Editor’s Note: The following is the introduction of Fastener Industry News by founder and first editor/publisher Dick Callahan on the front page of the first issue of FIN.
July 10, 1979
RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT – This being your first look at Fastener Industry News (FIN) you might be somewhat curious about the publication and the people behind it.
Let’s start off by introducing ourselves properly. FIN is a wholly-owned enterprise of Business Information Services, Inc., which also publishes (since 1973) a newsletter called Wire Industry News (WIN) as well as an annual called Directory of Wire Companies of North America. The publisher of FIN (and the president and owner of Business Information Services, Inc.) (…)
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