R&B Inc.

John Wolz

R&B Inc.
2001 Revenue$201.7 million
2000 Revenue $201.4 million
2001 Closing Price6.95
2000 Closing Price0.09

A year of reducing its debt during 2000 put in a better position for 2001, the stock price shows.
R&B distributes car parts, fasteners and service products to the automotive aftermarket from its stock of 60,000 items. About half of those are hard-to-find parts usually available only from OEMs or salvage yards.
R&B supplies fasteners and household hardware to the automotive aftermarket, home center and general merchandise markets.
R&B designs, packages and markets 60,000 automotive replacement parts and fasteners. R&B�s customers are primarily retailers and wholesalers.
Hardware fastener brands include Dorman and Pik-A-Nut. R&B sells under its own brand names and customer private labels.
Customers include AutoZone, Pep Boys, Advance, NAPA, Carquest, AutoValue, Home Depot, Lowe�s, salvage yards and local independent wholesalers.
Brothers Richard Berman and Steven Berman and their families own about 38% of the stock.

Headquarters: 3400 E. Walnut St., Colmar, PA 18915. Tel: 215 997-1800 Fax 215 997-7968
Web: rbinc.com
NASDAQ Symbol: RBIN
CEO: Richard Berman
Investor Relations: M. Barton
Founded: 1978
Employees: 955 \�2002 FastenerNews.com