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Greg Pek, Kurt Mario, John Sauer, Brett Driver and Mark Olson.
BOLTS AND BEYOND 75 Ye a r s o f Th e Bolt Su pply Hou s e by Rennay Craats | Published by Melissa Mitchell
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hen The Bolt Supply House opened in 1948, the small mom-and-pop store sold nuts and bolts to its Calgary clientele. The founders could never have imagined that this modest retail store would evolve into one of the largest independent fastener distributors in Western Canada over the next 75 years.
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After the first market expansion in 1962 brought the brand to Regina, Bolt systematically entered the Saskatoon, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray, Winnipeg, Prince Albert and Surrey markets as well as establishing two stores in Edmonton and adding two Calgary stores to its flagship location. Soon, all functions of the 14 stores were run out of the Calgary headquarters to allow each branch to focus on providing excellent service and growing the business.
Kurt Mario
This growth caught the attention of Lawson Products (now part of Distribution Solutions Group), which bought The Bolt Supply House in
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