FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4/21/15

Contact name: Cris A. Young

Hudson Fasteners, Inc.

PH: 330-270-9500

Email: Cris@HudsonFasteners.com

HUDSON FASTENERS RELEASES B2B ECOMMERCE TECHNOLOGY AND LAUNCHES 1INDUSTRIALWAY.com™

Hudson Fasteners New Ecommerce Technology puts the “Fast in Fastener Buying™”

Youngstown, OH: Hudson Fasteners, Inc. launches 13 Forces Product Genius™- B2B ecommerce technology that will revolutionize the way fasteners and industrial products are purchased online.

Hudson Fasteners will utilize their technology in the launch of 1IndustrialWay.com, a complete re-branding of HudsonFasteners.com. The13 Forces Product Genius™ B2B ecommerce platform and the 1IndustrialWay™ industrial network streamline, simplify and expedite the ordering of fasteners and industrial supplies. Hudson Fasteners has visualized and developed an innovative business model that is the natural progression of the BIG industrial supply catalogs. Customers now have the ability to navigate and purchase 100,000’s of SKU numbers in an organized and understandable method.

Hudson Fasteners is a portfolio company at the Youngstown Business Incubator, the #1 University Affiliated Business Incubator in the World. Gene Groys, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Youngstown Business Incubator and mentor, has seen the progress of the site over the past year. In his words, "These women exemplify the true meaning of entrepreneurship. They've brought a truly differentiated product to market that solves a huge problem in the industry, and they command an enormous social media presence to garner fast adoption…Hudson Fasteners is ripe for investment."

The executives at Hudson Fasteners were early adopters of social media, the new medium for sharing news and social marketing, for company brands and products. Hudson Fasteners is the creator and curator of Fastener News Desk™, an online authority for industry news, providing resources for the fastener industry that includes a blog FastenerNewsDesk.com, Fastener News group for industry professionals on LinkedIn, and a weekly online newspaper TheFastenerNews.com. Follow on Twitter @FastenerNews

With the launch of 1 Industrial Way this company that spans three generations and almost 80 years of family legacy will lead the industry with their visionary 13 Forces Product Genius™ technology andindustrial network. Hudson Fasteners recognizes the importance of e-commerce and social media in today’s growing technology-focused world. Hudson Fasteners simplifies online fastener buying in a way that’s never been done before.

“Fastener News Desk has played a fundamental part in bringing social media to the forefront of the fastener industry. A valuable resource for up-to-the minute news sharing." Tracey Lumia | Director, Sales & Marketing | Link Magazine

• “The folks at Hudson Fasteners deserve credit for pushing the limits of how social media is being used in the fastener industry.” | Marty Nolan | Fastener Industry Professional, | FastenerBlog.net

The Company: Hudson Fasteners is a third-generation, family owned wholesale Fastener Distribution Company. Since 1946, they have provided excellent customer service and a wide selection of Fasteners, Security Fasteners, Tamper Proof Screws and industrial products for OEM’s, distributors, government, institutional, security and military requirements.