Lawson Products Founder Recovering
DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lawson Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAWS) announced today that Sidney L. Port, its founder, was recently hospitalized following a mild stroke. Robert J. Washlow, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lawson, stated, "Mr. Port is responding well to therapy. The entire Lawson Family wishes him a speedy recovery." Mr. Port, who founded Lawson in 1952, serves on the Lawson Board of Directors as non-executive Vice Chairman.
Lawson Products is an international seller and distributor of products, services and systems to the industrial, commercial and institutional maintenance, repair and replacement marketplace. The Company also manufactures, sells and distributes production and specialized component parts to the original equipment marketplace, including the automotive, appliance, aerospace, construction and transportation industries.
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. These statements are based on management's current expectations, intentions or beliefs and are subject to a number of factors, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any such factor 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.
SOURCE Lawson Products, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Neil E. Jenkins, Executive Vice President, Secretary and
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