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ASTM INTERNATIONAL
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KEVIN MENKE HONORED WITH TOP ANNUAL AWARD
ASTM International’s committee on
fasteners (F16) presented its top annual
award – the Award of Merit – to Kevin Menke,
director of engineering, Fastenal, in Winona,
Minnesota, USA. The prestigious award, which
includes the accompanying title of fellow,
is ASTM’s highest recognition for individual
contributions to developing standards.
The committee honored Menke for
meritorious and dedicated service to
the committee and in recognition of his
strong commitment to ASTM International
standards development, his respected
technical expertise, exemplary professionalism, and
tireless efforts towards consensus building.
An ASTM International member since 2005, Menke
is also a member of the committees on steel, stainless
TECHNICAL ARTICLE
KEVIN MENKE, DIRECTOR OF
ENGINEERING, FASTENAL
steel and related alloys (A01) and metallic
and inorganic coatings (B08).
Menke has held his current position
with Fastenal since 2014, having previously
served as engineering manager, and
applications engineer with the organization.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from the University of
Minnesota.
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B. FINDER CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN BUSINESS
In 1969, Bernie Finder had already been in the
fastener business for twenty four years. He started
BFA as a small, one desk company at
his home in Glencoe, IL. There were no
frills and no guarantees that the business
would make it.
But Bernie knew one important thing
- he was a great people person. And as
they say, the rest is history! Mark Finder
joined the company in 1973 and over the
next several years we built BFA into one
of the largest manufacturer’s representative agencies in
MARK FINDER
Chicago. In 1996 Maurizio Furlan joined the company
and in 2001 we opened our warehouse with Cecilia
Parker as our office manager
Unfortunately, after a long illness,
Bernie passed away on February 9, 1999.
As of 2019, Maurizio, Cecilia and
Mark are the core elements of B.
Finder Associates, Inc. We want to take
this opportunity to thank our valuable
distributors throughout the country for
your business and hope to continue
serving you for many years to come.
BUSINESS FOCUS ARTICLE
B. FINDER ASSOCIATES