Fastenal Co. (FAST) 2008年年度报告「NASDAQ」.pdf

1、2008Profile of FastenalFastenal Company was founded in 1967.As of December 31,2008,we operated 2,311 stores located in 50 states,Puerto Rico,Canada,Mexico,Singapore,China,and The Netherlands and employed 9,428 people at these locations.In addition,there were 4,206 people employed in various support

2、positions,2,709 of whom were employed in one of our distribution centers,manufacturing operations,or service operations;and the remaining 1,497 of whom were employed at one of our administrative support facilities or home office.We sell approximately 910,000 different types of industrial and constru

3、ction supplies in 10 product categories.These include:382,000 different types of threaded fasteners and miscellaneous supplies(fasteners);128,000 different types of tools and equipment(tools);226,000 different types of cutting tool blades and abrasives(cutting tools);58,000 different types of fluid

4、transfer components and accessories for hydraulic power,pneumatic power,plumbing,and HVAC(hydraulics&pneumatics);15,000 different types of material handling,storage,and packaging products(material handling);14,000 different types of janitorial supplies,chemicals,and paint(janitorial supplies);23,000

5、 different types of electrical supplies;30,000 different types of welding supplies(excluding welding gases);25,000 different types of safety supplies;and 9,000 different types of metals,alloys,and materials(metals).As of December 31,2008,we operated 14 distribution centers located in Minnesota,India

6、na,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Texas,Georgia,Washington,California,Utah,North Carolina,Kansas,Ontario,Canada;Alberta,Canada;and Nuevo Leon,Mexico.During 2008,approximately 95.1%of our sales were attributable to products manufactured by others,and approximately 4.9%where related to items manufactured,modified,