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The National Fastener Distributors Association is pleased to announce the 2018 recipient of its Fastener Professional of the Year award is Jim Ruetz of AIS (Franksville, Wisconsin).

The Fastener Professional of the Year award was created by NFDA to honor individuals and companies that make a substantial positive impact on people’s lives. The inaugural award in 2017 was presented to Robbie Gilchrist of Capital Marketing (High Point, North Carolina).

In his nomination of Jim to receive this award, Robert Ward of IFE Americans said, “Jim has been a giant in the fastener industry. He is a long time NFDA member and has been a great leader in the association and in his company, taking All Fasteners through tremendous growth and transitioning it to private equity ownership to become AIS. Jim has been a mentor and a role model to many in the fastener industry.”