Global Fastener News

SHORT TAKES: Anixter Pentacon, Textron Fastening, Beacon, EFC International, Elgin, Fastener Consulting, Hayes Bolt, InfastGuide, Johnson Associates, LAFA, Metal Coatings, Park-Ohio, Star Stainless, Trifast, Vertex/Stillwater

Jason Sandefur

�Anixter Pentacon Inc. was named a distributor for Textron Fastening Systems, announced Anixter Pentacon CEO Rob Ruck. �The addition of Textron Fastening Systems products to our portfolio � including its recognized Cherry fasteners � increases our depth of product offering,� Ruck stated.
Owned by Glenview, IL-based Anixter International Inc., Anixter Pentacon distributes fasteners and other items, and is headquartered at 21123 Nordhoff St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. Tel: 800 554-4449 or 818 727-7800 Web: pentacon.com
TFS manufactures threaded and blind fasteners and engineered products, and is headquartered at 840 W. Long Lake Rd., Suite 450, Troy, MI 48098. Tel: 248 879-8660 Fax 248 813-6372 Web: textronfasteningsystems.com

�Beacon Fasteners & Components Inc. received ISO 9001-2000 certification. Quality assurance manager Jerry Stoczanskyj headed the certification process. He is assisted by Margarita Brito and Amy Kolodziej.
Founded in 1979 by Robert Wegner and Gary Pavlik, Beacon supplies in-stock sems, thread forming screws, thread cutting screws and specialty cold headed fasteners. Beacon is located at 204 W. Carpenter Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090. Tel: 847 541-0404 or 800 669-2658 Fax 847 541-1789 Web: beaconfasteners.com

�EFC International is celebrating its 20th anniversary, president Jim Laarman announced. The company will mark the occasion in June.
Founded in St. Louis in 1983, EFC is a master distributor of specialty fasteners and components. The company has expanded to include sales and warehouse facilities in Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas.
EFC is headquartered at 1940 Craigshire Rd., St. Louis, MO 63146. Tel: 314 434-2888 or 800 888-3326 Fax 314 434-2902 E-mail: info@efc-intl.com Web: efc-intl.com

�Elgin National Industries Inc. formed Elgin Fasteners International as a subsidiary to support the four Elgin Fastener Group companies, general manager Gary Walston announced.
EFI named Frank Pushpak as the first sales engineer. Pushpak has 25 years experience with five fastener manufacturers.
EFI will provide engineering, offshore purchasing and quality capabilities to the group including Ohio Rod Products, Leland Powell Fasteners, Chandler Products and Precision Screw & Bolt.
Elgin Fasteners, P.O. Box 17211, Cleveland, OH 44117. Tel: 216 383-0225 Fax 216 481-4427 E-mail: FrankP@eni.com

�John Grey is expanding his Fastener Consulting Services Inc. from expert witness in fastener-related litigation to applications engineering, training and seminars, source development, and manufacturing engineering.
Grey founded Fastener Consulting in 1997. With 40 years of fastener experience, he has been an expert in fastener failure cases representing companies both as defendants and as plaintiffs. Services include case preparation, investigations, depositions, testifying, and writing lab and legal reports. Fastener Consulting is located at 291 Butternut Ln., Berea, OH 44017. Tel: 440 243-8549 Fax 440 243-4984 E-mail: JohnGreyemail@aol.com

�Hayes Bolt & Supply received the small business subcontractor of the year award from the Small Business Administration. Northrop Grumman Radio Systems Division sponsored Hayes Bolt. The award is part of National Small Business Week, which recognizes economic and philanthropic contributions made by small companies.
The award was presented to Hayes president Suzanne Dukes and contracts administrator Danielle Love at a luncheon cosponsored by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Hayes is a fastener distributor located at 2950 National Ave., San Diego, CA 92113. Tel: 619 231-5966. Fax 619 231-7528 E-mail: sales@HayesBolt.com Web: hayesbolt.com

�InfastGuide Publications Inc. published a new printed edition of The International Fastener Source Guide, Asian Exporters 2003-2004, publisher Richard Desormeau announced.
The 425-page guide is updated from the CD-ROM version published last year. It lists 1,067 manufacturers and exporters from Asia, including 153 from mainland China. Other countries covered are Taiwan, India, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Macau. The index of products includes 825 types of fasteners and fixings.
InfastGuide is located at PMB 211, 2637 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach, FL 33062. Tel: 954�782-9527 Fax: 954 782-9723 E-mail: info@infastguide.com Web: infastguide.com

