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THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK
METRIC & MULTISTANDARD COMPONENTS CORP.
TEXAS BRANCH 2200 Century Circle, Irving, TX 75062
TEL 1-800-527-5177 FAX 972-870-1154 EMAIL salestx@metricmcc.com WEB www.metricmcc.com
MMCC CELEBRATES 40 YEARS IN TEXAS!
Metric & Multistandard Components Corporation is
celebrating the 40th anniversary of the opening of its office and
warehouse in Texas. The Texas branch opened on September
6, 1976, and it has been open continuously since then. The
Texas office is one of 5 locations that MMCC has in the U.S.
MMCC was founded in 1963 in Yonkers, NY. After
several years the company moved to Elmsford, NY, and then
in 1974 they built the current headquarters
in Hawthorne, NY. That same year the
company opened its first branch office
outside of Chicago, IL.
The Chicago office was a success,
and demand for metric-dimensioned
fasteners and related items was growing,
so a decision was made to expand into
the Southwest. Dallas was chosen
for its central location and favorable
business climate. In early August 1976
John Longyear, who was Assistant Sales
Manager, and Chris Longyear, who was
the company buyer, drove from NY to
Dallas. They spent the next month getting
the location ready to receive and process
orders. The branch in Dallas opened the
day after Labor Day, 1976.
Metric sales continued to grow, and the
Texas office acquired many new customers.
The original location was only 4000 square
feet in a long industrial building in northeast
Dallas. When the lease came up, the space next door was
taken over, so the branch grew to 8000 feet. That was not
enough, and in a short time one more adjacent space was
taken over for 12,000 square feet total.
In 1999 MMCC/Texas moved to its current 24,000 square
foot building at 2200 Century Circle in Irving, Texas. The location
is centrally located off of freeways and has room to maintain
the necessary inventory and to move product in and out. The
expanded Irving location has allowed the Texas office to give a
higher level of customer service to distributors throughout the
Southwest. There are many local distributors who pick up their
orders at the branch warehouse on a regular basis.
The Texas office has a fully stocked warehouse carrying
a whole range of metric industrial supplies. The business is
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predominantly fasteners, but a wide range of related items is
also in the product line, including cutting tools, wrenches, and
pneumatic and hydraulic tubing and fittings. The branch has full
online access to the other 4 company locations for items that are
not stock in Texas, and offers same day shipping on most orders.
There is a full sales department in Texas, including 3 sales
reps who are fluent in Spanish. All but one of the sales reps
in Irving have been with the company for 15
years or longer. This experience allows the
branch to answer most “metric” questions,
offer solutions to problems, and make sure
the customers get the right product. Having
the sales staff on site allows MMCC to give
optimum service, as they can physically
check items when necessary and insure
that any special requests get met.
Metric & Multistandard has a sister
company in Germany which the Texas
office is in contact with on a daily basis.
The German office serves as a purchasing
and freight consolidation office, sending
a weekly Air shipment and regular Sea
shipments to the NY headquarters. They
can source almost any DIN or ISO item that
our customers ask us for. We normally
have replies on quotation requests the next
day, and many items can be brought into
the U.S. in just one to two weeks. We can
even source certain items the same day
from some of our European suppliers.
The Texas office of MMCC is still managed by John
and Chris Longyear, who opened it 40 years ago. John and
Chris have both been active in the Southwestern Fastener
Association. John served twice on the Board of Directors Chris
once, and both had a term as Chairperson of the Board. They
have built up many relationships over the years in the fastener
industry and are looking forward to establishing new ones in
the future.
The Texas branch of Metric & Multistandard thanks all of
the many customers who have supported the business for the
past 40 years. The Texas staff will keep working to continue
to be a reliable source of metric fasteners and related items
for the Southwest for many years to come.
MMCC