Global Fastener News

SHORT TAKES: Aero-Missile Components, Fabory NA, Fastening, Industrial Products, Iwata Bolt, Sems and Specials, Tinnerman, J.W. Winco, Wurth

John Wolz

” Aero-Missile Components Inc. named Dan Young director of sales. Young, previously with Unirex and M&M Aerospace, will be based in Wichita, KS, and also represent Creative Assembly Systems Inc. of Groveport, OH.
Aero-Missile distributes military and aerospace fasteners and provides kitting services. AMC has a branch in Anniston, AL, and is headquartered at 351 Camer Dr., Bensalem, PA 19020. Tel: 215 245-5700 or 877 245-1330 Fax 215 638-9582 E-mail: amc@aeromissile.com Web: aeromissile.com
Founded in 1986, Creative Assembly is headed by president James Spillman and distributes proprietary and specialty fasteners, standard fasteners and MRO products, including safety supplies, chemicals and cutting tools. CAS has branches in Seattle and St. Paul and is headquartered at 6002 Groveport Rd., Groveport, OH 43125. Tel: 614 836-1050 or 888 836-4227 Fax 614 836-1057 Web: creativeassembly.com

” Fabory North America named Vicky Black CEO. Black previously was vice president of aftermarket at Dana Corp.
Black succeeds Marty Goeree, who becomes managing director of Fabory Central and Eastern Europe based in Prague.
Fabory distributes fasteners and related hardware from branches in Cincinnati, Grand Rapids, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Windsor and is headquartered at 8715 Byron Commerce Rd., Suite A, Byron Center, MI 49315. Tel: 616 583-4011 Fax 616 583-4026 E-mail: Vicky.black@fabory.com
Fabory is marking the 60th anniversary (see FIN, May 1, 2007) of its founding as Borstlap & Sons in the Dutch coastal town Scheveningen. In 2006 the name Borstlap was changed to Fabory for group identity. Today there are 1,750 Fabory employees serve 120,000 customers worldwide by handling up to 7.5 million order lines per year. Fabory stocks 80,000 different mechanical and chemical fasteners, tools and industrial supplies from 1,000 suppliers. Fabory has 100 locations in 14 countries and is headquartered at Zeenheuvelenweg 44, 5004 EA Tilburg, The Netherlands. Tel: 013-5941234 Fax 013-5941468 E-mail: info@fabory.com Web: fabory.com

” Publisher Mike McGuire renamed his product directory from Fastening to American Fastener Journal Fastener Buyers” Guide. An online version is planned.
Fastening was first published as a quarterly magazine in March 1995 for application engineers and OEM purchasing agents. By the September 1996 issue, McGuire proclaimed Fastening “the most popularly read fastener magazine in the world by better than 2 to 1!”
Fastening promoted the new Fastening Design & Application Engineering Expo first held in October 1996 at the Novi Expo Center in suburban Detroit. The trade show, produced by Jim Bannister and McGuire, was designed to “attract key personnel from original equipment manufacturing companies in the rich Midwest marketplace,” McGuire wrote in 1996. The event was canceled after its second year in 1997.
When Fastening was an OEM-oriented magazine, McGuire”s buyer guide was named American Fastener Source Guide. McGuire renamed the guide Fastening five years ago.
Both Fastening and the trade show featured manufacturers marketing directly to OEMs, creating a controversy with distributors who sell to OEMs.
AFJ”s address is: P.O. Box 6191, Carefree, AZ 85377. Tel: 480 488-3500 Fax 480 488-3247 E-mail: mmcguire@fastenerjournal.com Web: fastenerjournal.com

” Industrial Products Co. opened a 20,000 sq ft expansion of its Virginia central distribution facility, president Scott Wolf announced.
Founded in 1976, IPC distributes fasteners and related industrial components to OEMs. IPC is headquartered at 124 Fastener Dr., Lynchburg, VA 24502. Tel: 434 525-0319 or 800 446-7899 Fax 434 525-5709 E-mail: scottw@ipcglobal.com Web: ipcglobal.com

