Lighting Science Group, a leading global manufacturer of premier, innovative LED lighting products, announced today that it has entered into a strategic distribution partnership with the Fastenal Company. Fastenal, headquartered in Winona, Minnesota, is currently one of the largest Maintenance, Repair and Operations suppliers in the world. As part of this agreement, Fastenal will warehouse and sell Lighting Science’s innovative LED products and solutions to its vast network of customers.

 “Our partnership with Fastenal is exciting and perfectly aligns with our growth strategy for 2015,” stated Ed Bednarcik, Chief Executive Officer, Lighting Science Group. “Fastenal will have access to our award-winning LED products and extensive technological expertise and infrastructure. In turn, Lighting Science secures a world-class leader in the marketplace with an extensive customer network to facilitate our continued expansion in the global LED arena.”

“Fastenal is thrilled to be partnering with Lighting Science Group and to support our customers by offering their innovative, state-of-the-art LED. The highly specialized nature of the products will set the Fastenal Lighting program ahead of our competition for years to come, and open new industry segments that have not been explored to date,” said Jamey Koehler, Product Manager, Lighting.

Randy Mortensen, Lighting Science’s EVP of Sales and Business Development added, “The Fastenal brand is widely recognized and known for superior customer service. It has also becoming synonymous with world class products and unsurpassed levels of customer satisfaction. Our LSG Business Development Team considers it a privilege to work alongside the thousands of Fastenal sales people who are in-the-field every day. We look forward to jointly delivering our industry leading LED lighting technologies to the public and private sectors.”