SHORT TAKES: MSD Stamping, Wurth Service Supply, Image Industries

John Wolz

“Abbas Akbar was promoted to vice president/general manager of MSD Stamping, MSD and Continental/Midland president David Kaminski announced.
Since joining Continental/Midland in 1995, Akbar has been a sales engineer, engineering manager and Striker product manager. MSD products include nut and bolt retainers, stampings and door closures. Akbar will be based at MSD Stamping, 33200 Capitol St., Livonia, MI 48150. Tel: 734 458-4790 Fax 734 458-4796 E-mail:abbas.akbar@contmid.com
MSD is a division of Jacobson Mfg. LLC, a manufacturer of internal and external fasteners and special cold formed products for the automotive, industrial, heavy machinery, consumer and other markets. Jacobson was formed from the purchase of Huck/Medina from Alcoa in 2004. Jacobson Mfg. is headquartered at 955 Lake Rd., Medina, OH 44256. Tel: 330 725-8853 Fax 330 723-4510 E-mail: sales@jacobsonmfg.com Web: jacobsonmfg.com

” Mark Cloud joined W�rth Service Supply as vice president of sourcing, president Marc Strandquist announced.
Cloud has 13 years of sourcing and supplier development experience, including 10 with tier one automotive supplier Borg Warner. He is a member of the Institute of Supply Chain Management and is a certified lead assessor for QS 9000 and ISO 9001-2000 and ISO/TS internal quality auditor.
W�rth Service Supply, founded in 1948, is part of the worldwide W�rth Group. Branches were opened in Tustin, CA; Brantford, Ontario; and Red Bay, AL, and now total 32 North American service centers and is headquartered at 4935 W. 86th St., Indianapolis, IN 46268. Tel: 317 704-8612 or 800 428-4686 Fax 317 704-8498 E-mail: w�rth@servicesupply.com Web: service-supply.com

” Image Industries Inc. released a study explaining technical advantages of stud welding process in metal fastening applications, marketing vice president Blake Hobson announced. Solutions in Metal Fastening: The Advantages of Stud Welding presents the steps of drawn arc and capacitor discharge (CD) stud welding methods and provides comparative information with other metal fastening processes.
Comparison charts show how stud welding performs against competing processes such as brazing/soldering, boring/drilling/tapping, clinch fastening and resistance welding, conventional bolting and hand welding.
Image Industries manufactures fasteners and stud welding equipment and is located at 11220 E. Main St., Huntley, IL 60142. Tel: 847 659-0100 or 800 722-7883;2-7883 Fax 847 659-0108 E-mail: techinfo@imageindustries.com Web: image-industries.com