New Chief Financial Officer is a Certified Management Accountant with more than 20 years of financial leadership experience across the manufacturing, construction, and service industries.
Previous experience includes Vallen USA, where the new business development manager sold MRO fasteners and related products.
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Green Bay, WI-based Packer Fastener continues to expand its national footprint, strengthening the local supply chain for major construction projects in Utah with a new distribution center.
New executive is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Ohio Northern University.
Recently retired as technical sales manager at Brighton-Best, his career focus has been fastener quality, quality management, testing, lab accreditation and management, and applications engineering.
PennAero agreed to establish Commerce, CA-based FDH Aero as a full-line authorized distributor.
Former National Fastener Distributors Association board member founded Jacksonville Bolt and Screw Co., which later became AJAX Company.
Seven people and two companies selected for their contributions to the fastener industry and the Mid-West Fastener Association.
Recent trends show a double-digit decline in volume even as year-over-year pricing remained higher.
AZ Wire & Cable founder was a fixture at Wrigley Field, where generations of Chicago Cubs fans knew him as “The Pink Hat Guy.”
Fastener Training Institute event in L.A. features Kevin Chavis (Star Stainless) as instructor.
Valued at $2.4 billion, DSG formed in April 2022 through the combination of Lawson Products, Gexpro Services and TestEquity.
EVs are one of the strongest drivers, containing fewer fasteners than conventional vehicles while performance requirements on those fasteners are significantly higher, Engineer Live reports.
“By aligning our resources with highly experienced local professionals, we are fully optimizing the power of local people, local inventory, and local decision-making.”
Sales rose 11.1%, which included organic growth of 5.3%, while adjusted operating margin increased to 14.7%.
Results extend a record of fastener sales growth that began in July 2025 after two years of decline.
Additive manufacturing and digital inventory arm of the world’s largest industrial fastener distributor is closing its business operations.
Swedish fastener manufacturer is divesting automotive factories in the EU and China to cut capital costs and refocus towards distribution and value-added services.
New executive's previous experience includes leadership positions at Apollo Aerospace Components, ERIKS, and Grainger.