�Lee S. Johnson Associates Inc. named Jay Hoch as territory manager for New Jersey and New York. Hoch has 18 years of experience as a manufacturers rep and is based on Long Island. Tel: 631 585-4799 Fax 631 585-4677
Lee S. Johnson Associates is a four-person rep agency handling manufacturers and importers of fasteners and industrial, electrical and specialty products in the markets of New York, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The mailing address is P.O. Box 89, Spring City, PA 19475. Tel: 877 634-7377 Fax 866 329-5752 E-mail: lee@lsjassoc.com Web: lsjassoc.com

�Ron Molder of Saturn Fasteners graduated from the Los Angeles Fastener Association�s Certified Fastener Specialist technical training program. There are now 105 graduates.
LAFA also announced graduates of its three-day product training seminar: Ray Avitia, WCL; Aleyda Beltran, Askew Hardware; Tasi Borja, American Bolt; Matt Campbell, T&T Enterprises; Kia Chew, American Bolt; Donna Edwards, Anixter Pentacon; Nalleli Espinoza, Askew Hardware; Emilio Garcia, Porteous Fastener; Craig Kozeluh, Hayes Bolt & Supply; Dianna Slavinski, Best Source Distributing; Joanne Trang, American Bolt; Jane Vargas, Duncan Bolt; and Allen Westra, Anixter Pentacon.
For information contact LAFA executive director Vickie Lester. Tel: 877 606-5232. Fax 877 607-5232 E-mail: lafahq@aol.com

�Metal Coatings International Inc. appointed David Wolf as account executive for its GEOMET and DACROMET lines of corrosion-resistant coatings. Wolf is returning to the company after three years as a production manager at a metal finishing facility. He will service MCII�s account with Ford Motor Co.
MCII manufactures corrosion-resistant sealers and coating systems, and is headquartered at 275 Industrial Parkway, Chardon, OH 44024-1083. Tel: 440 285-2231 Fax 440 279-1483 E-mail: customerservice@metal-coatings.com Web: metal-coatings.com

�Matthew Crawford was named COO of Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. Crawford, 33, joined Park-Ohio in 1995 after serving as a corporate finance analyst for McDonald & Company Securities Inc. He is the son of Park-Ohio CEO Edward Crawford.
The company also announced Dan Moore III was elected to the board. Moore is chairman of Dan T. Moore Co., an R&D and acquisition firm.
Park-Ohio manufactures and distributes fasteners and other parts for OEMs through 23 plants and 35 distribution centers. The company is headquartered at 23000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44117. Tel: 216 692-7200 Fax 216 692-7174

�Bruce Wheeler is the new president of Star Stainless Screw Co., succeeding Wayne Golden.
Golden, now chairman, said he is not retiring and will be at Star most of the time, but �wants to spend more time at my house on the water in Amagansett, Long Island.�
Wheeler has been vice president for five years. His first job was in 1973 in the Star warehouse where his father, Bill Wheeler, had worked for decades. He moved to the sales desk and then opened Star�s Chicago branch in 1981.
Golden owns Star Stainless, which his father founded in 1950. Golden earned a bachelors degree from Rutgers University and an MBA from Columbia University. He joined Star Stainless in 1970.
Star supplies stainless fasteners from 12 North American locations and is headquartered at 30 West End Rd., Totowa, NJ 07511-0288. Tel: 973 256-2300 Fax 973 256-2423 Star owns Yellow Woods and Roads Less Traveled, which specialize in stocking little used stainless items and other metals.

�Trifast International Fastenings Group acquired several fastener brands from European Industrial Services. Brands include Pozidriv, a drive mechanism known in trade and DIY retail markets. Other brands are Supadriv, Polymate and Twinfast. Trifast CEO Jim Barker said the products will be manufactured at company facilities in Asia.
�By acquiring Pozidriv and the other marks, we will become known as the authority in fasteners through owning the brands, [and] controlling manufacturing, distribution and quality � Our goal is to have the TR brand recognised globally as the Premier Brand in fasteners.�
Founded in 1973, London-based Trifast manufactures and distributes industrial fasteners, including machine screws and self-tapping screws. Trifast has 1,000 employees at 28 locations in the United Kingdom, Asia and North America, with 2002 sales of about $173.3 million. E-mail: ceooffice@trifast.com Web: trifast.com

�Vertex Fasteners/Stillwater Fasteners promoted Ed Simas to plant superintendent and William Donaghy to plant engineer. Both had started with Stillwater in 1977.
Founded in 1948, the Stillwater division of the new Vertex manufactures nonferrous and stainless steel male special and standard industrial fasteners. Pawtucket, RI-based Vertex was known as Pawtucket Fasteners LLC, until its owner, Main Street Resources, acquired West-Spec Partners and renamed the companies Vertex Fasteners (see FIN, June 10, 2003).
Stillwater�s address is P.O. Box 300, E. Freetown, MA 02717. Tel: 508 763-8044 Fax 508 763-8048 �2003 FastenerNews.com