DES PLAINES, Ill.--(Business Wire)--
Lawson Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:LAWS) announced today the election
of Harry Dochelli, 48, as Executive Vice President of Sales and
Marketing, effective April 7. Mr. Dochelli will provide senior
leadership to the sales and marketing organizations for the Company.
Most recently, he served as Executive VP, North America Contract Sales
for OfficeMax Incorporated, based in Naperville, IL.
"Harry Dochelli brings a tremendous depth of skill and expertise
to this role," said Thomas J. Neri, President and CEO of Lawson. "His
experience leading multi-channel sales forces (field, internal, and
National Accounts representatives) and managing both sales and
operations organizations will position us to grow market share and
sales among targeted industries and markets."
As Executive VP, North America Contract Sales for OfficeMax
Incorporated, Mr. Dochelli had Profit & Loss responsibility for U.S.
and Canadian operations, as well as a sales force of more than 1,200
representatives. Collectively, these operations represented more than
$4 billion in revenue. Prior to that he was Executive VP, U.S.
Contract Sales.
"The opportunity to join Lawson's executive team as it seeks to
grow and strengthen the business greatly appeals to me," said Mr.
Dochelli. "I'm eager to leverage the company's core strengths and help
build new capabilities to better serve customers and increase
satisfaction, sales, and market share."
Lawson Products, headquartered in Des Plaines, IL, is an
international leader in selling and distributing services, systems,
and products to the industrial, commercial, and institutional
maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) market. The company also
manufacturers, sells, and distributes production and specialized
component parts, and provides services and systems to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
This release contains certain forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. The terms "may," "should," "could,"
"anticipate," "believe," "continues," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"objective," "plan," "potential," "project" and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements
are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Such
statements speak only as of the date of the news release and are
subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are
beyond the Company's control, which could cause actual results to
differ materially from the expectations. These risks include, but are
not limited to the impact of governmental investigations, such as the
ongoing investigation by U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern
District of Illinois; excess and obsolete inventory; disruptions of
the Company's information systems; risks of rescheduled or cancelled
orders; increases in commodity prices; the influence of controlling
stockholders; competition and competitive pricing pressures; the
effect of general economic conditions and market conditions in the
markets and industries the Company serves; the risks of war,
terrorism, and similar hostilities; and, all of the factors discussed
in the Company's "Risk Factors" set forth in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the
results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained
herein whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Lawson Products, Inc.
Neil E. Jenkins, 847-827-9666 x2208
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