SUMMER 2019

96 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

96 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK NORTH COAST FASTENER ASSOCIATION 7737 Ellington Place, Mentor, OH 44060 TEL 440-975-9503 FAX 440-350-1676 EMAIL lgraham@ncfaonline.com WEB www.ncfaonline.com NCFA’S 11TH ANNUAL DISTRIBUTOR SOCIAL MAY HAVE BEEN THE BEST ONE YET! by Marty Nolan, Vice-President The North Coast Fastener Associations 2019 Distributor Social was quite possibly the biggest and best one yet. This industry event continues to grow and attract more and more national attention. Wodin, Inc. and Brighton Best certainly helped to make this day bigger and better, as both companies opened their doors to NCFA members and Distributor Social visitors. Wodin, Inc. led visitors on a tour of the hot forge manufac-turing facility and feedback from this event was fantastic. Next, Brighton-Best held a mid-day cookout and gave tours of their new 250,000 sq. ft. facility, a real jewel in the Cleveland area fastener marketplace. The NCFA cannot thank these two member companies enough for opening their doors and making this years’ Distributor Social schedule one of our best ever. Additionally, we want to thank the many friends who joined us from the Mid-West Fas-tener Association. Numerous companies from the Chicago area made the trip to Cleveland for the event and we plan to return the favor WODIN INC. HOT FORGING FASTENER MANUFACTURING TOUR CRIS YOUNG & LISA KLEINHANDLER, FASTENER NEWS DESK WITH GEORGE F. HUNT III AT BBI OPEN HOUSE JAKE DAVIS, TABITHA HERBST AND KAMERON DORSEY AT THE NCFA DISTRIBUTOR SOCIAL when me trek up to Chicago for Fastener Tech ‘19. In addition to our Chicago visitors, companies attended the Social from Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Michigan, Massachusetts and all through-out Ohio and Illinois. Finally, a huge thank you to all the supplier sponsors and bar sponsors who supported this event - some that have done so since the NCFA Distributor Social began 11 years ago!!! We appreciate all of your support and recognize you are what makes this event possible and a continued success year after year. Thank You. Mark Your Calendars! The NCFA has a few more networking events coming up this year: September 5th - Screw Open Golf Outing, Valleaire Golf Club - Hinckley, OH December 12th - Holiday Bash Forest City Shuffleboard - Cleveland, OH. For more information please contact the NCFA Office at 440-975-9503, or send an email to lgraham@ncfaonline. com. Visit the NCFA online at www.ncfaonline.com. ASSOCIATION ARTICLE NORTH COAST FASTENER ASSOCIATION

NCFA DISTRIBUTOR SOCIAL, WODIN INC. PLANT TOUR & BBI OPEN HOUSE/BBQ - CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 9, 2019