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Jim Taylor died July 31, 2008, at age 63. Taylor founded importing/master distributor East-West Logistics LLC in 2002.
During his fastener career he worked for fastener manufacturer Semblex for 28 years before founding Integrated Material Systems in 1998. IMS was acquired by Questron Technologies, which in turn was acquired by GE Supply Logistics.
Taylor spent years developing suppliers in the Pacific Rim and was a speaker at fastener meetings on China as an emerging market.
Taylor served as associate chair of the National Fastener Distributors Association for 1994-1995. He was one of nine members of the Public Law Task Force, which represented fastener manufacturers, distributors and importers in seeking amendments to the U.S. Fastener Quality Act and developing the regulations. Taylor moderated the series of seven PLTF workshops educating the industry on the FQA.
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