Fastenal Co. (FAST) 1997年年度报告「NASDAQ」.pdf

1、FASTENAL,FASTTOOL,SHARPCUT,POWERFLOW,EQUIPRITE,CLEANCHOICE,POWERPHASEand FASTARCare trademarks and/or service marks of the Company.Fastenal Company was founded in 1967.Asof December 31,1997,the Company operated 644 store sites located in 48 states,Puerto Rico and Canada and employed2,676 people at t

2、hese sites.The Company sells industrial and construction supplies in eight product lines.The traditional Fastenalproduct line consists of approximately 51,000different types of threaded fasteners and otherindustrial and construction supplies;theFastToolproduct line consists of approximately21,000 di

3、fferent types of tools and safety supplies;the SharpCutproduct line consists of approximately 14,000 different types of metal cutting tool blades;the PowerFlowproduct lineconsists of approximately11,000 different types of fluid transfer components and accessories for hydraulic andpneumatic power;the

4、 EquipRiteproduct lineconsists of approximately 4,000 different typesof material handling and storage products;the CleanChoiceproduct line consists ofapproximately 3,000 different types of janitorialand paper products;the PowerPhase productline consists of approximately 1,000 differenttypes of elect

5、rical supplies;and the FastArcproduct line consists of approximately 1,000 different types of welding supplies(excludinggas and welding machines).The SharpCut,PowerFlow,EquipRiteand CleanChoiceproduct lines were introduced in 1996.ThePowerPhaseand FastArcproduct lines wereintroduced in 1997.As of De

6、cember 31,1997,the Company also operated nine distributioncenters located in Minnesota,Indiana,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Texas,Georgia,Washington,California and Utah,and a packaging facility inTennessee.A tenth distribution center located inNorth Carolina began operating in January1998.Approximately 95.5%of