Tomoko Sato, one of the few Japanese fastener sourcing professionals, female,trained in the foreign exchange business at Japan's largest banks in Hong Kong.She emigrated to Canada and worked in that business for years and then saw a huge opportunity in the fastener business and she pivoted to it.Backstory: Tomoko's father, Kunio, is a legend in the fastener world. He had a hand also in helping to invent and set standards for the Taiwan and Vietnamese fastener manufacturing businesses. Indeed, today KST Group has strong relationships with nearly 300 "only the best" of these manufacturers. They do not deal with Mainland Chinese companies for quality control reasons.Japan produces arguably the best fasteners on earth: anti-corrosion, high-tech, automotive, etc. Vietnam and Taiwan manufacture low cost but strong, more standard products that outperform Chinese and Indian productsTomoko Sato's decision to set up KST-North America to provide these products, opens up a new dimension for wholesalers and their customers looking for new ways to expand the ever growing, ever changing markets.This is also a story about how Canada's immigration policies benefit the country. In addition to Canada's noted humanitarian efforts, their immigration policies stress the practice of admitting qualified, educated people who bring ideas and energy to the country. This gives a country small by population, the ability to punch above its weight in economic ability.And Tomoko Sato, a female, an Asian, has seen this opportunity and this need, to supply North America with an insight into a wider world of successful business endeavours. No more one source supply and geopolitical supply chain problems. Simply, a well run, logical system that widens choice in imported fasteners.