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� Jim Wolpert is the new president of AVK Industrial Products.
Wolpert joined AVK in 1965 and became vice president of Avibank Mfg. and in charge of AVK in 1997.
AVK has operated as a division of Avibank for 17 years and shared financial, human resources and other services with Avibank. With the SPS Technologies acquisition of Avibank, AVK and Avibank are being moved into separate operating groups.
AVK also announced Jamie Lawrence as director of sales & marketing; Mike Hall, controller; and Joe Butvin, director of technical services.
Lawrence has 23 years in fastener sales experience, including being national sales manager for Olympic Fastening Systems, Voi-Shan and Allfast, and most recently was aerospace product line manager for Honeywell Hardware Product Group. Hall is a certified management accountant and has worked for automotive tier 1 and distributor suppliers. Butvin was general sales manager.
AVK manufactures blind installed threaded inserts, stud fasteners and related installation tooling and is headquartered at 25323 Rye Canyon Rd., Valencia, CA 91355. Tel: 661 257-2329. Fax 661 257-8043. Web: www.avkfasteners.com

� BBC Fasteners Inc. increased its cold heading capacity for standard and specialty fasteners and pins with a new National Boltmaker, sales vice president James Dion announced. BBC has manufactured hot forged parts for four decades and is located at 4210 Shirley Ln., Alsip, IL 60803. Tel: 708 597-9100. Fax 708 597-0423.

� Captive Fastener Corporation is expanding manufacturing capacity 20% with new machinery at its Massachusetts and New Jersey facilities. Captive will next expand manufacturing and office space.
Captive manufactures self-clinching fasteners and is headquartered at 19 Thornton Rd., Oakland, NJ 07436. Tel: 201 337-6800. Fax 201 337-1012. Web: www.captive-fastener.com

� General manager Marge Herold announced FastnerSMart Inc. relocated offices and warehouse to 25670 First St., Westlake, OH 44145-1430. Tel: 800 643-8823. Fax 800 643-7267. E-mail: fastnersmart@msn.com Web: www.FastnerSmart.com The mailing address is: P.O. Box 40059, Bay Village, OH 44140-0059.
FastnerSMart is a master distributor of rivets and rivet hand tools. The company started three years with no customers and grew through inside sales staff telemarketing to distributors.

� Ford Fasteners expanded product lines with S-tops self-drilling fasteners made of hardened steel and a 300 stainless capped head.
Ford Fasteners, founded in 1963, was an early manufacturer of 410 stainless steel fasteners for the aluminum, window and door trade, and air conditioning and refrigeration markets. Ford manufactures Phillips slotted screws and cold-headed specials and is located at 110 S. Newman St., Hackensack, NJ 07601. Tel: 201 487-3151 or 800 272-3673. Fax 201 487-1919.

� Mike Lamboy was promoted to vice president of sales at Hodell-Natco Industries Inc., and Kevin Reidl was named general manager of the Cleveland facility.
Hodell-Natco is a master distributor of fasteners, hardware and industrial products. It is headquartered at 7825 Hub Pkwy., Cleveland, OH 44125. Tel: 216 447-0165 or 800 321-4862. Fax 216 447-5078. Web: www.hodell-natco.com

� Pacific Warehouse Sales named Kim Scott to the outside sales team for Northern California.
PWS is a rep agency covering California, Nevada and Arizona and is headquartered at 12110 Altamar Pl., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. Tel: 562 906-2300. Fax 562 906-2355.

� Pentacon Inc. CEO Mark Baldwin named Robert Ruck president of Pentacon Aerospace Group Inc.
Baldwin also named Jeff Fatica president of Pentacon Industrial Group, and Ruck as senior vice presidents of the parent company.
Ruck was vice president and general manager for business and general aviation of Honeywell Aerospace. Ruck succeeds Don List, who left Pentacon but remains on the board as a consultant.
Pentacon also announced a three-year $7.5 million contract for JIT delivery to Pratt & Whitney Canada, a division of United Technologies Corp. Pentacon has opened a Montreal facility.
Baldwin said the contract �gives Pentacon the ability to further diversify into the regional airplane sector with a strong market leader.�
Houston-based Pentacon distributes fasteners and other small parts and provides inventory management through 37 distribution and sales facilities in the U.S. and sales offices in Europe, Canada and Australia. Pentacon is headquartered at 10375 Richmond Ave. #700, Houston, TX 77042. Tel: 713 860-1000. Fax 713 860-1001. Web: www.pentacon-inc.com

� Stelfast Inc. opened a warehouse in the Dallas market at 1180 113th St., Grand Prairie, TX 75050. Tel: 972 641-1215 or 866 783-5378. Fax 972 641-1654.
The Dallas branch is headed by Mary Jane Carr. Stelfast also announced David Worlton is the new Southwestern regional sales manager.
Stelfast manufactures and imports nuts, bolts, screws, washers and specials to print and wheel attaching hardware for heavy-duty trucks. Stelfast has facilities in Atlanta, Houston, Toronto and Montreal and is headquartered at 1710 Clarkstone Ave., Cleveland, OH 44112. Tel: 216 692-2855 or 800 729-9779. Fax 216 692-2128. E-mail: info@stelfast.com Web: www.stelfast.com

� Tacoma Screw Products Inc. opened a Portland, OR, branch.
The new 10,000 sq ft facility stocks 23,000 fasteners and industrial supplies and is located at 2797 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland, OR 97211. Tel: 503 282-5100. Fax 503 282-7400.
Glenn Clark is branch manager.
Tacoma Screw was founded in 1946 and is headquartered at 2001 Center St., Tacoma, WA 98409. Tel: 253 572-3444. Fax 253 272-2719. Web: www.tacomascrew.com

CORRECTION: The correct telephone number for the new Bisco Industries Inc. Warrensville Heights, OH, branch is 216 514-1790. Fax 216 514-8413.\