Posted by Traveling Salesman at 9/3/2012 7:54 PM
Global Fastener News printed the following line from an article I read on September 2: "The death of Dominic Polimeni brings back fastener industry memories of the late 1990s and early 2000s ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 8/25/2012 10:07 PM
As I prepare for the upcoming Las Vegas Fastener Show, it occurred to me it has been almost exactly one year since I started up my rep agency. Really, the better description would be re-start...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 8/10/2012 12:46 PM Categories: uncategorizedPlease forgive me for this not being a "proper" blog post. But Im starting to get meetings and dinners set up for Vegas and Im curious who will be coming out there. More ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 8/2/2012 8:43 PM
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One benefit of being a road warrior is I get a lot of time to listen to the radio and also books on CD's. A few months ago I made comments about the Steve Jobs biography ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 7/26/2012 10:38 AM
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"That would be a busision".
"A what?"
"A busision. Or a buscision or a bucision. A business decision! A busision"
"OK."
So goes life at the home of the ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 7/21/2012 9:30 PM
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Summers can be challenging. You take a vacation, a few other people you need to meet with take their vacation, and before you know it you need three weeks to get ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 7/1/2012 12:44 PM
Chicago is the heart of fastener country. So many manufacturers, importers, distributors all stuffed into one geographic area. When the MWFA holds an event, they have such a large membership ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 6/15/2012 9:26 AM
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Solution Industries is one of my favorite places to visit. The company is owned by my good friends, John Radel and Don Shan. They launched Solution Industries in 2003. ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 6/10/2012 9:00 PM
As I mentioned in my last post, the North Coast Fastener Association held a Panel Discussion on Domestic Manufacturing at its NCFA Distributor Social. A series of questions were asked of the ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 6/8/2012 9:22 AM
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The North Coast Fastener Distributor Social took place last night, June 7. I have attended the other past NCFA Socials and this one was again a great success. Each ...
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