Business is based in Charlotte, NC.
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The deal included Stock’d Supply’s Tennessee headquarters, along with its seven other locations in Chicago; Franklin, IN; Lincoln, NE; Louisville, KY; Mocksville, NC; Rock Hill, SC; and Yankton, SD.
First company location in Arizona expands its footprint in the West after the January acquisition of Pacific Coast Bolt.
The 37,700 sq ft high-capacity distribution center will support growing demand and includes such sustainable features as solar panels on the roof and a water catchment pond rainwater drainage.
New manufacturing and engineering managers have more than 60 years of fastener manufacturing experience combined.
“Productivity was strong once again, which led to operating margin expansion,” stated CFO Kristen Actis-Grande.
Founded in 1990, Southwest Fastener supplies strut channel, hardware, strut fittings and specialty fasteners through facilities in Phoenix, Albuquerque and Dallas.
As regional business manager, John Butler will cover Western Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
Palmquist has 25 years of fastener experience. His specialty is developing fastening and joining solutions focusing on value-added options.
He became Division Manager for the Industrial Fasteners Institute after retiring as VP of sales and marketing at Semblex Corp., a company he worked for since 2001.
Staffing is complete and Empire expects to have inventory in place for existing customers within 30 days.
The 26,000 sq ft factory in southeastern Taiwan has areas for 1-die 2-blow forming, multi-blow forming, thread rolling, sorting and packaging.
The Illinois fastener manufacturer reported fastener sales to automotive customers rose 5%, while fastener sales to non-automotive customers dropped 3.4%.
The 170,000 sq ft manufacturing facility is adjacent to the 71,000 sq ft distribution center the automotive fastener manufacturer opened in 2017.
Scroll down below 2019 Obituaries for a link to previous obituaries or CLICK HERE. 2024 Dennis M. Shanahan, 75, former president of the Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association, died November 7,...
While the tonnage was down 0.7% from 2021, Taiwan’s transformation to higher-value-added products yielded higher total value.
New equipment will improve automation, quality and develop flexibility for small and diverse quantities.
Sieper was the first woman president of the Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association, serving from 1999-2002. In 2016, she was inducted in the inaugural class of the MFDA Hall of Fame.
El Cajon, CA-based Weldmac manufactures highly-engineered components for critical applications across the aerospace, defense, commercial power and space launch industries.
She succeeds Baron Yarborough of Champion Mfg., who was interim director.