AFT Fasteners & Industrial Supply has moved to a larger location.
The new address is 204 South 6th Ave., Mansfield, TX 76063.
Founded in 1984, AFT Fasteners distributes fasteners and industrial supplies to OEM and MRO customers. AFT also provides metal fabrication, custom plating & coating, mill shipments, VMI,  kitting capabilities and custom fasteners. Tel: 469 865-2800 Web: aftfasteners.com

Beacon Fasteners and Components transitioned from the ISO 9001:2008 to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System.
“This achievement also demonstrates the positive effects of our Quality Policy and Company Values,” stated president Bob Wegner.
Founded in 1979, Beacon supplies high performance screws focusing on thread forming, high salt spray thread forming, DIN 7500 metric thread forming, thread cutting, SEMS, high-low tapping screws plus sheet metal tapping screws and specialty cold headed fasteners.
Beacon is located at 198 W. Carpenter Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090. Web: BeaconFasteners.com

Brighton-Best International is constructing a 212,000 sq ft office and warehouse complex in Strongsville, OH, Cleveland.com reports. The new facility will house over 35 million pounds of inventory.
BBI reportedly broke ground on December 26, and expects the facility on Commerce Parkway to open in September.
Currently BBI operates from a leased 100,000 sq ft building on nearby Imperial Parkway.
BBI indicated the expansion would create new jobs.
“Now, we have about 50-60 workers covering two shifts,” BBI sales VP Steve Andrasik told Cleveland.com. “We will add workers, but it’s hard to give a number. We will ramp up slowly.”
BBI also promoted Tom Stocking to SW regional manager.
“Tom is an industry veteran with over 20 years of industry experience,” the company stated on its Twitter account. Email: tstocking@brightonbest.com
Owned by Ta-Chen International, BBI is a master distributor and importer supplying 7,000 distributors through 31 locations in six countries, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
The company’s global headquarters is in Taiwan, and the U.S. headquarters is at 5855 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805. Tel: 562 808-8000 Web: brightonbest.com

EFC International launched a new website “redefining the world of distribution,” chief sales & marketing officer Bill Eagan announced.
It is designed to provide customers with “easy access to the most extensive online resource to engineered specialty fastening solutions.”
The website includes product encyclopedia, engineered solutions, differences and industries sections.
CEO Matt Dudenhoeffer noted EFC has operations in six countries with “outside sales engineers in each of those regions; this gives us a global footprint with local coverage and support for the customers in their respective regions.”
EFC International is an ISO 9001:2008 certified global provider of specialty engineered fastener parts, including clamps, panel fasteners and specialty nuts.
Founded in 1983, EFC has facilities in Germany, Canada, Mexico, Korea and China, plus multiple U.S. locations.
EFC is headquartered at 1940 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO 63146-4008. Tel: 314 434-2888 Web: efc-intl.com

G.L. Huyett hired Dewey Oxner as regional sales manager in the Southeast.
Huyett said the appointment expands its “coverage and canvass intensity, and aligns to the recognition that the Research Triangle Corridor is increasingly seen as a leading-edge manufacturing hub.”
“Dewey was carefully selected using our rigorous recruitment methods, and he will be trained using best-in-class methods to enable him to support our distributor customers in the region with effective solution selling,” stated sales VP Dan Harriger.
Prior to joining G.L. Huyett, Oxner served as a salesman and account executive for MSC Industrial Supply Co. in Columbia, SC. Email: doxner@huyett.com
Established in 1906 by Guy Huyett, G.L. Huyett is one of the oldest continuously operating businesses in Kansas. The company is a manufacturer, master distributor and importer of non-threaded fasteners supplying industrial distributors, and is located at 1215 E. 8th, Minneapolis, KS 67467. Tel: 785 392-3017 Web: Huyett.com

Grainger appointed Mark Lohman as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Lohman joined Grainger in 2014 as senior director of information security and business continuity. Since then, he has helped establish the company’s cybersecurity.
Previously, Lohman spent more than 20 years training security teams, managing incident response issues and improving security for global companies in the aerospace and defense, energy, financial services and healthcare industries.
“Cyber threats are constantly evolving at the same time our company information must become more accessible,” said Greg Harman, Grainger VP and Chief Information Officer. “Companies need to prioritize vigilance and awareness.” Web: Grainger.com