1、2009 ANNUAL REPORTGROWTHTHROUGHSERVICECUSTOMER2009Profile of FastenalFastenal was founded in 1967.As of December 31,2009,we operated 2,369 stores located in all 50 states,Puerto Rico,Canada,Mexico,Singapore,China,Malaysia,Hungary,and The Netherlands and employed 8,491 people at these sites.In additi
2、on,there were 3,554 people employed in various support positions.We sell approximately 996,000 different types of industrial and construction supplies in ten product categories.These include approximately:410,000 different types of threaded fasteners and miscellaneous supplies(fasteners);136,000 dif
3、ferent types of tools and equipment(tools);251,000 different types of cutting tool blades and abrasives(cutting tools);64,000 different types of fluid transfer components and accessories for hydraulic power,pneumatic power,plumbing,and HVAC(hydraulics&pneumatics);18,000 different types of material h
4、andling,storage,and packaging products(material handling);16,000 different types of janitorial supplies,chemicals,and paint(janitorial supplies);25,000 different types of electrical supplies;34,000 different types of welding supplies(excluding welding gases);30,000 different types of safety supplies
5、;and 12,000 different types of metals,alloys,and materials(metals).As of December 31,2009,we operated 14 distribution centers located in Minnesota,Indiana,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Texas,Georgia,Washington,California,Utah,North Carolina,Kansas;Ontario,Canada;Alberta,Canada;and Nuevo Leon,Mexico.During 2009,
6、approximately 94.5%of our sales were attributable to products manufactured by others,and approximately 5.5%related to items manufactured,modified,or repaired by either our Manufacturing Division or one of our Support Services.Since December 31,2009,we have opened additional stores.Salt Lake City,UTL