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IR-G adds new product lines and plans to upgrade its software to become more efficient while continuing to provide personalized service.
IR-G’s adaptability and its belief that trust is the most valuable thing one can earn has served the company well over the past 28 years. The company has become a well-respected distributor in the industrial hoses and gaskets industry by staying true to its word and...

Nashville-Based IR-G Embraces Lean Practices to Improve Performance
If you hear employees at IR-G, the Nashville-based hose and accessories distributor, talk about making toast, it’s not because they’re hungry. they’re refer- ring to a popular “toast Kaizen” video that explains lean manufacturing and continuous improvement concepts. Every new IR-G employee watches the video that demonstrates how to notice and eliminate waste in processes even as simple as making toast.

The Maine Man in Nashville — Industrial Distribution — By Jack Keough, Editor — 9/1/2004
Fifteen years ago, some people in the Nashville business community snickered after learning that a new businessman had bought a bankrupt hose and rubber distributorship in the downtown area.
After all, they reasoned, George Fournier had no distribution experience, whatsoever. He also had no sales experience — and worse yet, no product knowledge. Some of those doomsayers predicted he’d be out of business in six months.