SHORT TAKES: Allfast, APV Engineered Coatings, Beneke Wire, Bisco, Kendale, M & M Aerospace, Nylok, PEM Fastening, Porteous, Struers, Valley Fastener Group

Jason Sandefur

� Allfast Fastening System Inc. was presented with the Southern California 2002 Plant of the Year award by the California Water Environment Association�s Hazardous Waste subcommittee through the Environmental Protection Agency. Allfast was recognized in the large industry category out of 8,500 facilities in the region. The award recognized Allfast�s innovative process controls to minimize and treat waste, as well as the company�s record of environmental compliance.
Founded in 1966, Allfast manufactures solid and blind rivets and installation tools, and is headquartered at 15200 Don Julian Rd., City of Industry, CA 91745-1001. Tel: 626 968-9388 Fax 626 968-9393 E-mail: sales@allfastinc.com Web: allfastinc.com
� APV Engineered Coatings is marking its 125th anniversary.
Founded in 1878 as Akron Varnish Works, APV initially served the bicycle and then automobile industries. David Venarge acquired Akron Paint & Varnish in 1982 and changed the name to APV Engineered Coatings.
Today APV is ISO 9001-2000 certified and provides fastener coatings plus outsourcing manufacturing, private labeling and packaging. APV has 75 employees and is located at 1390 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, OH 44301. Tel: 330 773-8911 or 800 772-3452 Fax 330 773-1028 Web: apv-eng-coatings.com
� Beneke Wire Company received QS-9000 registration.
Beneke Wire is a 35-year-old manufacturer of alloy aluminum rod and wire supplying the cold heading, screw machine, wire forming and bar stock industries and is located at 5540 National Turnpike, Louisville, KY 40214. Tel: 502 367-6434 Fax 502 363-1837 Web: benekewire.com
� Bisco Industries Inc. restructured its national sales management team to create three regional managers, marketing coordinator Julie Yue announced. Laurie Gebaroff was named Southern regional sales manager. She has held various positions with Bisco over the past 13 years, including Southern California area manager. Gebaroff will cover the territories of California, Arizona, Texas and Indiana.
Lisa Cook was promoted to Eastern regional sales manager and will handle New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Florida and Ontario, Canada. Cook has been with Bisco for six years, including two as area manager for portions of the Midwest and the East.
The Northern region sales manager will be Robert Rist, a nine-year Bisco veteran. Rist will serve Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Minnesota and the Midwest. Rist will also serve as regional manager for Bisco�s National Precision and Fastcor divisions.
Bisco is a distributor of fasteners and electronic components, and is headquartered at 1500 North Lakeview Ave., Anaheim, CA, 92807. Tel: 714 693-2901 or 800 323-1232 Fax 714 693-5980 E-mail: info@biscoind.com Web: biscoind.com
� Kendale Industries added sales reps in several markets, according to vice president Larry McLaughlin. Jack Gronberg, Richard Obenhaus and Kent Washington of Dynamic Component Sales will serve Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas and Kansas City, MO.
John Scappatura of QUE Manufacturers Representatives will cover New England.
Sheldon Kuppersmith of SK Associates will work Virginia and the Carolinas.
Clay Threeton Jr. will service Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.
Kendale manufactures custom flat washers and metal stampings and is headquartered at 7600 Hub Parkway, Valley View, OH 44125. Tel: 216 524-5400 or 800 321-9308 Fax 216 254-6750 Web: kendaleinc.com
� M&M Aerospace Hardware Inc. opened a branch in Hamburg, Germany, Robert Marchetti, group vice president and general manager of B/E�s fastener distribution business, announced.
M&M Aerospace distributes fasteners and hardware and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wellington, FL-based B/E Aerospace Inc., a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products and distributor of aftermarket aircraft component parts.
M&M has five U.S. and three European distribution facilities and is headquartered at 10000 NW 15th Terrace, Miami, FL 33172. Tel: 305 925-2600 Fax 305 925-2613 Web: mmaero.com Web: beaerospace.com
� Nylok Corp. named Marie Rodriguez as inside sales rep for its Lincolnwood, IL, facility, Midwest operations manager Peter Henley stated. Rodriguez joined Nylok after working 16 years for Lincolnwood-based Mid-Continent Screw Products.
Henley also announced the appointment of Kent Lambertsen to product manager and Gina Shepard to inside sales manager. Both will work for Nylok Southwest in Arlington, TX. Lambertsen joined Nylok in March 2002 from Systems Integrated Corp. Shepard has 22 years of fastener experience. Henley said the number of employees at the 20,000 sq ft Arlington facility has more than doubled since it opened in August 2001.
In addition, Nylok named Arlington-based Budd Sales Co. as an authorized rep for OEM sales covering Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Nylok is a Marmon Group company that supplies nylon patches and other fastener products, and is headquartered at 15260 Hallmark Dr., Macomb, MI 48042. Tel: 586 786-0100 Fax 586 786-0598 E-mail: sales@nylok.com Web: nylok.com
� PEM Fastening Systems named Ronald Manley as global sales and marketing vice president. Previously Manley was vice president of industrial sales and marketing for Textron Fastening Systems� United Kingdom division.
PEM is a PennEngineering company that manufactures self-clinching and broaching fasteners and installation equipment. It is headquartered at 5190 Old Easton Rd., Danboro, PA 18916. Tel: 800 342-5736 Fax 215 766-3633 E-mail: pem@pemnet.com Web: pemnet.com
� Porteous Fastener Co. appointed two new regional managers, senior vice president of sales Jay Hebert announced. Rich Megliola was named Eastern regional manager serving a 14-state area in bulk, package and mill sales. Megliola has 13 years of master distributor and fastener importing experience and will work out of the Cleveland office.
Mike Totzke was promoted to Southwest regional manager serving Kansas City, Houston and Dallas. Totzke has been with Porteous for 12 years and will be based in Dallas.
Porteous is a master distributor and importer headquartered at 1040 Watson Center Rd., Carson, CA 90745-4227. Tel: 310 549-9180 or 800 426-6887 Fax 310 835-0415 E-mail: sales@porteousfastener.com Web: porteousfastener.com
� Huong Luu and Dave Moloney were named Canadian sales & service reps for Struers Inc. Luu is based in Toronto and will serve the Central and Western Canada markets. Previously she was a rep for Ontario-based Buckman Laboratories. E-mail: huong.luu@struers.com
Moloney was a technical sales rep for Quebec-based LEV-CO. He is based in Montreal and will serve the Eastern Canada market. E-mail: dave.moloney@struers.com
Struers manufactures testing equipment for fasteners and other products, and is headquartered at Valhojs Alle 176, DK-2610 Rodovre, Denmark. Tel: (45) 36/703/500 Fax: (45) 38/272/701 Web: struers.com
� Manny DeSantis is the new president of Valley Fastener Group. DeSantis has 25 years of fastener experience that includes working as an oiler, die maker and machinist. He was president of Reliant Industries before joining Valley. Prior to that he spent six years with ITW Shakeproof. DeSantis earned his MBA from Northern Illinois University.
Valley manufactures rivets and externally threaded fasteners, and is headquartered at 1490 Mitchell Rd., Aurora, IL 60507. Tel: 630 892-7070 �2003 FastenerNews.com\