11/4/2009
NEWS BRIEFS
Fall River Marking 25 Years as Domestic Manufacturer
This year Fall River Manufacturing and its 50 employees are marking its 25th anniversary. While many fastener manufacturers have left North America, Fall River continues to produce stainless steel and non-ferrous screws, bolts, nuts, socket cap screws, 12-point flange screws and mil-spec fasteners.
“Fall River has been successful because we have been responsive to the needs of employees and customers and forged good relationships with suppliers,” owner Tim Csanadi reflected. “We are good listeners. When customers wanted shorter lead times and larger parts we expanded the building and added machines and added a night shift. We stayed focused on our niche in the marketplace.”
“We still believe you can manufacture in this country,” said Dave Monti, who joined Fall River in 1999 after 13 years in the automotive parts business. He was named vice president and general manager in 2002.
Monti emphasizes that one of Fall River’s strategies is service. “We’re a sales company. Everything we make can be made anywhere in the world,” Monti acknowledged. “There is no secret technology. What we offer is efficiency, quantities they many not be able to get elsewhere on short notice and we wrap our products in service.”
Monti knows from his automotive experience the need to work with customers to cut costs. He learned as he watched one U.S. automaker slash the number of suppliers from 1,300 to 250. That’s why Fall River has worked with distributor partners to “take the cost out of the supply chain,” Monti said. “We are a different company than we were 10 years ago,” Monti said. “And our business model and product mix will continue to change.”
Watch for the history of Fall River in the upcoming issue of FIN. ©2009 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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