Short Takes: Acument, Atlantic, Decker, Continental-Aero, EFC, HTI, Kimball, PennEngineering, Vertex, Wurth

John Wolz

” Acument Global Technologies – Holly Operations Gainey Drive received the Michigan”s Star Award, the highest workplace safety and health award from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The Michigan Voluntary Protection Programs (MVPP) Star Award for outstanding safety and health programs recognizes worksites that provide exemplary safety and health protection for their workers.
The Holly facility employs 27 workers and produces metal washers for the automotive industry.
The award was presented to Jim O”Dea, plant manager, and Martin Schnurr, vice president & general manager for Acument North America, during a ceremony on June 20, 2008. Acument has 8,500 employees in 17 countries supplying fastening products, systems and services to customers in more than 150 countries. Acument is headquartered at 840 W. Long Lake Rd. #450, Troy, MI 48098. Tel: 800 544-6117 Fax 248 813-6371 Web: acument.com

” Atlantic Fasteners” four-year-old military/aerospace group sales have risen at a compounded rate of 68% annually for the past three years, division manager Marc Dionne announced. The division has customers throughout North America and Switzerland.
Atlantic Fasteners also announced it donated supplies for public art in Boston. Colorful flowers made from threaded rod and hex nuts donated by Atlantic Fasteners are decorating a sidewalk in Boston”s Chinatown from May through November.
Founded in 1981, the employee-owned Atlantic Fasteners is a global ISO 9001:2000 certified supplier of commercial and aerospace/mil-spec fasteners plus cutting tools, fittings, hand tools, hardware, lubricants, adhesives, paint, power tools, power transmission, bins and cabinets. Atlantic is headquartered at 49 Heyward Ave. (P.O. Box 1168), West Springfield, MA 01090-1168. Tel: 413 785-1687 or 800 800-2658 Fax 413 785-5770 E-mail: info@atlancticfasteners.com Web: atlanticfasteners.com

” The Albion, MI, city council unanimously approved a 10-year tax abatement for a $329,000 expansion project for Decker Manufacturing Corp. Decker employees about 100 in Albion.
Vice president Bernard Konkle Jr. told the Battle Creek Enquirer there “is potential for us to maybe add a couple of people” with the expansion, but it is mainly to ease crowded office space.
Decker”s taxes will be reduced by half to $164,500, for the expansion. The state must still agree to the abatement.
Founded in 1927, Decker manufactures fasteners for the automotive, agricultural, highway and construction industries. Decker Fasteners Ltd. sources fasteners globally and is located in Peninsula, OH. Decker Manufacturing is located at 703 N. Clark St., Albion, MI 49224. Tel: 517 629-3955 Fax 517 629-3535 E-mail: sales@deckernut.com Web: deckernut.com

” Continental-Aero moved its Chicago branch from Niles to a new 55,000 sq ft facility in Alsip, IL, CEO Marty Schneider announced.
The new facility is located at 5619 W. 115th St., Alsip, IL 60803. Tel: 866 419-5084 Fax 708 377-0368. Kelly Weichen is operations manager.
Founded in 1948, Continental-Aero is an ISO 9001:2000 certified supplier of branded Purple Color Nylon Tork LokNuts and All-Metal Locknuts and Finished Hex Nuts and poly bagging/custom labeling and same day shipping to distributors. Continental-Aero is headquartered at 530 Berger St., Harrison, NJ 07029. Tel: 800 631-7999 Fax 973 485-6464 Web: continental-aero.com

” EFC International hired Greg Behler as an outside sales engineer for its Detroit-based technical team. Behler will be responsible for application development and account management for key automotive and commercial accounts in Michigan and Western Ontario, Canada.
In his 20-year career Behler has held positions as senior sales engineer with Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products, and sales engineer for TRW Fasteners.
Founded in 1983, EFC International supplies specialty metal, plastic, electrical component parts to the OEM and distribution. EFC has branches in Atlanta and Chicago and will add a Toronto facility and is headquartered at 1940 Craigshire Rd., St. Louis, MO 63146. Tel: 314 434-2888 Fax 314 434-2902 E-mail: info@efc-intl.com Web: efc-intl.com

” Heads & Threads International announced the return of Rich Megliola as vice president of sales. He will lead the HTI sales team, including sales representatives.
Megliola served as VP of operations of HTI/Reynolds. With over 18 years of distribution experience his most recent accomplishments are in sales, general management and operations.
Founded in 1953, Carol Stream, IL-based HTI is a master distributor of industrial fasteners and related products with 7 warehouses in the U.S. Web: headsandthreads.com

” Kimball Midwest reported record first quarter sales of $32.4 million up 20% over the same period of 2007. The company attributed the growth to “further market penetration and the expansion of the sales force.”
Kimball Midwest reported it had a same-day shipping rate of 99.9% of orders and a fill rate of 98.7%.
Founded in 1923, Kimball Midwest is a national distributor of fasteners and maintenance hardware supplies. Patrick McCurdy is president and Anchell Waks is a fastener specialist. Kimball Midwest has distribution centers in Ohio, Texas and Nevada and is headquartered at 4800 Roberts Rd., Columbus, OH 43228. Tel: 800 233-1294 Fax 614 219-6101 Web: kimballmidwest.com

” PennEngineering named Fastbolt Corp. as authorized distributor in North America.
Founded in 1974, Fastbolt operates stocking locations along the Eastern Seaboard and in Quebec, Canada. Fastbolt is headquartered at 200 Louis St., South Hackensack, NJ 07606. Tel: 201 440-9100 or 800 631-1980 Fax 201 440-9432 E-mail: info@fastboltcorp.com Web: fastboltcorp.com
PennEngineering has plants in North America, Europe and Asia and is headquartered at 5190 Old Easton Rd., Danboro, PA 18916. Tel: 215 766-8853 or 800 237-4736 Fax 215 766-0143 Web: pemnet.com

” Vertex Distribution moved to a new and larger headquarters in Massachusetts.
The new located is Attleboro, MA 02703. Tel: 508 431-1120 or 800 888-2355 Fax 508 431-1114 E-mail: sales@vertexdistribution.com Web: vertexdistribution.com
Vertex is moving from an 1882 building, which was original bolt plant Pawtucket Manufacturing Co. The old building has been put up for sale.
Vertex has long been headquartered in Rhode Island.
Vertex is stocking its entire product line consisting of corrosion resistant inch and metric fasteners, blind rivets and hose clamps in the new 170,000 sq ft center, which is part of a former Texas Instruments campus. All its old boltmakers will be moved to the new site.
Vertex is consolidating all its brands to Vertex Distribution.
Vertex also has stocking locations in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Tampa.

” Peter Glynn returned to W�rth Service Supply as vice president of supply chain management. He will be responsible for purchasing, sourcing and the quotation departments.
Glynn”s previous assignment was with the W�rth Group in China as the managing director of W�rth Import Purchasing and W�rth Fastener Trading, both in Shanghai.
W�rth Service Supply has over 300 employees and 30 branches in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and 2007 sales were approximately $160 million. The company is headquartered at at 4935 W. 86th St. (P.O. Box 68957) Indianapolis, IN 46268. Tel: 877 999-8784 Fax 317 704-8489 E-mail: wurth@wurthservice.com Web: wurthservice.com