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ALBANY STEEL CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF SUPERIOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICE from page 28
In the 1950’s, Al recognized the increasing demand
for threaded fasteners. At the time, although the market
for domestic fasteners was showing tremendous growth,
many fastener manufacturers went
to market through selective, or even
exclusive, distributorships.
In 1952, Lebovitz Bros.
purchased the assets and liabilities of
one such distributor, Albany Steel &
Brass Corporation. Albany was Parker-
Kalon’s chief representative in the
Chicago area, but had fallen upon hard
times due to poor cash flow. In the
days when Parker-Kalon manufactured
a large variety of domestic fasteners,
such as socket screws, thumbscrews, wing nuts, wing
screws and screwnails, Albany was known to stock “every
size in the book.”
Albany’s current inventory consists of over 25,000 sizes
of fasteners ranging from 00 through 2” diameter in various
materials. All items are lot traceable,
and all products are sold in quantities
as requested by the customer. The
entire inventory is maintained in two
30,000 square foot warehouses located
on Grand Ave. in Chicago.
With fourth generation
leadership and a management team
with over 200 years of experience,
Albany Steel & Brass is positioned and
prepared to carry on the tradition of
furnishing High Quality products and
services to the OEM and Construction Trades as it has
done for the past 100 years.
ALBANY STEEL & BRASS CORP
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