{"id":18914,"date":"2016-03-09T10:13:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:02:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:02:19","slug":"rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\"Rachel\n<\/div>\n
\nRachel Novak is the third generation of her family to operate Henssgen Hardware Corp., housed in a 5,500-square-foot warehouse at 43 Everts Ave., Glens Falls.<\/p>\n

\t\t\tPhoto\/Todd Bissonette – rtbphoto.com\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nBy Jill Nagy\n<\/div>\n

For people who are hankering for a hook, pining for a pulley or looking for almost any other kind of industrial rigging hardware, chances are good that it can be found at Henssgen Hardware Corp. in Glens Falls.<\/p>\n

If not, they will try to find it for you.<\/p>\n

The company is owned by Rachel Novak, the third generation of her family to operate the business. It is a wholesale distributor selling everything from dog leashes to sports netting to factories, hardware wholesalers and small manufacturers.<\/p>\n

It is a business-to-business company whose customers include manufacturers of agriculture equipment, sports equipment and anything else that has to be hooked, snapped or otherwise rigged. They sell throughout the United States and Canada and, Novak said, to one customer in Jamaica.<\/p>\n

Novak’s great uncle and great aunt started the company in the early 1970s. Their main business was importing and distributing dog products, equestrian products, marine hardware, and similar products manufactured by the German company Henssgen. Novak’s father took over the business in 2000 and, in 2013, he retired.<\/p>\n

The business is housed in a 5,500-square-foot warehouse at 43 Everts Ave., Glens Falls. There are two employees in addition to Novak. Some extra warehouse space is rented out.<\/p>\n

Novak abandoned a career in human resources with a company in Vermont to return to Queensbury and take the Henssgen helm. Over the years, the company has expanded and its product line is no longer limited to Henssgen products. In fact, according to Novak, that company no longer exists. Currently, Novak purchases her stock from companies in Germany, Taiwan and China.
\nIn her new position, Novak says, she is still involved with customer service. However, the international buying and selling was a new area for her to master.<\/p>\n

“What I love most is talking to customers,” she said. She also enjoys the opportunity for international travel.<\/p>\n

Novak and her husband both grew up in Queensbury and graduated from Queensbury High School. She went on to Siena College and graduate school at St. Michael’s College in Vermont where she earned an M.S. degree in administration. Her husband is vice president for sales and development for a company headquartered in Chicago, but works some from home and also travels a lot. They have two sons in elementary school.<\/p>\n

Novak is also an animal lover and serves on the board of the Warren County SPCA.<\/p>\n

The company’s website, www.henssgenhardware.com, includes a 42-page catalog and information about many of the products. Novak expects to have a new website, including the capability for online shopping, up and running soon.<\/p>\n

The telephone number is 793-3593.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rachel Novak is the third generation of her family to operate Henssgen Hardware Corp., housed in a 5,500-square-foot warehouse at 43 Everts Ave., Glens Falls. Photo\/Todd Bissonette – rtbphoto.com By Jill Nagy For people who are hankering for a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nRachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp. - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp. - Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rachel Novak is the third generation of her family to operate Henssgen Hardware Corp., housed in a 5,500-square-foot warehouse at 43 Everts Ave., Glens Falls. Photo\/Todd Bissonette - rtbphoto.com By Jill Nagy For people who are hankering for a...\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-09T15:13:59+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-11-08T16:02:19+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/03\/rachel20novak20hc.jpg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jake Van Ness\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jake Van Ness\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/\",\"name\":\"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp. - Glens Falls Business Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-09T15:13:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-08T16:02:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/\",\"name\":\"Glens Falls Business Journal\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86\",\"name\":\"Jake Van Ness\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jake Van Ness\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/author\/jakev\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp. - Glens Falls Business Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp. - Glens Falls Business Journal","og_description":"Rachel Novak is the third generation of her family to operate Henssgen Hardware Corp., housed in a 5,500-square-foot warehouse at 43 Everts Ave., Glens Falls. Photo\/Todd Bissonette - rtbphoto.com By Jill Nagy For people who are hankering for a...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/","og_site_name":"Glens Falls Business Journal","article_published_time":"2016-03-09T15:13:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-11-08T16:02:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/03\/rachel20novak20hc.jpg"}],"author":"Jake Van Ness","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jake Van Ness","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/","url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/","name":"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp. - Glens Falls Business Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-03-09T15:13:59+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-08T16:02:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2016\/03\/rachel-novak-represents-third-generation-of-her-family-to-own-henssgen-hardware-corp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rachel Novak Represents Third Generation Of Her Family To Own Henssgen Hardware Corp."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/","name":"Glens Falls Business Journal","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86","name":"Jake Van Ness","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jake Van Ness"},"url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/author\/jakev\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28820,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18914\/revisions\/28820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}