Global Fastener News

John Wolz

� American Fasteners Inc. opened its third branch. Mike Kelly is the manager for the new St. Louis branch.
American Fasteners president James Delp also named Wayne Howard branch manager for Bloomington, IN, and Cory Delp, director of marketing.
American Fasteners received ISO 9002 certification.
AFI is an 18-year-old manufacturer and distributor of fasteners, class C hardware, wire forms and locknut processing and is headquartered at 9129 E. U.S. Hwy 36, Avon, IN 46123. Tel: 317 271-6100 or 800 618-2685. Fax 317 271-4400. E-mail: jdelp@amfast.com Web: amfast.com.

� Brighton-Best Socket Screw Mfg. Inc. opened its fifth Canadian warehouse, Canadian sales manager Gordon Broadbridge announced.
The new 7,200 sq ft center is located at 925 Newton St., Quebec City, Quebec. It will serve the Quebec and Maritime Provinces. Montreal branch manager Luc Daigle will supervise the new facility.
Brighton-Best was founded in 1925 and supplies socket screw products and hex head cap screws. Brighton-Best has 35 branches and is headquartered at 3105 Medlock Bridge Rd., Norcross, GA 30071. Tel: 770 368-2300. Fax 770 368-2319. Web:BrightonBest.com

� Building Fasteners of Minnesota Inc. opened a 6,000 sq ft facility in Fargo, ND, to service the North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota area. Todd Holm is sales manager and Tom Holm is operations manager of the facility, located at 4453 W. Main Ave., Suite D, Fargo, ND 58103. Tel: 701 277-9500. Fax 701 277-9065.
Building Fasteners is a 15-year-old fastener and industrial supplies distributor headquartered at 2827 Anthony Lane South, Minneapolis, MN 55418. Tel: 612 788-7468. Fax 612 788-1914. E-mail: patu@buildingfasteners.com Web: buildingfasteners .com.

� Coldform Inc. received QS-9000 and ISO 9002 certification, president Jay LeBoff announced.
Coldform added two six-station parts formers, increasing its manufacturing capability range up to .750 in diameter by 5 inches.
Coldform manufactures cold headed specialty fasteners and formed components for the automotive, hand tool, commercial lock hardware, recreational and electrical & electronic industries.
Coldform is located at 105 Napco Dr., Terryville, CT 06786. Tel: 860 582-5031. Fax 860 584-5082. E-mail: tgriffin@coldform.com Web: coldform.com

� Cold Header Machine Corporation of Boca Raton, FL, and Jouhsen B�ndgens Machinery of Stolberg, Germany, formed a joint venture to broaden product offerings in North, South and Central America.
The Jouhsen/CHMC venture includes straightening, cutting and wire forming machines for manufacturing of metal parts in the medical, dental, electronic, bearing, battery and other industries.
Jouhsen B�ndgens was founded in 1982, has 35 employees and is headed by president Hubert Jouhsen. The international headquarters is at Industriestr. 11.13, D-52224 Stolberg, Germany. Tel: (49) 2402 71031. Fax (49) 2402 71715. Web: Jouhsen.de.
Cold Header, founded in 1969, supplies cold heading, thread rolling and secondary operations machines and is headed by president Mike James. CHMC and JouhsenB�ndgens USA are headquartered at 2840 NW Second Ave., Boca Raton, FL 33431. Tel: 561 393-3201. Fax 561 393-3203. E-mail: CHMC1969@aol.com Web: coldheadermachinecorp.com

� Edward W. Daniel Co. LLC president Charles Smith announced the promotion of three people to vice president positions: Duke Peer, vice president of sales/marketing; Greg Ott, vice president/operations; and Dan Komorowski, vice president of finance and administration.
EWD manufactures industrial lifting hardware for the fastener, construction and manufacturing industries. The 75-year-old company has plants totaling 160,000 sq ft in Chattanooga, TN, and Cleveland, OH, and is headquartered at 11700 Harvard Ave., Cleveland, OH 44105. Tel: 216 295-2750 or 800 338-BOLT. Fax 216 295-9744. E-mail: webmaster@ew-daniel.com Web: ewdaniel.com

� Decker Manufacturing Corporation formed a subsidiary to produce all-metal locknuts and distribute fastener products to OEMs and distributors servicing the automotive and truck markets.
Decker Fasteners Limited is located at 2201B Pinnacle Pkwy., Twinsburg, OH 44087. Tel: 330 963-6806. Fax 330 405-8954.
John Hagy is president; Scott Foss, vice president of sales; and Jerry Reinart, vice president of operations.Decker Manufacturing was founded in 1927 and produces industrial fasteners and pipe plugs and is located at 703 N. Clark St., Albion, MI 49224. Tel: 517 629-3535. Fax 517 629-3535. Web: deckernut.com

� NYF Corp. CEO Roger Crosby named Joseph Czipulis engineering account executive and James Garman account manager at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Garman provides on-site account management at the subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. in Stratford, CT. The company manufactures helicopters for military and commercial operations in 40 nations. Garman previously was purchasing manager for Air Technology Systems Inc.
Czipulis will be involved in implementing a supplier-managed inventory program at Sikorsky.
NYF will track 10,000 hardware parts at Sikorsky.
NYF, founded as New York Fasteners in 1956, distributes aerospace and industrial fasteners and assembly components to 1,100 customers. NYF is located at 599 Industrial Ave., Paramus, NJ 07653. Tel: 201 265-8770. Fax 201 265-3765. E-mail: info@nyf.com Web: nyf.com

� Porteous Fastener Company appointed three sales representatives in the East and Midwest: John Morton of Morton Industrial Sales for New England; John Sutherland of Sutherland Industrial Sales for upstate New York and part of New England; Tom Seccia of Industrial Services Company on Long Island and the NYC environs; and Rick Dexter of Dexter & Associates for Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky.
The reps will work with the PFC sales team of Dick Gawlik and Dan Kulik, both regional managers, and director of package sales Ed Sierman.
Porteous also announced a new package catalog, with imported sockets, packaged stainless, SPS Unbrako and Flexloc lines, and the PFC9 high-strength fastener system.
Porteous is a master distributor and importer headquartered at 1040 Watson Center Rd., Carson, CA 90745-4227. Tel: 310 549-9180 or 800 426-6887. Fax 310 835-0415. E-mail: sales@porteousfastener.com Web: porteousfastener.com

� Purchased Parts Group Inc. announced three appointments: John Cantu is vice president and general manager for Mexico; Scott Yearwood, vice president of sales & marketing for the programs & services division; and Robert Mahler, vice president for quality.
Cantu has over 20 years of business development and sales management experience, including 17 years selling industrial products in Mexico. He was president of Briggs-Weaver�s Mexican subsidiary ASPI. Yearwood was director of GE business development for Pentacon Inc. and has been in fastener and electro-mechanical sales for 18 years. Mahler joined Purchased Parts from Molex Automotive.
Purchased Parts supplies Class C components, inventory management systems, subassembly, packaging and specialized logistics to OEM�s worldwide. Purchased Parts has distribution centers across the U.S, Canada, England and Mexico and is headquartered at 2700 Summer Ave., Memphis, TN 38112. Tel: 800 488-3226. Web: purchasedparts.com \