Atlas Distribution Services
Tailoring Fulfillment & Supply Chain Solutions to Maximize Your Import Experience

Atlas Distribution Services, Ltd was formed to help distributors of fasteners and industrial supplies unlock the potential of their global supply chains by helping to address certain “pain points” in areas involving product availability, packaging, minimums, and lead times from qualified factories across Asia. Atlas was founded by Scott Camp, a former Product & Supply Chain executive at the Fastenal Company.
Mr. Camp has 30 years of experience within the industrial distribution channel; with over 27 years falling within the global product management, sourcing, procurement and supply chain disciplines. After graduating from Elon University in 1991, he was hired by Fastenal Company whereby he served in various roles across the organization. In 2003, Mr. Camp moved his wife and children to Shanghai, China where they lived for 5 years while establishing FASTCO (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd, the company’s foreign entity responsible for sourcing, supplier qualification, procurement, logistics and quality assurance operations. Mr. Camp worked for Fastenal for more than 23 years, eventually working his way to the home office based in Winona, MN where he served as Vice President and later Executive VP responsible for the Company’s global supply chain operations.
After 23 years of service Scott decided to exit the company to pursue his passion for international trade by establishing Atlas Distribution Services, Ltd. Given Scott’s deep love and respect for Taiwan, its people and culture, it was only natural for the first company to be founded in Taiwan. Scott was quoted as saying “I have been coming to Taiwan since 1996 and until today I continue to marvel at Taiwan’s commitment to quality, service and advancing technologies across many of its key industries. As Gangshan, Tainan, Luchu and surrounding areas are commonly referred to as the “Fastener Kingdom” I knew I would have the greatest chance of success if I founded my first company here. “
Today, as a group of companies with physical operations in Taiwan, mainland China and the USA, Atlas has a complete portfolio of products and services to add even greater value to its distributor clients. “The Shanghai team is vital to our ongoing ability to service our clients with high quality, shelf-ready product. Atlas Shanghai has also added extensive custom-packaging, kitting and assembly capabilities which has further amplified the savings to our distributor clients. The company has also added many other non-fastener categories such as castings, forgings, stampings weldments and other fabricated components while also expanding its capabilities in the areas of special, per-print fasteners and components. In Taiwan for instance, we have invested in state of the art optical sortation machines in order to meet customer-specific PPM requirements. Additionally, in an effort to upgrade our testing and quality assurance capabilities, we have made substantial investments in the personnel and equipment necessary to establish an accredited testing laboratory. As this article is being distributed, we will be preparing for our ISO-17025/A2LA lab accreditation.
If you pair these sorting and quality assurance resources with our extensive warehousing, packaging and fulfillment capabilities-Atlas is very well positioned to offer a significant value proposition at origin.”
To be successful in business, and in life, it is so important to surround yourself with great people. For those who have met the Atlas team members, our leadership team or any of our supplier partners would agree-we have successfully established an amazing culture of service. “We have great people, and I am proud of them and all they have accomplished so far. My entire Asia-Pacific team is blessed to serve alongside Mr. Scott Liu, our Asia-Pacific General Manager. Scott is one of the most talented young men I have ever worked with and has helped elevate my company to new heights and his leadership style resonates with all team members and supplier partners. As Atlas takes a less-traditional approach to servicing the distribution channel, I firmly believe we can help factories achieve greater market share. We are proud to cooperate with the most well-known and respected manufacturers across Asia-Pacific while helping them to make their products more readily available in the marketplace. As the company is now entering its 7th year of operation, I am proud to say that our greatest asset is of course the Atlas team. I always say, it takes a great team to build a dream. The team members we have in Asia are smart, strong, and highly capable to service any customer anywhere in the world. It’s not rocket science; hire great people, build and protect a strong and unique culture and attract world-class clients. And of course, only buy from the best suppliers! “
In addition to the sourcing and fulfillment capabilities within Asia, Atlas also has a 50,000 sq. ft warehouse in central USA whereby fulfillment solutions can be tailored on behalf of its key partners seeking to leverage the company’s full platform. “We offer the greatest value to those distributors who buy their A&B items from our operations in Asia while partnering with us to design fulfillment solutions from our Missouri warehouse for their C&D items. Our best customers also take full advantage of our freight and customs brokerage services to realize their most competitive landed cost. As most of our sales to distributors in the USA are under a DDP term, we therefore take over the challenges of dealing with the various shipping lines/forwarders while also handling the customs clearance into the USA. Given the challenges this year with ocean, rail and over the road transportation, this door to door, turnkey service from Asia has provided yet another opportunity for Atlas to provide even greater service to our distributor clients. One of many things I learned from my mentor Will Oberton (former Chairman & CEO at Fastenal) is that “the easiest way to sell is to make it convenient to buy”. By taking on the supply chain pains that our distributor clients face, we are able to save them time and money while letting them focus on growing their business.”
Atlas Distribution Services, Ltd is an ISO 9001:2015 registered company who only sells to distributors seeking long-term and sustainable partnerships. “We are not for everyone, nor do we want to be. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to us at info@atlasdistribution.com.tw. We appreciate the opportunity to serve.”