Article: Measuring Success.(Company overview)

By Jack Keough, Editor

Douglas A. Starrett, president of The L.S. Starrett Company, is a lot like his great-great grandfather who founded the company 129 years ago: both realized the value of industrial distributors to their company's growth

Douglas A. Starrett, president and CEO of The L.S. Starrett Co., has a lot in common with his great-great-grandfather, Laroy S. Starrett, who founded the company in 1880. Both realized early on the importance of introducing innovative new products in order to grow and that distribution is the key to bringing those products to workers on the plant floor.

"My great-great-grandfather was ahead of his time," ...

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