John Wolz

Don Nowak acquired the stock of Falcon Metal Corp. from Bruce Roberts. Nowak has been operating as Falcon’s vice president for 10 years.

Roberts founded North Carolina-based Falcon Metal in 1979. Roberts started in the fastener industry in 1964 with B&G Mfg. Co. of Hatfield, PA, and advanced to general manager. In 1977 he became general manager of Watson Metal of Kenilworth, NJ. Roberts was the 1992 president of the National Fastener Distributors Association and was a member of the Southeastern Fastener Association board. While president of NFDA he helped establish a fastener executive networking group to share best practices and solve common problems.

Nancy Roberts, corporate secretary and accountant for 28 years, and spouse Bruce Roberts will operate as consultants as they transition into “their continued life of charitable service and travel.” E-mail: broberts@FalconMetal.com or nroberts@FalconMetal.com

Industry veteran Nowak joined Falcon in 1997 from Hoyt Fasteners in Chicago. Nowak was twice president of the Chicago Bolt, Nut & Screw Association (now Mid-West Fastener Association). Email: dnowak@FalconMetal.com

Falcon Metal distributes fasteners and class C production components to the OEM market and provides inventory management from plant branch operations. Falcon is headquartered in a 17,600 sq ft building at 10715 John Price Rd., Charlotte, NC 28273 (P.O. Box 7429, Charlotte, NC 28241-7429). Tel: 704 588-4740 E-mail: info@falconmetal.com Web: FalconMetal.com �2008 FastenerNews.com