SHORT TAKES: Active Screw, Alcoa Fastening, Fasteners Unlimited, Hill Fastener, Hodell-Natco, G.L. Huyett, Porteous Fastener, Stanley Industries, Struers

Jason Sandefur

� Simon �Buddy� Blattner was named president of Active Screw and Fastener. Blattner has 20 years of experience in finance and operations with manufacturing and distribution companies.
Active Screw is a 65-year-old fastener distributor and importer, and is headquartered at 1065 Chase Ave., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Tel: 847 427-0500 Fax 847 427-0550 E-mail: bblattner@activescrew.com Web: activescrew.com

� Alcoa Fastening Systems named Jim Doran as regional sales manager. Previously Doran worked as a sales manager for W�rth Service Supply and Emhart Fastening Teknologies. He will handle OEM and distributor matters for the Southeast, and will report to the AFS distribution facility in Carmel, IN. Tel: 317 846-8830 Fax 317 846-8473
AFS also named Distributors� Source as a stocking rep for its Recoil fasteners and components in Florida. Distributors� Source is located at 1051 Bennett Dr. #121, Longwood, FL 32750. Tel: 800 743-6187 Fax 407 831-0086Steve Eckard and Grant Douglas as manufacturer�s reps.
For information on Recoil products call 800 826-2884.
AFS was formed when Alcoa Inc. acquired Fairchild Fasteners in December 2002 and combined it with Alcoa�s Huck International. The division is headquartered at 3000 W. Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505. Web: alcoa.com
� Char Kish joined Fasteners Unlimited Inc. and Bolt Works Inc. to handle national account marketing and client relations. Kish has been in the fastener industry for 32 years.
Kish will work out of Mentor, OH. Tel: 440 974-8900 Fax 440 974-9094 E-mail: boltworks@sbcglobal.net
Fasteners Unlimited is a full line distributor of special and standard fasteners. Bolt Works manufactures special fasteners from exotic materials and is located at 2150 Woodland Rd., Warrendale, PA 15086-7536. Tel: 724 776-7273 Fax 724 776-7355 E-mail: fasteners@nauticom.net Web: fasteners-unlimited.net
� Hill Fastener Corp. named new manufacturer�s reps for the southern U.S. and Mexico, vice president of sales Mike Henry announced.
Mary Chambers and Mike Best of Isodyne Sales Inc. in Irving, TX, will handle Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Tel: 817 607-1050 Fax 817 607-1049
Humberto Trevino of Laredo, TX, will cover Mexico and the border towns in Texas. Tel: 956 729-0738 Fax 956 729-7762
Shelly Kuppersmith of SK Associates in Lavonia, GA, will cover Georgia. Tel: 706 356-9881 Fax 706 356-9883
Hill has manufactured standard and special cold headed fasteners since 1957, and is headquartered at 1602 McNeil Rd., Rock Falls, IL 61071-0399. Tel: 815 625-6600 or 800 435-2955 Fax 815 625-2407 E-mail: sales@hillfastener.com Web: hillfastener.com

� Hodell-Natco Industries Inc. named Dave Crowl as branch manager for its Orlando, FL, warehouse. Tel: 407 325-4433 Fax 407 328-4466 E-mail: dcrowl@hodell-natco.com
Hodell-Natco also appointed Tim Kelleher as general manager of the company�s new warehouse in Westfield, MA. Tel: 413 562-3600 Fax 413 562-3635 E-mail: tkelleher@hodell-natco.com
Hodell-Natco is a master distributor of fasteners and chain products, and is headquartered at 7825 Hub Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44125. Tel: 216 447-0165 or 800 321-4862 Fax 216 447-5078 E-mail: sales@hodell-natco.com Web: hodell-natco.com

� G.L. Huyett added nearly $1 million in machine tools and fixtures to its Minneapolis, KS, facility. Vice president Tim O�Keeffe called it the �largest and most important capacity addition� in the company�s history. He said high business volume and depressed tool prices prompted the purchases. �With so much manufacturing moving to China, machine tool manufacturers here in the U.S. have really sharpened their pencils lately,� O�Keeffe stated.
G.L. Huyett manufactures and distributes specialty fasteners including keystock, special washers, shims, pins, bearings, and other non-threaded fasteners. The company�s address is P.O. Box 232, Exit 49 G.L. Huyett Expressway, Minneapolis, KS 67467. Tel: 785 392-3017 Fax 785 392-2845 E-mail: sales@huyett.com Web: huyett.com

� Porteous Fastener Co. named Dick Mayoh director of sales for the hardware division. Mayoh will continue to be based out of the Midwest and focus on package and Quickdrawer sales to the regional hardware and lumberyard markets.
Mayoh retired as president of W�rth Adams Nut & Bolt last year. He was with Safety Socket, Atlantic Fasteners and Majestic Screw & Bolt during his more than 35-year fastener career and was a member of the board of the National Fastener Distributors Association.
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

� John Hall was named quality assurance manager for Stanley Industries Inc. Pete Carlson was appointed outside sales manager, and Jim Michalak was named inside sales manager.
In addition, Stanley Industries promoted John Miller and Noreen Siress to outside sales, and added Brian Tupiak and Diane Hessler to inside sales.
Stanley Industries also announced it has received ISO 9001:2000 certification.
Stanley Industries is a 25-year-old fastener distributor headquartered at 641 N. Rochester Rd., Clawson, MI 48017. Tel: 248 588-5750 or 800 253-2658 Fax 248 588-1895 E-mail: stanleyind@@sprynet.com Web: stanleyind.com

� Struers Inc. relocated its U.S. headquarters in the Cleveland suburb of Westlake, OH.� Struers moved from Sharon Drive to 24766 Detroit Rd., Westlake, OH 44145.� Tel: 440 871-0071 Fax 440 871-8188�E-mail: info@struers.com.�
Struers employs 51 at Westlake.� �With the recent growth we have experienced, we needed to expand our warehouse and lab operations,� said U.S. president Chris Sopko.�The newly constructed warehouse, hazard room and temperature control room were designed for metallographic products and Struers added new equipment for repairs.
Denmark-based Struers A/S manufactures equipment and consumables for metallographic specimen preparation of solid materials.�Struers has affiliates in eight countries and a worldwide network of dealers. Struers is headquartered at Valhojs Alle 176, DK-2610 Rodovre, Copenhagen, Denmark. Tel: (45) 36 70 35 00 Fax (45) 38 27 27 01 E-mail: struers@struers.dk Web: struers.com
Correction: Porteous Fastener Co. was using its own software before switching to Integrated Systems Technology�s New Vision Distribution Software. Porteous was not using Faspac as stated in the July 22, 2203, issue of FIN. \ �2003 FastenerNews.com