Jason Sandefur

Sales at Nucor Corp. rose 12% to $12.7 billion in 2005, while profits climbed 16.8% to $1.31 billion.
The average scrap and scrap substitute cost per ton used increased 3% to $244 per ton in 2005 after jumping 74% the preceding year. Production increased 3% to a record 20.3 million tons.
Nucor”s cold finished steel sales including fastener production at its fastener plant in St. Joe, IN rose 26% to 342,000 tons for 2005. Fastener capacity at Nucor”s highly automated facility is more than 75,000 tons.
In the past five years steel sales have increased 167% for Nucor, while the average price per ton has grown 46% to $621.
Tom Miller is general manager of Nucor Fasteners. Longtime fastener GM Jerry DeMars was promoted to vice president of SBQ Products, which includes the fastener division.
Nucor entered the fastener business in 1986 when it opened its $25 million plant in St. Joe. The facility produces hex-head cap screws, hex bolts, structural bolts and custom engineered fasteners.

Nucor fasteners are used in automotive, machine tool, farm implement, construction and military applications.
Headquarters: 2100 Rexford Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211. Tel: 704 366-7000 Fax 704 362-4208
Web: nucor.com
NYSE Symbol: NUE
CEO: Daniel Dimicco, 55
Key fastener executives: Mike Parrish, executive vice president; Jerry DeMars, vice president of SBQ products; Tom Miller, general manager of fastener division
Employees: 11,300 \ �2006 FastenerNews.com