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Distributor's Link Magazine Fall 2019 / Vol 42 No4

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80 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK INTERNATIONAL FASTENER EXPO TEL 323-817-2226 FAX 310-481-1909 EMAIL morgan.wilson@emeraldexpo.com WEB www.fastenershows.com IFE 2019 FASTENER PROFESSIONAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED International Fastener Expo (IFE) has announced the recipients of the 2019 Hall of Fame and Young Fastener Professional of the Year Awards, which annually honor professionals who have made significant contributions to the fastener industry. The awards ceremony took place during the IFE convention on September 18 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Ed McIlhon, Assembled Products, Inc. (API), and Martin “Marty” Nolan, R.L. English Co., were inducted into the 2019 Hall of Fame, and Baron Yarborough, Spring Bolt and Nut Manufacturing, was selected as the 2019 Young Fastener Professional of the Year. The Hall of Fame and Young Fastener Professional of the Year Awards recognize those who have made lasting inputs to the fastener industry on a national or global scale, and leaders, 40 years old or younger, who already have an unimpeachable record of integrity and respect in the industry, respectively. McIlhon got his start in the industry at his father’s Iowa Industrial Products (IIP), where he served as president, developing IIP into a million company in 1998. IIP was sold to Bossard International in 1999, and McIlhon served as president until 2005 when he SHOW EVENT ARTICLE purchased their kitting and bundling unit and created API, a key supplier to John Deere. McIlhon has played an integral role in negotiating the Fastener Quality Act, serving as co-chairman of the Public Law Task Force and testifying before Congress on behalf of the industry. Nolan has been a manufacturer’s representative with R.L. English Co. in Cleveland, Ohio for 34 years. He is currently the vice president of the North Coast Fastener Association (NCFA), previously serving as president for four years where he was instrumental in the development of many initiatives, including the NCFA annual Distributor Social. He also served as chairman on the Fastener Industry Coalition (FIC), and has tirelessly promoted the fastener industry through www.fastenerblog.net and social media. CONTINUED ON PAGE 152

INTERNATIONAL FASTENER EXPO MANDALAY BAY, LAS VEGAS - SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2019 more photos on page 98

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