DANVILLE – A new layout with a larger storeroom, and also back rooms for the business, will await the fastener business’ customers starting this summer.Fastenal is moving from its location at 701 N. Bowman Ave. to the former Progressive Builders building at 1301 E. Voorhees St., at Griffin and Voorhees streets.

Fastenal manager Nick Roberts said the business should move to its new site by mid-June or early July. He said he’s unsure about a grand opening.

Roberts said Fastenal is reinvesting in its stores. The Bowman site is “very outdated,” he added. He said they’ve been paying rent to Heritage Development at the Bowman Avenue site. Remodeling of the building is taking place; then the process will begin of moving inventory.

“Two stores are running out of our store,” Roberts said.

He said they have the local Danville brand items and also deal with freight and larger customers.

“We have a lot of inventory on hand,” he said.

He said they can tailor what they stock for customers’ needs, such as a certain type of tape.

Fastenal is known for its on-site program and they have personnel and inventory dedicated to businesses and items stocked as needed for plants, such as ThyssenKrupp or Quaker Oats.

Roberts said the Danville location has six employees including himself.

“We’re hiring part-time people,” he said, adding that is how employees start out to understand the business and see if they are a good fit.

Fastenal is the largest supplier in North America of fasteners. It also sells nuts, bolts, sockets and other items including for safety and janitorial needs. Fastenal has nearly 2,700 stores spanning all 50 states and 20-plus nations.

Vermilion Advantage’s President and CEO Vicki Haugen adds, “it is a great strategic move for the company and the clients they serve and continued development and progress on one of the main entry corridors to the city.”

According to Fastenal’s website, “over the past 49 years, Fastenal has grown from a small-town fastener shop, to a thriving regional business, to North America’s largest fastener distributor, to the world’s most efficient supplier of OEM, MRO and construction products.

“You’ll find Fastenal stores in cities like Houston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Toronto and Shanghai. You’ll also find us in smaller communities like Chowchilla, Calif.; Greenville, Ala.; and Thompson, Manitoba. But what really matters is that you’ll find a Fastenal store near you – ready to stock your products, manage your inventory, respond urgently and provide the kind of customer service you just can’t get from a catalog or 1-800 number.”

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