Battaglia possesses over 25 years of financial management and reporting expertise, most recently leadership experience at Caterpillar.
Current CFO Nancy Davies will serve as interim president and COO, replacing Remy Stachowiak.
He owned Mill Supplies of Indiana and was the 2002 president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distribution Association.
U.S. market growth rose on new customer projects and structural growth in the focus industries, as well as gains in the procurement market.
Prior to joining FDH, Ken Aso served as partner and senior advisor at Oliver Wyman, where he supported OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers and distribution service providers in the global aerospace and defense market.
The May 24 hands-on intermediate class will be onsite at SWD Inc. and Morgan Ohare in Addison, IL.
DIY Network host and professional contractor Mike Holmes will keynote the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors 2023 convention on November 5-7 in San Antonio.
“The combination of good demand, more stable cost trends, and our long supply chain for imported fasteners and certain non-fastener products produced stable price levels for our products,” the company stated.
The seasonally adjusted Fastener Distributor Index weakened in March, driven by faster supplier deliveries and weaker employment indicators.
The Mid-West Fastener Association is seeking applicants to succeed executive director Nancy Rich, who is retiring after 40 years.
In 2023, the Taiwan International Fastener Show offers an integrated networking platform, including hybrid online and offline events, online exhibition, global fastener forum, live on-site tours and networking.
Business is based in Charlotte, NC.
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.
Fastener Fair Global 2023 welcomed around 1,000 exhibitors from 46 countries to Stuttgart, Germany, filling halls 1, 3, 5 and 7 of the exhibition venue.
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.

