Fasteners on the Internet: News

John Wolz

www.e-fastener.com president Greg Fields named Edward Mooers vice president of sales. Mooers was vice president of FastenerExchange.com and held executive positions in the construction fasteners industry. Pleasanton, CA-based E-fastener is a Partini company � Pentacon Inc. and ECOutlook.com announced they will broaden the Advanced Inventory System to lower data transmission fees and reduce inventory procurement costs. ECOutlook will create a private e-marketplace or RFQs. �We use 35 unique EDI document types and send thousands of EDI transmissions a month to this group of customers,� Pentacon e-commerce director Rory McClure noted. �The cost savings that we anticipate from this initiative are dollars that flow straight to the bottom line.� Houston-based Pentacon will post RFQs to its private e-marketplace suppliers will post visible bids, and ECOutlook.com will automatically rank bids. Pentacon also announced it joined TPN Register as a supplier to the joint venture between General Electric and Thomas Publishing. Pentacon will provide fasteners and other components to participants, including General Electric, Boeing, 3M and Sunoco. CEO Mark Baldwin said Pentacon �will seek every opportunity to use e-commerce as a tool to better serve our customers and link to our suppliers.� … The Forging Industry Association added a design engineering center to www.forging.org to provide information to engineers and buyers of forged components. The web site includes overviews for those not familiar with forging to technical design information � Fastener distributor Questron Technology Inc. subsidiary Power Components Inc. launched www.Batteries-4-you.com to distribute batteries and assemblies to distributors, OEMs, utilities and other commercial customers and direct-to-retail consumers. CEO Dominic Polimeni said Questron is �evaluating various Internet strategies and alliances for use in its Questron Distribution Logistics business unit.� � The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors announced a partnership with Simplexity Inc. to provide telecommunication services information to distributors at www.naw.simplexity.com The web site allows customers to submit anonymous RFPs and receive customized bids. �Rather than sit through confusing sales pitches, they prefer to learn about these services in a neutral, hassle-free environment. Then they want the carriers to compete for their business.� Simplexity CEO Thomas Kilcoyne said. \