John Wolz
� Cable Ties Unlimited named Frank L. Neward & Co. as rep for Michigan and Ontario and Capital Marketing for the Carolinas and Virginia.
Neward is located at 26535 Student, Redford Township, MI 48239-3925. Tel: 313 537-2890 Fax 313 537-6220
Robbie Gilchrist�s Capital Marketing is a rep agency located at 507 Cascade Dr., High Point, NC 27262. Tel: 336 884-1704 Fax 336 884-1778
Cable Times Unlimited is a master distributor of nylon cable ties and accessories and is located at 4181 Lyman Dr., Hilliard, OH 43026. Tel: 614 921-1820 or 877 455-8437 Fax 614 921-1821
� Robbie Gilchrist formed Capital Consulting to provide growth, strategic planning, supply chain management, business development and purchasing advice for fastener distributors.
Gilchrist has been in the fastener industry for 30 years. He founded Capital Fasteners in 1985 in High Point, NC, and built it to $10 million in annual sales and three branches before selling the distributorship to Questron Distribution Logistics in 1999. He is a life member of the National Fastener Distributors Association and has been a member of the Industrial Distributors Association, Southeastern Fastener Association, Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association and ASTM International.
The address for Capital Consulting is P.O. Box 6232, High Point, NC 27262. Tel: 336 906-9401 Fax 336 884-0302 E-mail: rgilchr485@aol.com
� The Distributor�s Link marked its 25th anniversary as a quarterly magazine oriented toward fastener distributors.
Leo Coar is editor & publisher; Maryann Marzocchi, vice president/advertising; Tracey Lumia, advertising.
Link is located at 4297 Corporate Square, Naples, FL 34104. Tel: 800 356-1639 Fax 941 643-5220 E-mail: leojcoar@linkmagazine.com Web: linkmagazine.com
� Fall River Manufacturing/Standard Nut & Bolt promoted Dave Monti to vice president of marketing/director of national sales. Monti has been with Fall River/Standard for two years and was in the automotive parts distribution for 12 years.
Frank Hand was added to the inside sales. Hand was with Pawtucket Fasteners.
Mike Bernier is the new quality assurance manager. Bernier was with Pilgrim Screw Corp. for 14 years and is a member of ASME committees.
Fall River/Standard manufactures stainless steel, nonferrous and special alloy screws, nuts and bolts and is headquartered at 540 Currant Rd., Fall River, MA 02720. Tel: 508 675-1125 or 800 275-6991 Fax 508 675-8770 E-mail: davem@fallrivermfg.com Web: fallrivermfg.com
� Faspac Systems Inc. president Margaret Jackson announced Scott Evans is the new vice president of sales & marketing. Evans has 13 years software experience for distribution-related companies.
Founded in 1979, Faspac provides software for fastener distributors and manufacturers. Faspac is headquartered at 7590 Fay Ave. #301, LaJolla, CA 92037. Tel: 858 454-0062 or 888 794-7879 Fax 858 799-3598 E-mail: sales@faspac.com Web: faspac.com
� James DeFilippo was promoted to vice president of NYF Corp., CEO Roger Crosby announced. DeFilippo was an engineering account executive and will be responsible for NYF�s account base and inventory management.
Founded in 1956, NYF distributes industrial and electronic fasteners to the hi-tech, commercial and aerospace/defense industries and is headquartered at 599 Industrial Ave., Paramus, NJ 07652-3663. Tel: 201 265-8770 Fax 201 265-3765 Web: nyf.com.
� Powers Fasteners Inc. president Jeffrey Powers announced key staff changes and relocated its Florida, Phoenix and Seattle branches. Lenny Colasuonno was promoted to sales vice president; Matthew Fiorillo, director of marketing; and national sales manager Mike Leginski was given added responsibilities. Named regional sales managers are: Jim Middleton, East; Rob Moe, Midwest; and Shawn Hazen, West.
Colasuonno succeeds Phil Rose, who returned to his native Australia to run Powers� New Zealand and Australia operations. Colasuonno joined Powers in 1981, working part time in the shipping department while still in high school. He was named Eastern regional sales manager in 2000.
Mike Gaffigan, regional manager for Florida and Latin America, is the new Florida branch manager. The new 9,000 sq ft facility is at 2345 Stirling Rd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312. Tel: 954 981-6955. Gaffigan was regional manager for Powers Australasia in New South Wales. Mark Mamula and Jorge Pacheco are outside sales reps for Florida.
