Olsen, Goudron & He Lead New Powers China Office

Powers Fasteners Inc. opened an office in China, president Jeffrey Reid Powers announced.

Jake Olsen will direct the China office. Olsen was promoted from director of new product development to vice president of global business development. Paul Goudron, director of product development, will manage the office, and Herman He is product sourcing manager.

The office is located at Jiahui International Plaza, Building A, 325 Tianyaoqiao Rd. Room 3309, Shanghai, China.

The Shanghai office will support with focus on delivering ISO-9001 quality new products to the global market. “We see this as an important step to accelerate the launching and development of products tailored towards the new North American IBC building code and European ETAG requirements,” Powers said.

Powers noted that approximately one-third of Powers sales are in markets outside the U.S. The company has locations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Venezuela, the Netherlands and Thailand.

Founded 87 years ago as the Rawlplug Company, Powers Fasteners supplies mechanical and adhesive anchoring systems, roofing fasteners, gas and powder-actuated tools and fasteners and carbide drill bits serving the construction and plant maintenance markets. The family-owned company has 26 U.S. regional sales locations and is headquartered at 2 Powers Lane, Brewster, NY 10509. Tel: 914 235-6300 or 800 524-3244 Fax 914 576-6483 Email: info@powers.com or engineering@powers.com Web: powers.com �2008 FastenerNews.com