A Storied History, An Innovative Future
It may sound somewhat pretentious to say your company was founded by a living legend, but when your company is FASTORQ founded by George A. Sturdevant, it’s simply the truth. Originally opened in 1981 as Bolting Systems International, renamed FASTORQ Bolting Systems, Inc. in 1983, today’s FASTORQ was conceived by the very man who revolutionized the bolting
tool industry. A recognized authority in the industry, Sturdevant is one of the primary individuals responsible for designing and manufacturing the first and original hydraulic torque wrench (1972) and a key contributor to the encyclopedia of the industry: Handbook of Bolts and Bolted Joints. Sturdevant, now partnered with the next generation of dynamic tool entrepreneurs, remains an active part of today’s FASTORQ as it propels the torqueing tool industry into the future. FASTORQ designs, manufactures, tests and calibrates precision-crafted tools that are easy to use and maintain. FASTORQ’s highly skilled team of engineers and bolting application experts deliver timely resolution to job-site challenges of all sizes on land or sea. Our customers represent a wide range of industrial applications including subsea construction; oil and natural gas exploration, drilling and services; petrochemical, refineries, power generation (fossil fuel, nuclear, wind turbine and hydro-electric); pipeline construction and maintenance; pulp and paper; mining; heavy equipment and aerospace. The Next Generation
The FASTORQ leadership added a dynamic trio in 2011. Mark Murphy, Harry Maynes and Bill Washington became partners in process heat tracing and industrial pneumatics in 2003 when they purchased E&M Sales, Inc. Working to their individual and professional strengths, this energetic and dedicated group added to their business efforts a controlling interest in FASTORQ in 2011. Working with the highly respected George Sturdevant, their common goal became to take the well-regarded FASTORQ to the next level of solutions-based product innovation, reliability and global reach. The FASTORQ team has been developing an aggressive business plan and in two short years are seeing astronomical growth of over 50-percent each year. Applying tried and true approaches and innovative strategies, the leaders of FASTORQ will tell you the success of the company – past, present and future – comes down to a simple and fundamental philosophy: do everything the right way for the right reasons. Apply a common sense approach to everything that’s done. This philosophy, asserts the leadership, will provide the best products and services to the customer and lead both the team and company down a path of continued success.