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92 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

92 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK NATIONAL FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION 3020 Old Ranch Parkway #300, Seal Beach CA 90740 TEL 562-799-5509 FAX 562-684-0695 EMAIL nfda@nfda-fasteners.org WEB www.nfda-fasteners.org PAC-WEST/NFDA MEETING FULL OF VALUE - DON’T MISS OUT by Vickie Lester The Pacific-West Fastener Association and the National Association of Fastener Distributors return to Long Beach, California March 4-6, 2020 for another action-packed joint conference. Educational sessions will feature: ¤ Economic Update by Dr. Christopher Thornberg ¤ Eye-Opening Advice on Strategic Account Management ¤ Digitizing the Distributor: Strategic Planning at Electronic Speeds by Dr. Barry Lawrence of Texas A&M University The meeting will include a tabletop show, which drew more than 300 people the last time it occurred. Space is limited, so if your company is interested in being part of the tabletop show, contact us now. Confirmed exhibitors as of December 1 include: - Advance Components - Desert Distribution - AFI Industries - Distribution One - Alloy & Stainless Fasteners - Distributor’s Link Magazine - American Ring - Eurolink Fastener Supply Service - Atlas Testing Lab - E-Z Lok - Beacon Fasteners - Fastener Training Institute - Bisco Industries - Fasteners Clearing House - Brighton-Best International - G.L. Huyett - Brikksen Stainless - H.W. Eckhardt - Buckeye Fasteners Company - Incentive Sales - Computer Insights Inc - Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co - Copper State Bolt & Nut - Intercorp - Darling Bolt - International Fasteners Inc ASSOCIATION ARTICLE - Intuilize - Socket Source - INxSQL Software - Solution Industries - Kanebridge Corp. - SPIROL - KPF - Spring Bolt and Nut Mfg - Lindfast Solutions Group - Star Stainless Screw - Metric & Multistandard - Tamper-Pruf Screws - Mr. Washerman - Tortoise Fastener - ND Industries - Unicorp - Nucor Fastener - Vegas Fastener Mfg - Pacific Coast Bolt - Volt Industrial Plastics - Pacific Warehouse Sales - WCL Company - Pentrate Metal Finishing - Rotor Clip - Sems and Specials - Sherex Fastening Solutions An optional event at the conference will be a tour of the Port of Long Beach, so you can see first hand how imported product arrives in the U.S. Attendees will board a boat near the host hotel which will take them throughout the Port, while getting first-hand information and data from Port of Long Beach personnel. Space is limited for the tour, so sign up early. The conference will close with a dinner aboard the historic USS Iowa Battleship in San Pedro Harbor. Commissioned for duty in 1943, 1954, and finally 1984, it is now known as the Battleship of Presidents. USS Iowa is the West Coast’s only battleship open to the public and is now an interactive naval museum. For more information about the conference visit www. pac-west.org or www.nfda-fastener.org. NATIONAL FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION

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