The start of his career didn’t involve fasteners. He got interested in fasteners because he was a young American intrigued by the metric system.
After graduating from college with a degree in business and economics, Virgil W. Lindstrom was drafted into the Army. After six years of military service, Lindstrom found a job with a Minnesota
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via Lindstrom: Metric Intrigue Led to Founding Company – Global Fastener News – USA.