12/8/2011
HEADLINES
Darragh, Lamb Head STAFDA
(l-r) Kramer Darragh and Rick Lamb
Kramer Darragh is the 2012 president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors
Association and Rick Lamb is vice president.
STAFDA’s 35th Annual Convention, held November 13-15, 2011, in San Antonio, drew attendance of 4,240 and 796 booths at the trade show.
Darragh began working for the family distributorship – Arkansas-based Darragh Company – in 1972 and held several job titles within it prior to becoming its president in1987. Founded in 1906, Darragh Company has six branches in Arkansas
and one in Texas. Darragh Company has been a STAFDA member since
1995.
Darragh succeeds Mike Kangas of Alaska Industrial Hardware.
Rick Lamb is with Albuquerque, NM-based Frank’s Supply. Frank’s has four New Mexico stores and one in Texas.
STAFDA announced four new directors beginning three-year terms; Four new directors were also elected: Steve Wichtowski, Cook Iron Store Co., Rochester, NY (Region 1); Pete Moses, Contractors & Industrial Supply (CIS), Roanoke, VA (Region 2); Eric Grabowski, Edge Construction Supply, Spokane, WA (Region 8); and Doug James, Lance
Bissett Ltd., Coquitlam, BC (Region 10).
Incoming manufacturer liaison committee members: Tim Lickel, Wacker
Neuson, Menomonee Falls, WI, and Sebastian Rissmann, BeA Fasteners
USA, Greensboro, NC.
New rep liaison committee members are: Jim Kartheiser, Kartheiser Co. Inc., Apple Valley, MN, and Gene Smithwick,
Smithwick-Howe & Associates, Houston, TX.
STAFDA’s 36th Annual Convention & Trade Show will be November 4-6, 2012, at
Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.
For information contact Catherine Usher, STAFDA Member Services
Director, Tel: 262 784-4774 or 800 352-2981 E-mail: cusher@stafda.org.
Kramer Darragh is the 2012 president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association and Rick Lamb is vice president.
STAFDA’s 35th Annual Convention, held November 13-15, 2011, in San Antonio, drew attendance of 4,240 and 796 booths at the trade show.
Darragh began working for the family distributorship – Arkansas-based Darragh Company – in 1972 and held several job titles within it prior to becoming its president in 1987.
Founded in 1906, Darragh Company has six branches in Arkansas and one in Texas. Darragh Company has been a STAFDA member since 1995.
Darragh succeeds Mike Kangas of Alaska Industrial Hardware.
Rick Lamb is with Albuquerque, NM-based Frank’s Supply. Frank’s has four New Mexico stores and one in Texas.
Four new directors were also elected: Steve Wichtowski, Cook Iron Store Co., Rochester, NY (Region 1); Pete Moses, Contractors & Industrial Supply (CIS), Roanoke, VA (Region 2); Eric Grabowski, Edge Construction Supply, Spokane, WA (Region 8); and Doug James, Lance Bissett Ltd., Coquitlam, BC (Region 10).
Incoming manufacturer liaison committee members: Tim Lickel, Wacker Neuson, Menomonee Falls, WI, and Sebastian Rissmann, BeA Fasteners USA, Greensboro, NC.
New rep liaison committee members are: Jim Kartheiser, Kartheiser Co. Inc., Apple Valley, MN, and Gene Smithwick, Smithwick-Howe & Associates, Houston, TX.
STAFDA’s 36th Annual Convention & Trade Show will be November 4-6, 2012, at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.
For information contact Catherine Usher, STAFDA Member Services Director. Tel: 262 784-4774 or 800 352-2981 E-mail: cusher@stafda.org ©2011 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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