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78 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK NATIONAL FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION 10842 Noel Street #107, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 TEL 714-484-7858 EMAIL nfda@nfda-fasteners.org WEB www.nfda-fasteners.org PAC-WEST/NFDA JOINT CONFERENCE AND TABLETOP SHOW - MARCH 15-18, 2017 by Vickie Lester Come to sunny Southern California in March to participate in the Pac-West/NFDA Joint Conference and Tabletop Show, March 15-18, at the Westin Hotel in downtown Long Beach, California. Nearly 300 people participated in the Pac-West 2015 tabletop show, and we’re expecting an even bigger turnout for 2017. Our exhibit floor has expanded, with capacity for 100 tables. As of press time, there were 50 confirmed exhibitors: Advance Components Advanced Cable Ties AFI Industries Aluminum Fastener Supply Anderson Metals AVK Industrial Products AZ Lifting Hardware Beacon Fasteners & Components Brighton-Best International Brikksen Buckeye Fasteners Company Cable Tie Express Computer Insights Copper State Bolt & Nut Desert Distribution Distribution One Distributor’s Link Magazine Element Materials Technology Elite Fasteners ASSOCIATION ARTICLE E-Z Lok Fastener Training Institute Fuller G.L. Huyett Glaser & Associates Huron Automatic Screw Co Incentive Sales Industrial Rivet & Fastener Intercorp INxSQL Software Kanebridge Corp Lindstrom Fastener Group Long-Lok Fasteners Metric & Multistandard Components Corp ND Industries Pacific Coast Bolt Pacific Warehouse Sales Prowest Marketing R&D Fasteners Rivet & Eyelet Technologies Rotor Clip Company Sherex Fastening Solutions Socket Source SPIROL Star Stainless Stelfast SWD Inc Tortoise Fastener WCL Company Women in the Fastener Industry WTC Services We’re bringing back one of our favorite speakers, Ann marie Houghtailing, who will talk about “Narrative Leadership,” which involves storytelling to influence behavior. Also on tap for the conference is Dr. Bill Conerly, who is a regular contributor to Forbes magazine. He’ll offer two programs: “Fastener Distribution in an Evolving Business Cycle” and “What Businesses Should Do Today to Prepare for Tomorrow.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 140

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