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Lehigh-Armstrong Acquires Lundey / Stamas; Names Rudolph Sales Director

John Wolz

Lehigh-Armstrong Inc. acquired Lundey / Stamas Sales Inc., the new director of sales Rick Rudolph announced.
Founded in 1940, Lundey / Stamas sources specials, fabricated parts and components for OEMs, provides JIT inventory management, rivet and blind fasteners and hardware for metal buildings.
Rudolph has been president of W�rth Eastern Fastener Corp., Berlin, CT, and was chair of the New England Fastener Distributors Association.
Billerrea, MA-based Lehigh-Armstrong is a 89-year old distributor of fasteners and electronic hardware. E-mail: ****************************************************************

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Sanker Sells Blue Chip Engineering to Roses

John Wolz

Ken Sanker sold Blue Chip Engineered Products to Mike Rose and Wendy Rose.
“After 21 years in the specialty fastener industry, it was time to move on and pursue other interests,”” outgoing CEO Sanker explained.
The Roses together have more than 40 years of manufacturing and service B2B management experience.
“In selecting a buyer for Blue Chip I was looking for someone who would continue the growth while best serving the interests of our customers, suppliers and employees,” Sanker said. “As president and CEO Mike Rose brings a wealth of experience in operations, sales, manufacturing and finance. He has a record of building successful organizations in several industries with domestic and international operations.””
Wendy Rose has more than 25 years experience in business development and strategy, sales, marketing and communications. She was vice president and executive director of a national agri-chemical trade association. Previously she spent 15 years in advertising and public relations. She has been on the Department of Communications faculty at Northern Kentucky University.
Sanker will remain at Blue Chip through October to assist in the transition.
Cincinnati-based Blue Chip was founded in 1984 and provides specialty metal, plastic and assembled component parts and distribution services to OEMs and automotive marketplaces. E-mail: bcep@fuse.net �2005 FastenerNews.com