Top left to right: Sachs, Gilchrist, Hsieh & Xu

The International Fastener Expo named Bob Sachs of XL Screw Corporation and Robbie Gilchrist of Capital Marketing to the IFE Hall of Fame and Brighton-Best International’s Peggy Hsieh and Jun Xu for the Young Fastener Professionals awards.

  • Sachs became a shareholder and vice president of XL Screw in 1979, president in 2003 and 100% owner in 2005.  

Sachs noted XL will be marking its 50th anniversary this November.

  • Gilchrist has been in the fastener industry for 47 years.  As a distributor he was president of the Southeastern Fastener Association and on the National Fastener Distributors Association.  After selling his distributorship, Capital Fasteners, in 2000 he and spouse Gina formed the Gilchrist Foundation to provide scholarships to people working in the fastener industry or family members.
  • Hsieh is COO of BBI where she oversees operations and IT functions for 32 branches in six countries.  Hsieh leads BBI efforts to use technology as a company-wide philosophy, including to reduce transaction costs.
  • Xu is BBI president and responsible for strategy and purchasing for all of BBI’s locations.  He has transformed BBI’s purpose from selling products to focusing on helping distributors grow. He is an NFDA board member.

IFE partners with the Fastener Industry Coalition to choose the Hall of Fame and Young Fastener Professionals individuals. Web: FastenerShows.com