Lawson Products

Lawson Elects New Sales and Marketing Executive

DES PLAINES, Ill.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 20, 2008—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.”

About Lawson Products

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).

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