” Iwata Bolt USA, the North American branch of a Japanese company that makes automotive fasteners for Honda and Nissan, will build a $4.1 million, 115,000 sq ft office, manufacturing plant and distribution center in Fairfield, OH, the Middletown Journal reported.
With the help of a local tax abatement, IBUSA will spend a total of $10.5 million in the move, adding more than 50 jobs to the area as the company consolidates its plants in Vandalia and Garden Grove, CA. “Most of the products come to this area,” IBUSA executive vice president. Akira Kayama explained. “That”s why we decided to move the factory from California to this area.” The major customers are OEMs with plants in Indiana, Kentucky and Georgia.
Iwata has been in business for 58 years and operates 30 branches in Japan and 20 in Southeast Asia. The U.S. annual sales reach $400 million, including $60 million. The U.S. headquarters is located at 7446 Webster St., Dayton, OH 45414-5816. Tel: 937 454-1277 Fax 937 454-1480 Web: iwatabolt.com/jp

” David Aman joined Sems and Specials Inc. as national accounts manager. Aman has 30 years of fastener manufacturing and distribution experience, including eight years in materials management with ILS and management positions with Southern Screw and Southern Screw Products Inc.
President Bruce Hayes said Aman”s experience “enhances our focus to service the distribution market.”
Sems & Specials manufactures non standard cold headed fasteners in low and medium carbon, alloy steels, stainless, brass and aluminum and markets solely through distributors. Sems is located at 6483 Falcon Rd., Rockford, IL 61109. Tel: 800 888-7367 Fax 815 874-0100 E-mail: sales@semsandspecials.com Web: semsandspecials.com

” Tinnerman appointed Todd Hemingway vice president of advanced engineering. Hemingway will direct product creation and development and be based in the suburban Detroit office. Previously Hemingway was director of international business development for DriveSol Worldwide and worked for the former Metalforming Technologies, now Global Automotive Systems.
Tinnerman designs, produces and supplies of engineered spring steel fasteners, precision stampings, plastic components and related assemblies to automotive and industrial OEMs. Tinnerman operates sales offices in Southfield, MI, Chard, England, and Tokyo; manufacturing plants in Ohio, Kentucky, New Jersey, Indiana and Ontario and is headquartered at 1060 W. 130th St., Brunswick, OH 44212. Tel: 330 220-5100 or 800 221-2344 Fax 330 220-5797 E-mail: sales@tinnerman.com

” J.W. Winco Inc. published an updated Standard Machine Components Engineering Manual. The 764-page book features inch and metric size products, including adjustable levers, cabinet U-handles, plastic and steel hinges and locking mechanisms, revolving and retractable handles, hand wheels, hand cranks, conveyor components, leveling mounts, hand knobs, spring, ball and indexing plungers, jig, fixture and fastening components, toggle clamps, metric casters and wheels, universal joints, oil sight glasses, metric tools, tube clamping components and linear actuators for the industrial and commercial equipment industries. The book includes general and product-specific technical information for engineers.
Founded in 1978, J.W. Winco distributes fasteners and metal and plastic parts, machine components and assembly hardware and provides inhouse machining. The company is located at 2815 S. Calhoun Rd., New Berlin, WI 53151. Tel: 800 877-8351 Fax 800 472-0670 E-mail: sales@jwwinco.com Web: jwwinco.com

” W�rth Industry North America named John Fuerst the new managing director of W�rth Service Supply, WINA general manager Mark Alexander announced. Fuerst succeeds Marc Strandquist, who accepted a position outside the fastener industry.
Fuerst has been executive vice president since 2001. His 28 years in the fastener industry include being president of the automotive division of Alcoa”s Huck and Continental Midland Company.
WINA distributes fasteners and assembly components to OEMs from 67 North American facilities and is part of K�nzelsau, Germany-based fastener distributor W�rth Group. W�rth Service Supply is headquartered at 4935 W. 86th St., Indianapolis, IN 46268. Tel: 317 704-8612 or 800 428-4686 Fax 317 704-8498 E-mail: wurth@servicesupply.com Web: wurthindustry.com or wurthservice.com \ �2007 FastenerNews.com