After many years of selling hangers, Steve Pedelty will finally “hang it up,” retiring from his role with M&B Hangers, Leeds, AL, at the end of 2024.
Pedelty started his career with Cleaners Hanger Co. (CHC) in 1982, covering the Southeast territory. After six years of living in Charlotte, NC, but mainly traveling south, CHC asked him to move to Atlanta, so he and his family; his wife, Patty, and their three children, Susan, Laura Beth and Matt moved from their home in Charlotte and relocated to Atlanta.
“Although Steve was a competitor of M&B’s at the time, he was respected, as well as a friend to all of us. He did things the right way, and he developed lasting relationships that made people want to do business with him,” M&B said in a statement.
He continued traveling and building key relationships for the next 20 years. When the hanger industry was decimated by unfairly traded hangers from China, CHC, which was the largest producer of wire hangers in the world at the time, was forced to close in 2003. At that time, Pedelty was the vice president of sales at CHC. After CHC shuttered its operations, Pedelty then found a home with Nagel Hanger Co. for a short while, then United Wire Hanger until they stopped soliciting business in the Southeast.
After his time at United Wire Hanger came to a close, M&B was fortunate to be Pedelty’s last stop in his hanger employment. Pedelty has been with M&B for 19 years, and always did business the old fashioned way, by developing and nurturing relationships, the company noted in a news release.
In 2015, after a 20-plus year battle with cancer, Pedelty’s wife, Patty, lost her battle. Anyone that knows Steve, knows that he was by her side, fighting the battle with her. After a couple of years of loneliness, Pedelty met his current wife, Janet, and they were married on Dec. 29, 2018, and are a very happy loving couple today, and as Pedelty puts it, forever.
Since many of his friends are in the industry, please wish him and Janet happiness in the next chapter of their lives. His email address is stevep@mbhangers.com if you would like to reach out to him.
“Steve, thanks for all you did for M&B. We are a better company because you joined our team,” the company said in a statement.
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