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Jack Link’s Flame-Grills the Competition One Protein Snack at a Time

Fueling wild sides through continued flavor innovation,  Jack Link’s crafts five new awesome products MINONG, Wis. (Aug. 16, 2016) – Jack Link’s, the global leader in portable protein, showcases category leadership through protein-powered innovation with the introduction of five new products. As the pioneer of the meat snacks category, Jack Link’s is always one Sasquatch-sized step…

Orgill, Inc. Announces Plans to Grow Distribution Network With the Addition of Idaho Facility

MEMPHIS — Orgill, Inc., the world’s largest independent hardlines distributor, will be expanding its network of world-class distribution facilities with the addition of an approximately half-million-square-foot distribution center in Post Falls, Idaho. Orgill has signed an agreement to acquire the facility and is expecting to close on the purchase September 1. The new facility will…

House-Hasson Hardware likes what it saw at summer market

House-Hasson Hardware likes what it saw at summer market Sales territory expansions and sales staff additions in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio helped to propel House-Hasson Hardware’s June dealer market to the highest ever-attendance for the company’s summer market. The event held at the Wilderness of the Smokies Resort in Sevierville, Tenn., just outside the Great…

The National Hardware Show® Celebrates New Innovations and a Thriving Industry

Industry leaders, manufacturers and retailers spent last week scouring for new products, attending educational seminars and connecting with peers at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas. The Show began Wednesday and ended Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event featured thousands of exhibitors and attracted more than 20,000 attendees. Show areas that…

Orgill’s Enhanced Operations Offer Canadian Retailers New Opportunities

By adding a Canadian company into its operations, Orgill is broadening its available product assortment, increasing buying power, improving sales support and offering more competitive pricing to Canadian customers. Customers are already noticing a difference. Ken Meier, hardware purchaser for Warman Home Centre in Warman, Saskatchewan, is seeing better fill rates, competitive pricing and a…

Download the new Metaltech App!

GET THE NEW METALTECH APP ON YOUR IPHONE OR IPAD TODAY We are excited to announce the first Metaltech App! Install this new tool on your iPhone or iPad to calculate the scaffolding frames, braces, platforms, wall attachments, levelling jacks, and guardrails needed to cover any size wall. Just enter your wall size, frame size,…

Orgill Spring Market Sets Record Attendance, Sales

With home improvement retailers from all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and 61 countries in attendance, Orgill’s recent Spring Dealer Market shattered previous attendance records. The market occupied more than 1 million sq. ft. of Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and included vendors from across the spectrum of home improvement and niche…

House-Hasson Hardware Co.’s growth connects new and old ways

Ed Marcum, Knoxville News Sentinel Jan. 31, 2016 The Internet has replaced the train and the horse for connecting with customers, but a lot of things about the hardware business are not that different from when Knoxville’s House-Hasson Hardware Co. formed more than a century ago. People still need nuts, bolts, nails and tools, although…

Orgill Inc. moving world headquarters to Collierville

Collierville landed its fourth headquarters company Thursday when hardware wholesaler Orgill Inc. announced it would relocate from Germantown. Orgill will employ about 380 workers in a 100,000-square-foot building scheduled to go up by 2018 on Houston Levee south of Winchester. Orgill, one of the oldest and largest private businesses in Tennessee, would join Helena Chemical,…