Marc Strandquist was named President of the Americas for Optimas Solutions, according to his LinkedIn account.
Strandquist started in the fastener industry in 1986 with Rockford Products. He had been with Würth from 2001 to 2019, where he served as executive VP of the Würth Group and CEO of Würth Industry North America.
He was president of the National Fastener Distributors Association from 2016-17.
Glenview, IL-headquartered Optimas Solutions is a global industrial distributor of fasteners and c-class components. Optimas has 1,600 employees in 16 countries. Optimas has 3,500 suppliers to distribute 130,000 SKUs of 10 billion components to 10,000 customers in automotive, heavy truck, high tech, lawn & garden, medical, off-highway, power generation, powertrain, transportation and tunneling industries. Optimas manufactures in Illinois and the UK.
The Optimas brand was launched in 2015, but the company traces its roots to 1890 in North America and Europe.
Optimas is a member of the British Association of Fastener Distributors, European Industrial Fasteners Institute and Confederation of British Metalforming. Web: Optimas.com
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