NFDA Honors Heppes

The National Fastener Distributors Association presented former president Don Heppes with a lifetime membership for his service to the fastener industry.
Heppes was 2001-02 NFDA president.
While with the Medalist/Champion Screw division of Medalist Industries Inc., Heppes was the 1986-87 chairman of the Industrial Fasteners Institute.
He started his fastener career in 1974 with Times Screw in Rockford, IL. From 1976 to 1992 he worked for Milwaukee-based Medalist Industries. Prior to acquiring a distributorship, Heppes was in fastener manufacturing. In 1992 Heppes bought Pacific Fasteners, which he sold in 2006 to Bamal Corp. based in Sidney, OH.
Heppes is now retired and based in River Forest, IL, and Naples, FL. E-mail: heppes@prodigy.net Web: nfda-fastener.org �2008 FastenerNews.com