Global Fastener News

SHORT TAKES / COMPANY NEWS

John Wolz

� Joe Greenslade of Greenslade & Company was named to the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation board of directors. Chris Wackrow of MNP Corporation was named to the criteria council for mechanical, chemical and metals. The criteria council reviews and approves technical criteria documents.
A2LA is a nonprofit laboratory accreditation body. There are more than 1,300 A2LA accredited labs, including more than 300 in the fastener program. A2LA is located at 5301 Buckeystown Pike #350, Frederick MD 21704-8373. Tel: 301 644-3248. Fax 301 662-2974. E-mail: info@a2la.org. Web: a2la.org

� Beacon Fasteners & Components Inc. expanded its product line from sems and specialty cold headed fasteners to include thread forming screws.
Founded in 1979 by Robert Wegner and Gary Pavlik, Beacon is located at 204 W. Carpenter Ave., Wheeling IL 60090. Tel: 847 541-0404. Fax 847 541-1789. E-mail: jbabcock@beaconfasteners.com Web: beaconfasteners.com

� Captive Fastener Corporation began operations in its recently acquired 60,000 sq ft plant a quarter mile from the Oakland, NJ corporate headquarters. The plant includes new primary and secondary machinery to increase production capacity and efficiency. The facility has expansion room.
Captive now has 260,000 sq ft of manufacturing space at three plants in Oakland and one in Peabody, MA.
Captive manufactures self-clinching fasteners and is headquartered at 19 Thornton Rd., Oakland, NJ 07436. Tel: 201 337-6800. Fax 201 337-1012. Web: captive-fastener.com

� Mike Fitch is the new vice president and general manager of Charter Steel, president Tom Glaister announced. Fitch held the same position with Charter Wire, another division of Charter Steel, since 1997. Prior to joining Charter, Fitch was with Acme
Steel.
Charter Manufacturing is a privately held company headquartered in Mequon, WI. Charter Steel is headquartered at 1658 Cold Spring Dr., Saukville, WI 53080. Tel: 414 268-2500. Fax 414 286-2340.

� Michael Tyll is the new president of the Emhart Fastening Teknologies automotive division. Tyll has been president of the industrial division for two years.
Tyll succeeds Hermann Roser, who becomes vice president of Black & Decker�s DOM security hardware business in Europe.
Emhart Fastening, a Black & Decker company, is headquartered at 234 Church St., New Haven, CT 06510. Tel: 203 781-7830. Web: emhart.com

� W.M. Heitgras Co. received ISO 9002 certification, quality assurance manager W.M. Mahoney announced.
Heitgras distributes fasteners and related products and provides in-house custom manufacturing and is located at 1316-14 N. Osage Dr., Tulsa, OK 74106. Tel: 918 583-5131 or 800 397-6586. Fax 918 583-7336.

� Kanebridge Corporation published its 664-page Source Book 2001 with 20,000 fasteners, including 600 stainless fasteners not in previous books.
Kanebridge is a master distributor of steel and stainless fasteners and is headquartered at 153 Bauer Dr., Oakland, NJ 07436-3150. Tel: 201 337-2200 or 800 222-9221. Fax 201 337-8806. E-mail: info@kanebridge.com Web: kanebridge.com

� Nylok Fastener Corporation named Nilo Urbani vice president of sales & marketing for North American markets, president Max Dorflinger announced. Urbani joined Nylok in 1994 and has 25 years of fastener experience. He was sales manager for Nylok licensee Mapri-Textron of Brazil and a founder and co-owner of Nylok Brazil.
Gregory Alaimo was named corporate engineering manager. Alaimo has been with Nordson Corporation and Ford Motor. Based at Nylok�s Macomb, MI, headquarters, Alaimo will be responsible for R&D and oversee design, development and fabrication of manufacturing equipment.
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

� Pinnacle Capital Corporation relocated to 74 Trinity Place #1205, New York, NY 10006. Tel: 212 267-8200. Fax 212 267-7811. E-mail: rphagan@compuserve.com
Pinnacle, headed by Richard Hagan, is an investment banker specializing in putting together fastener industry company transactions. Hagan issues an annual list of the top fastener company acquisitions.

� Spaenaur Inc. promoted Ward Meek to director of sales & marketing for the catalog division. Joining Spaenaur are Greg Tombs as director of sales & marketing for custom services; Jack McFaul, sales manager; and Candace Oosterveld, marketing coordinator.
Spaenaur distributes fasteners and hardware and is headquartered at 815 Victoria St. North, Kitchner, Ontario N2G 4B1. Tel: 519 744-6305 or 800 265-8772. Fax 519 744-5937. E-mail: webmaster@spaenaur.com Web: spaenaur.com

Correction: NYF Corp., founded as New York Fasteners in 1956, is headquartered at 599 Industrial Ave., Paramus, NJ 07652-0097. Tel: 201 265-8770. Fax 201 265-3765. E-mail: info@nyf.com Web: www.nyf.com \