John Partridge is the branch manager for the new 4,500 sq ft Arizona warehouse at 3602 E. Southern Ave. #5, Phoenix, AZ 85040. Tel: 602 431-8024. Partridge was outside sales rep in New England and lower New York.
Powers reopened a Seattle branch and named Sales Northwest as reps for Oregon and Washington. Jim Arnold and Darin Arnold of Sales Northwest will manage the 5,000 sq ft warehouse at 129 S. Kenyon, Seattle, WA 98108. Tel: 206 762-5812.
Powers manufactures concrete, masonry and adhesive anchors, roofing fasteners, powder-actuated fastening systems and carbide drill bits. Powers has 26 branch warehouses and is headquartered at 2 Powers Sq., New Rochelle, NY 10801. Tel: 914 235-6300 Fax 914 576-6483 Web: powers.com
� Richco Inc. signed an agreement with Suffolk, England-based Europlus Technologies for exclusive distribution of Europlus fiber optic management and components.
Richco, founded in 1954, manufactures plastic fasteners, wire management devices, circuit board hardware and customer components. Richco has 15 facilities worldwide and is headquartered at 5825 N. Tripp Ave., Chicago, IL 60646. Tel: 773 539-4060 Fax 773 539-6770 Web: richco-inc.com
� SPS Technologies published a new lockbolt fastener guide with specifications, engineering and background information.
SPS supplies high-strength fasteners for commercial and military aircraft, jet engines and high-performance automobiles and is headquartered at 301 Highland Ave., Jenkintown, PA 19046-2692. Tel: 215 572-3718 Fax 215 572-3193 E-mail: mdonoghue@spstech.com Web: spstech.com/aero
� Steve Rogers is the new Northeast territory sales manager for Tower Fasteners Co. Inc., national sales manager Ken Oehler announced. Rogers has 24 years of fastener sales experience. He will work out of Tower Fasteners distribution center in Flanders, NJ.
Founded in 1967, the family-owned Tower distributes fasteners and provides inventory management. Tower Fasteners has facilities in Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and is headquartered at 1690 N. Ocean, Holtsville, NY 11742-1823. Tel: 516 289-8800 Fax 516 289-8810 Web: towerfast.com
� Dennis Hunt is the new Southwest regional manager for U.S. Anchor Corporation. Hunt previously was with Unistrut, HILTI Fastening Systems and Homelite/Jacobsen.
U.S. Anchor manufactures mechanical anchoring systems and chemical epoxy anchoring adhesives and is headquartered at 450 E. Copans Rd., Pompano Beach, FL 33064. Tel: 954 782-2221 or 800 872-3330 Fax 954 782-2499
� Waterbury Headers Corp. announced that Southern Machine & Tool Company is its new rep for Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
Southern Machine, founded in 1991 by Jim Brophy, is a sales/service machine rebuilder and provides warranty and contract service for Waterbury machines. Southern is located at 107 Mitchell Ln., DeQueen, AK 70832. Tel: 870 642-4975 Fax 870 642-5378
RME Corp. of Valparaiso, IN, will rep Waterbury in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. RME is located at 210 Shorewood Dr., Valparaiso, IN 46385. Tel: 219 464-2259 Fax 219 465-4110
Waterbury also announced it will rep grinding machine manufacturer Jainnher Machine Co. Ltd. Jainnher is located at #6 18th Rd, Tiachung Industrial Park, Tiachung, Taiwan ROC 408. (886) 4 235 85 299 Fax 886 4 235 94803
Founded in 1851, Waterbury manufactures cold heading and thread rolling machinery located and is located at 217 Interstate Ln., Waterbury, CT 06705. Tel: 203 753-0040 Fax 203 573-8443 E-mail: w-b@sftg.com Web: w-b-header.com
� Wrought Washer Mfg. Inc. expanded production to include USS and SAE flat washers and grade 5 cap screw line through an import agreement. Wrought Washer also manufactures washers and grade 8 cap screws domestically.
Wrought Washer has regional warehouses in Charlotte, Tampa, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Dallas, Houston and Lenexa, KS, and is headquartered at 2100 South Bay St., Milwaukee, WI 53207-1208. Tel: 414 744-0771 or 800 558-5217 Fax 414 482-0144 Web: wroughtwasher.com \ �2002 FastenerNews.com
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