SHORT TAKES: Couch & Associates, Entegra, Fabory, PCC Specialty Products, Smith & Associates, Stork Herron and Wrought Washer

John Wolz

� Couch & Associates Inc. moved from Detroit to the Akron, OH, area, where Cecil Couch once worked for Jim Rayburn�s L-T Products, the predecessor to Flexalloy.
The new address is 2216 Pinebrook Trail, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Tel: 330 929-9775. Fax 330 929-9774. E-mail: Couchassoc@aol.com
Couch started in the fastener industry in 1964 with National Screw & Mfg. Couch & Associates is a manufacturers rep firm covering Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and western Pennsylvania.

� Entegra Fastener Corporation is relocating all departments of K-Tech Manufacturing Inc. and Eskay Screw Corporation to a 140,000 sq ft suburban Chicago facility. A business information system will be implemented in October.
Effective July 31, 2001, Entegra will be located at 321 Foster Ave., Wood Dale, IL 60191. Tel: 630 595-6250. Fax 630 595-0336. E-mail: sales@entegrafastener.com Web: entegrafastener.com
Entegra manufactures standard and special cold-headed fasteners.

� Fabory USA Ltd. named Richard Robinson branch manager at Fair Play, SC, and Dennis McCollum branch manager at Baltimore, MD.
Robinson previously was with Service Supply, Revcar and Grainger during his 25 years in the fastener industry. McCollum has 28 years in operations and warehouse management and has been with Skil Corporation, Bosch Power Tools and S-B Power Tools.
Fabory, founded in 1978, also has branches in Cincinnati, OH, and Los Angeles and is a member of the Borstlap Group of Tilburg, Netherlands. The U.S. headquarters is at 2240 29th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508. Tel: 616 247-4777 or 800 253-6072. Fax 616 247-0408. E-mail: marketing@metricfasteners.com Web: metricfasteners.com

� Joel Liberto is the new president and Jeffrey Hoffman was promoted to vice president of sales & marketing of the PCC Specialty Products Inc. Cold Forming Group. The group is comprised of Reed-Rico, Astro Punch and Hartford product lines.
Liberto previously was director of North American operations for MacNeill Engineering Worldwide and general manager of Freudenberg-NOK�s Indiana plant.
Hoffman started with Reed-Rico in 1997 as North American sales manager. Previously he was vice president of corporate sales at Gessner Company.
PCC Special Products is a division of Portland, OR-based Precision Castparts. The cold forming group is headquartered at 18 Industrial Dr., Holden, MA 01520-1895. Tel: 508 829-4491 or 800 343-6068. Fax 508 829-5917. Web: pccspd.com

� Smith & Associates Inc. moved to 9 Union St., Rockaway, NJ 07866. Tel: 973 625-4077. Fax 973 625-7330. E-mail: Smithfast@aol.com
Michael Smith started in the fastener industry in 1971 and founded the rep agency 20 years ago.

� Stork Herron Testing Laboratories Inc. named Michael Robinson sales manager, Dan Alvarez mechanical services manager and Gregory Voss metallurgical services manager.
Stork Herron provides metallurgical, mechanical and chemistry lab services to the fastener industry and is located at 5405 E. Schaaf Rd., Cleveland, OH 44131. Tel: 216 524-1450. Fax 216 524-1459. E-mail: michael.robinson@stork.com Web: stork-herron.com

� Wrought Washer Mfg. Inc. president Paul Schulz announced Teannas Company Inc. as rep for Illinois.
Elmhurst, IL-based Teannas was established in 1982 and is headed by Terry Healy and Joe Leskis. Tel: 630 833-4050. Fax 630 833-4062. Wrought Washer manufactures washers and flat stampings and stocks nuts and bolts. It has 325,000 sq ft of production space in two plants and is headquartered at 2100 S. Bay St., Milwaukee, WI 53207. Tel: 414 744-0771 or 800 558-5217. Fax 414 482-0144. Web: wroughtwasher.com \
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