Company Info.—

Fastenal, a US based publicly traded company, is one of thelargest industrial distributors in the world. We are a Fortune 1000company and a member of the SP 500. It was founded in 1967 in Winona MN.Fastenal currently has 15 distribution centers and approximately 3,200in-market locations in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico as wellas Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Fastenal's more than 1.4 millionproducts consist of threaded fasteners (34% of 2019 sales) as well as a broadline of other industrial MRO supplies including tools, safety supplies,hydraulics and pneumatics, material handling equipment, janitorial supplies,cutting tools, welding supplies, electrical supplies and a variety of relatedvalue-added supply chain services. Our success is based on great people and amanagement philosophy that encourages them to become leaders who guide ourcompany forward.

FASTCO located in Shanghai was founded in 2003 and it is thenewest subsidiary of Fastenal. FASTCO's primary responsibilities include sales,product sourcing, supplier development, procurement, QA/QC and logistics onbehalf of Fastenal Company.