SUMMER 2023
Distributor's Link Magazine Summer 2023 / Vol 46 No 3
Distributor's Link Magazine Summer 2023 / Vol 46 No 3
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THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK<br />
WING-HAMLIN COMPANY, INC.<br />
568 S Spring Rd, Suite C, Elmhurst IL 60126<br />
TEL 630-279-6161 EMAIL quotes@wing-hamlin.com WEB www.wing-hamlin.com<br />
WING-HAMLIN COMPANY CELEBRATES<br />
33 YEARS IN BUSINESS!<br />
The Wing-Hamlin Company was founded in 1990 by<br />
Terry Wing and Mike Hamlin. The handshake partnership<br />
between two career nut & bolt salesman has led to<br />
33 years of success built on core values of Integrity,<br />
Communication, and Professionalism. Over that time,<br />
Mike, Terry, and Terry’s son Cory Wing, have built Wing-<br />
Hamlin into a seven-person Manufacturer’s Representative<br />
firm located in Elmhurst, IL and servicing fastener and<br />
industrial distributors in the Midwest.<br />
Wing-Hamlin has five outside Sales Representatives<br />
and two inside support personnel. Mike Hoffman services<br />
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakotas. Mike joined<br />
the firm in 1998. Nicole Korb covers Wisconsin and<br />
Northern Illinois and has been with Wing-Hamlin since<br />
2007. Jeff Adams joined Wing-Hamlin in 2014 and covers<br />
Michigan and Illinois. Cory Wing started at the firm in<br />
2011 and services Illinois and Indiana. Mike Hamlin now<br />
specializes in MRO customers and company initiatives.<br />
Wing-Hamlin services the distribution marketplace<br />
supporting general distribution, MRO distribution, and<br />
VMI providers. Their long-term success and reputation<br />
in the industry can be attributed to decades of strong<br />
communication and follow-up with customers and principals<br />
to develop profitable and sustainable partnerships.<br />
They collaborate closely with every customer to help<br />
solve problems and develop sales opportunities through<br />
specialized inventory programs, custom packaging, kitting,<br />
and assortments. In addition, Wing-Hamlin works with<br />
engineers and product development specialists to develop<br />
custom per-print components with their manufacturing<br />
partners.<br />
Wing-Hamlin represents the highest quality suppliers<br />
LEFT TO RIGHT: MIKE HAMLIN, NICOLE KORB, MIKE HOFFMAN,<br />
CORY WING AND JEFF ADAMS<br />
in the fastener marketplace. Products sold include<br />
domestic and imported internally and externally threaded<br />
fasteners, washers, stampings, retaining rings, pins,<br />
clamps, anchors, rivets, sealants, fittings, and electrical<br />
components. Products are available in inch and metric<br />
dimensions made from ferrous, non-ferrous, and plastic<br />
materials.<br />
The Wing-Hamlin team has over 120 years of combined<br />
fastener industry experience and active members of<br />
MWFA and NFDA. They support each other to bring<br />
continued long-term success to customers and principals.<br />
Their value proposition of Integrity, Communication and<br />
Professionalism has carried them for 33 years and will<br />
continue to carry them in <strong>2023</strong> and beyond!<br />
BUSINESS FOCUS ARTICLE<br />
WING-HAMLIN COMPANY