SHORT TAKES: Advance Components, Bisco Industries, Celus Fasteners, Miller & Associates, ET Sales, Component Sales, Potter Marketing, Lee S. Johnson Associates, Modern Plating, MSC Industrial, Spring Bolt & Nut

John Wolz

” After 35 years at its original location, Advance Components relocated to its new office and warehouse at 2920 Commodore Dr., Carrolton, TX 75007.
The 65,000-square foot facility includes 13 loading docks, climate-controlled areas for shipping, receiving, and storage. The larger facility provides for more inventory, efficiency and expedited orders. The new location is closer to DFW Airport and zoned as an International Freeport, which allows Advance to import fasteners duty-free.
Founded in 1972, Advance Components supplies specialty fasteners and stocks more than 100 million parts. Tel: 800-275-7772 Web: advancecomponents.com

” Bisco Industries Inc. opened a facility in Arkansas with Lance Osborn as area manager and Laurie Gebaroff as southern regional manager, CEO Glen Ceiley announced.
Bisco”s 36th facility is located at: 108 Crossover Ave., Suite A, Lowell, AR 72745. Tel: 479 770-8080 or 800 323-1232 Fax 479 770-8070
Don Wagner is Bisco executive vice president / COO; William Means, vice president; and Danny Look, sales manager.
Founded in 1973, Bisco is a global distributor of fasteners and electronic components. In addition to 36 facilities, Bisco has six U.S. and Canadian distribution centers, primarily serving the electronic, telecommunication, computer, medical, fabrication, circuit board, aerospace, airline, government and marine industries. Bisco is headquartered at 1500 N. Lakeview Ave., Anaheim, CA 92807. Tel: 714 876-2400 or 800 323-1232 Fax 714 876-2410 E-mail: info@biscoind.com Web: biscoind.com

” Celus Fasteners Mfg. Inc. director of marketing & sales Frank Pagano announced four new rep agencies.
Southern California and Arizona: Tom Miller, Jason Miller, Ted Ingmire, Matthew Furrey, Nathan Josey and Curtis Emery of Miller & Associates Inc., 2650 Jamacha Rd., El Cajon, CA 92019. Tel: 619 579-9603 Fax 619 588-1605 E-mail: tom@maalink.com
Northern California: Dick Thull of ET Sales Inc. 66 Emerald Dr., Danville, CA 94526. Tel: 925 820-5155 Fax 925 820-0165 E-mail: et-sales@pacbell.net
Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas: Dwight Dickerman and David Luther of Component Sales Inc., 300 Knoxville Lane, Mooresville, NC 28117. Tel: 864 288-1922 Fax 704 892-6385 E-mail: vpcsi@aol.com
Washington and Oregon: John Potter, Potter Marketing, 2835 Cornett Dr., Ridgefield, WA 98642. Tel: 360 887-1494 Fax 360 887-4400 E-mail: pottermarketing@Comcast.net
Founded in 1965, Celus Fasteners manufactures blind rivets and rivet setting tools. Celus has seven stocking warehouses and is headquartered at 2 Connector Rd., Andover, MA 01810. Tel: 978 475-7001 or 800 333-2358 Fax 978 475-3172 E-mail: frankp@celus.com Web: celus.com

” Carol Gilligan joined Lee S. Johnson Associates Inc. as inside account manager, president Lee Johnson Jr. announced. Gilligan has previous rep experience.
Founded in 1984 by Lee S. Johnson Sr., the four-person rep agency for manufacturers, importers and service providers, covers the Mid-Atlantic territory. 111 Percheron Dr., (P.O. Box 89) Spring City, PA 19475. Tel: 877 634-7377 Fax 866 329-5752 E-mail: lee@lsjassoc.com Web: lsjassoc.com

” Modern Plating Corporation was approved by Ford for its Sharpenize zinc nickel finish application, sales manager John Nordlof announced. The thin finish provides corrosion resistance. The Sharpenize process includes proprietary electro-deposited zinc nickel plating followed by secondary sealers.
Founded 72 years ago, Modern Plating provides electroplating for the transportation and other industries. Superior Coatings & Finishes LLC, Elizabethtown, KY, is an affiliate and Modern Plating also has a joint venture in Taiwan named Modern Plating Asia Pacific. Modern Plating is headquartered at 701 S. Hancock (P.O. Box 838), Freeport, IL 61032. Tel: 815 235-3111 or 815 968-5072 (Rockford) Fax 815 235-4571 E-mail: john.nordlof@modernplating.com Web: modernplating.com

” MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. launched a redesigned website at mscdirect.com. The home page and account pages are “reorganized and made more user friendly”; there are more descriptive tabs for site navigation; product displays are now in same categories as the MSC print catalog; and pages are printer friendly. The website continues real-time inventory status, search engine, customer-specific pricing, order tracking, account history and online payment.
Earlier this year MSC Industrial Supply Company published its Fastener Source Book with a 40% increase in the number of fasteners. MSC now offers 42,000 fastener products among its 550,000 industrial products from 3,000 suppliers.
Founded in 1941 by Sid Jacobson as Sid Tool, MSC Industrial published its first catalog in 1964. Today MSC has 95 branch sales offices with 814 salespeople; four fulfillment centers: Atlanta; Elkhart, IN; Harrisburg, PA; and Reno, NV; and is headquartered at 75 Maxess Rd., Melville, NY 11747-3151. Tel: 516 812-2000 or 800 645-7270 Web: MSCdirect.com

” Spring Bolt & Nut Manufacturing LLC is adding 15,000 sq ft to its plant. The addition should open by May 2008 and allow an increase from 150,000 ton to 400,000-ton machines.
Richard Sivley and Tim Malone opened Spring Bolt & Nut in 2002 to manufacture custom bolts and nuts. Spring is located at 13510 Ralph Culver Rd., Houston, TX 77086. Tel: 281 448-4440 Fax 281 448-4492 E-mail: springbolt@sbcglobal.net �2008 FastenerNews.com