Global Fastener News

SHORT TAKES / COMPANY NEWS

John Wolz

� Balzers Tool Coating Inc. changed its name to Balzers Inc. to reflect expansion. Balzers had three business units: Tool coating, components coating, and equipment sales and service.
Balzers also announced it received QS 9000 certification for its Amherst, NY, coating center and technical development center.
The parent company, Balzers AG, is based in Liechtenstein and has operations in 18 countries.
Balzers applies thin-film tool and precision component coatings from centers in Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina and New York. There also are sales and and service centers in California and Toronto, Canada. The North American operations are headquartered at 495 Commerce Dr., Amherst, NY 14228. Tel: 716 564-8557 or 800 435-5010. Fax 716 564-0206. Web: www.bus.balzers.com
� Building Fasteners of Minnesota Inc. promoted Bob Bridgeman to vice president of marketing and Todd Boone to vice president of distribution.
Building Fasteners is a 15-year-old distributor of industrial and construction fasteners and is located at 2827 Anthony Lane South, Minneapolis, MN 55418. Tel: 612 788-7468. Fax 612 788-1914. E-mail: PatU@buildingfasteners.com Web: www.buildingfasteners.com
� The Greenslade & Company Inc. calibration laboratory in Loves Park, IL, was reaccredited by A2LA for ISO Guide 25. The scope of calibration capabilities was expanded with this accreditation and now includes all types of thread gages, including ring and plug gages, rolls and segments for Bi-Point, Tri-Roll and Johnson gages. The scope includes recess measuring elements, calipers, micrometers, optical comparators, torque wrenches, test plates, hardness testers and drill screw testers.
Greenslade specializes in calibrating instruments used in inspection of mechanical fasteners. The lab is located at 5279 Zenith Pkwy., Loves Park, IL 61111. Tel: 815 654-3211. Fax 815 654-3447. E-mail: info@greensladeandcompany.com
� The Nettleton steel treating facility HI TecMetal Group received 30 heat treating process approvals from Boeing, and HTG Duncan received QS 9000 registration.
Duncan services fastening, automotive, stamping and hand tool industries.
HTG has 21 business units in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and South Carolina. HTG companies supply more than 100 metal services, several lines of engineered products, a plastic blow-molding business, a transportation company and industrial engineering for product and tooling design. HTG is headquartered at 1101 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH 44103-1046. Tel: 216 881-8100. Fax 216 881-2252. Web: www.hitecmetalgroup.com
� Hodell-Natco Industries Inc. has moved its Delaware warehouse to larger facilities at 210 Executive Blvd. #3, Pencader Corporate Center, Newark, DE 19702. Tel: 800 618-8316. Fax 800 361-2950.
The Delaware warehouse specializes in stainless metric fasteners.
Hodell-Natco, a master distributor of fasteners and chain products, has five locations and is headquartered at 7825 Hub Pkwy., Cleveland, OH 44125. Tel: 216 447-0165 or 800 321-4862. Fax 800 321-2144. E-mail: wrex@hodell-natco.com Web: www.hodell-natco.com
� ITW Shakeproof received QS 9000 and ISO 9002 certification for its Milwaukee, WI, manufacturing plant, Ken Vahl, general sales manager for the assembly components division, announced.
ITW Shakeproof Assembly Components, a part of Glenview, IL-based Illinois Tool Works Inc., is located at 3704 N. Palmer, Milwaukee, WI 53212. Tel: 414 264-5090. Fax 414 264-5171. Web: www.itwshakeproofsac.com
� L&J Fasteners Inc. received the Dana Spicer Heavy Axle & Brake Division award for cost savings ideas and improvements of 1999-2000. Operations vice president Jay Geiger received the award for L&J, which has been supplying Dana for 17 years.
L&J, founded in 1976, distributes industrial fasteners and is located at 3636 Lacon Rd., Hilliard, OH 43026-0008. Tel: 614 876-7313. Fax 614 876-5505.
� Nylok Fastener Corp. named Nylok Scandinavia AB as authorized licensee in Sweden, president Max Dorflinger announced. Nylok Scandinavia has a new processing facility operated by Mattsson Fasteners and Wulkan AB of Anderstorp, Sweden. The company is headed by chairman Ingvar Mattsson, president Gert-Ove Almgren and technical coordinator Lars Grundin.
Nylok supplies nylon patch-locking elements for internally and externally threaded self-locking fasteners, locking elements, adhesives, coatings and sealing elements. Nylok is headquartered at 15260 Hallmark Dr., Macomb, MI 48042-4007. Tel: 810 786-0100 or 800 791-7101. Fax 810 786-0598. E-mail: sales@nylokfastener.com Web: www.nylok.com
� Panafast Sockets opened a new Chicago distribution center at 940 Lively Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Tel: 847 437-1050. Fax 847 437-2733. Nick Weiss is regional sales manager. E-mail: nick@panafast.com Web: www.panafast.com
� Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. named Apopka, FL-based Tropic Fasteners Inc. an authorized distributor for Pemserter fastener installation presses. Tropic, headed by president Hugh Watson, has branches in Cary, NC, and Lawrenceville, GA, and markets in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Tropic is headquartered at 255 Semoran Common Place, Apopka, FL 32703. Tel: 407 880-4777. Fax 407 880-2122.
Penn Engineering is headquartered at 5190 Old Easton Rd., Danboro, PA 18916-1000. Tel: 215 766-8853. Fax 215 766-0143. E-mail: pem@pemnet.com Web: www.pemnet.com
� Sensor Products Inc. has developed a bolted joint analysis software package. BoltFast aids engineers in determining fatigue endurance limits of a thread, embedding, optimal tightening torque and �what if� scenarios.
Sensor Products is located at 188 Route 10 #307, E. Hanover, NJ 07936-2108. Tel: 973 884-1755. Fax 973 884-1699. E-mail: sales@sensorprod.com Web: www.sensorprod.com
� Questron Technology Inc. opened branches in Bristol, VA, and Greenville, MS, bringing the company to 36 facilities in North America.
Questron also announced the Milwaukee, WI, and Atlanta, GA, branches would relocate to larger facilities.
CEO Dominic Polimeni said the new branches �are in response to meeting the needs of certain customers that recently signed contracts with Questron.�
Polimeni said that during the past six months Questron has signed 10 logistics contracts with new and established OEM customers. The contracts are projected to total $18 million in additional annual revenue.
The Virginia facility is at 701 Old Airport Rd., Dock 1, Bristol, VA 24203. The Mississippi branch is at 542 S. Broadway, Greenville, MS. 38701.
Questron supplies fasteners and other C inventory items and inventory logistics management primarily to OEMs. Questron is headquartered at 600 Congress Ave. #220A, Boca Raton, FL 33487. Tel: 561 241-5251. Fax 561 241-2866. Web: www.questrontechnology.com
� John Lamantini, a 30-year veteran of the fastener machinery business, joined Waterbury Headers Corp. as parts manager. Waterbury is a 150-year-old fastener machinery manufacturer located at 217 Interstate Ln., Waterbury, CT 06705. Tel: 203 753-0046. Fax 203 573-8443. E-mail:
W-b@sftg.com Web: www.wb-header.com
� WCL Co. expanded its washer stocking to include square-holed torque washers, president Lee Harper announced.
Founded in 1957, WCL is a master distributor of washers, threaded fasteners and plastic components and is located at 16730 E. Johnson Dr., Industry, CA 91744. Tel: 626 968-5523 or 800 331-3316. Fax 626 369-9805. E-mail: info@wclco.com Web: www.wclco.com \