wing-Hamlin Company serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Nebraska. Call 630-279-6161 • Assembly Products & Sales serving Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana. Call 817-633-2212 • E.W. Hamlin & Associates serving Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky. Call 330-673-9592 • Southeastern Sales & Associates serving Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida. Call 404-663-0791 • Prowest Marketing serving Washington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho. Call 360-254-2679 • Smith Associates serving New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Eastern PA. Call 973-810-2900 • Mooney Sales serving Canada. Call 416-249-1228 • Saltire Solutions serving South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Call 630-776-9491. GF&D SYSTEMS BUSINESS FOCUS ARTICLE

THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK 93 This past October, ISSCO, INC., employees and customers gathered for lunch to celebrate 40 years of business. In what began in the basement of his small Independence, MO home, Joe L. Davis Jr, along with his two sons, Jake and David, now run one of the largest fastener distribution warehouses in the Midwest. Located in Lee’s Summit, MO, just 25 miles from downtown Kansas City, ISSCO, INC., continues to service five states out of their 55,000 square foot warehouse. With a customer base that ranges from managed inventories on a weekly basis, to a customer pickup on the same day, ISSCO, INC., has tailored their paperless order filing process so that the customer’s demands will always come first. An additional warehouse in south central Kansas, along with manufacturing and packaging, the Davis family believes they have the right combination of companies and services offered to remain competitive in the fast paced world of fasteners and industrial supplies for another 40 years plus. For more information, contact ISSCO, Inc. at 1310 SE Hamblen Rd, Lee's Summit, MO 64081. Telephone 816-525-8889 or visit them online at www.isscoinc.com.