SHORT TAKES: ASTM International, Birmingham Fastener, MW Industries, Nylok Corp., Stage 8 Locking Fasteners, Stelfast, TR Fastenings

John Wolz

” ASTM International Committee F16 on Fasteners member Edward Nisbett received the 2005 Founding Committee Award from Committee A01 on steel, stainless steel and related alloys. Nisbett, a metallurgical engineer, has chaired subcommittee A01.06 on steel forgings and billets for the past 20 years, and has been a member of ASTM since 1971. His office is located at 7062 Gandy Dr., Navarre, FL 32566-8716. Tel: 850 936-6678 Fax 850 939-7353 E-mail: enisbett@bellsouth.net Web: forgingexpert.com

” Birmingham Fastener Manufacturing moved into a new Alabama headquarters and production facility totaling 400,000 sq ft of space on 38 acres, president and owner Howard Tinney announced. A new 1″ cold header and a new 1 1/4″ RTC Eagle I double end planetary are now on line.
Birmingham Fastener is now located at 981 Avenue W. Ensley, Birmingham, AL 35214. Tel: 205 595-3512 or 866 869-9056 Fax 205 591-0244 E-mail: mfg@bhamfast.com Web: bhamfast.com
Sales manager Larry Cook said the former metal buildings manufacturing plant had been vacant for three years and was extensively remodeled to make it an up-to-date office and plant.
Birmingham Fastener”s previous location in North Birmingham has been sold to McWane Cast Iron Pipe Company.
Founded in 1980, Birmingham Fastener Manufacturing specializes in cold formed specials, hot forged fasteners and specialty bent and threaded rods and power transmission hardware. Birmingham Fastener is the manufacturers” parent company. Other divisions are Hanceville Distribution Center, Hanceville, AL; Huntsville Fastener & Supply and Alabama Aerospace, Huntsville, AL; Dallas Fastener, Grand Prairie, TX; Houston Aerospace, Webster, TX; and Pro South Fastener, Jacksonville, FL.

” MW Industries opened a sales office in Shanghai, China. “We intend to service our US-based customers who are sourcing components, locating production and assembly operations in China, as well as sell to China-based manufacturing companies seeking access to our world-class spring making and precision forming technologies,” stated CEO D.R. Sebastian.
Ji Dong was named director of China sales for MW.
MW also signed a manufacturing agreement with Connor Manufacturing Services of Redwood City, CA. Conner will supply precision stampings and tooling from its plant in Suzhou, China, while MW will supply precision engineered springs and other components to Connor.
Founded in 1913, Connor supplies stampings, wire forms and springs for the electronic, semiconductor and heavy truck industries. Web: connorms.com
MW Industries manufactures springs, stampings and fasteners for the transportation, construction, agricultural, electronics, energy and industrial machinery industries. The company operates 13 facilities and employs over 900 people. MW Industries is headquartered at 101 Godfrey St., Logansport, IN 46947. Tel: 574 722-8242 Fax 574 722-8224 Web: mw-ind.com

” Nylok Corporation named Rick Kuyat operations manager at its Macomb, MI, processing facility, president Max Dorflinger announced. Kuyat had joined Nylok in 2005 as plant manager after 18 years in semi-conductor manufacturing.
Nylok, a Marmon company, designs and produces coatings for fastener products and is headquartered at 15260 Hallmark Dr., Macomb, MI 48042. Tel: 586 786-0100 Fax 586 786-0598 E-mail: sales@nylok.com Web: Nylok.com

” Stage 8 Locking Fasteners Inc. is marking 20 years and 10 million installations of zero failures of its retainer designed to act like a wrench to lock bolts in critical applications. The patented Stage8 manufactures its GrooveLok patented fastener locking system and products for industrial, mining, construction, manufacturing, automotive, railroad and oilfield drilling assemblies and is located at 64 Louis St., San Rafael, CA 94901. Tel: 800 843-7836 Fax 415 485-0552 E-mail: info@stage8.com Web: stage8.com

” Stelfast Inc. named Rich Megliola as COO for U.S. locations. Megliola joined Stelfast with 15 years of importing and distributing management experience, including with Reynolds Fasteners.
Founded in 1972, Stelfast is an international manufacturer and importer of commercial and industrial fasteners. Stelfast has branches in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Houston. U.S. operations are headquartered at 22979 Stelfast Pkwy, Strongsville, OH 44149. Tel 800-729-9779 Fax 440-879-0044 Web: stelfast.com

” TR Fastenings Ltd. launched an online CAD library with more than 20,000 fastener configurations in 27 different 2D and 3D formats. The library took six months to develop in partnership with 3D PartStream and part of a TR commitment to developing an on-line fastener “knowledge base”.
“We knew there was a real need for comprehensive fastener CAD library that engineers could access simply and easily,” says TR European marketing manager Keith Gibb, “but we were absolutely staggered by the speed and volume of response we received. The day after we sent our e-newsletter announcement we received 1,300 enquiries on the site, which represents around 18% of the recipients of the newsletter.” Access to the library is open to TR customers, both users and distributors.
TR Fastenings, which has US distribution subsidiaries in Culver City, CA, and Phoenix is seeking to develop distribution partnerships in sheet metal fasteners in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions.
TR Fastenings was founded in 1973 by Mike Timms and Mike Roberts in Uckfield, England, as a distributor. TR started a manufacturing division in 1976. TR has operations in Europe, North America and Asia and is headquartered at Bellwood Park, Uckfield, East Sussex, UK TN22 1QL. Tel: (44) 1825 768088 Fax (44) 1825 747601 E-mail: sales@trfastenings.com Web: trfastenings.com \ �2006 FastenerNews.com