It’s all fasteners all the time, almost, as Fastenal EVP, Gary Polipnick drops in to talk about his erstwhile golf career, Nascar, and a little shop (1:12:02). Kevin Chavis, of Star Stainless offers a run down of the recent joint conference of NFDA and Pac-West (19:00). Aaron Shushan of Specialty Sales describes the industry’s newest […]
There might be some question as to what makes a hall a hall, but there’s no doubt what constitutes fame in the fastener business. This is clear as industry legend, Mr. Virg Lindstrom, of Lindstrom Metric renown speaks with Dan Zehnder of Trinity Hardware (1:20:24). Adding his thoughts on the subject, and riding the superslide […]
Everywhere you look, there are conflicting opinions on the direction of business, the markets, the elections, and even the success of reshoring. The latest season of predominantly fastener related talk radio floats in like a benign bubble, and begins with an open question to which a host of fastener professionals respond, with John Butler, Andy […]
Closing out another season of predominantly fastener related talk radio, and reflecting on the first ONE HUNDRED episodes of the podcast, John “Cool Hand” Butler, of The Olander Company, and Marty Nolan, of R.L. English, revisit past FTR episodes and offer their observations on the impact of the show (1:23:13). Lindstrom sourcing guru, Rob Lucas, […]
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