SHORT TAKES: Allfast, Bossard, EFC International, Greenslade & Co., H&C Tool Supply, Kerr Lakeside, G.L. Huyett, Kalt Mfg., Nylok, Sterling Die

John Wolz

� Allfast Fastening Systems Inc. expanded its City of Industry, CA, operations with a new 40,000 sq ft distribution center for JIT customers, marketing vice president Glenn Willey announced.
Allfast manufactures solid and blind rivets plus installation tooling for the aerospace industry and is headquartered at 15200 Don Julian Rd., City of Industry, CA 91745. Tel: 626 968-9388 Fax 626 968-9393 E-mail: gwilley@allfastinc.com Web: allfastinc.com

� Leslie Sieper joined the Bossard Michigan Merrick facility in Queens, NY, Irwin Tanzman announced.
Bossard Michigan Merrick is a metrics importer located at 56-63 Melvina Pl., Maspeth, NY 11378. Tel: 718 326-2600 or 800 221-0583 Fax 718 326-0723 E-mail: itanzman@aol.com

� Bossard USA president Peter Vogel announced Donald Baxter joined Bossard Group as director of strategic purchasing. Baxter will develop Bossard�s supply chain, vendor selection, inventory control, quality and delivery systems. Baxter has been with Textron Fastening and Elco Industries. He will be based in the Bossard USA Strategic Purchasing Office, 1350 Kirk St., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Tel: 847 595-2323 Fax 847 595-9003 E-mail: d.baxter@bossardusa.com

� EFC International appointed Scottsdale, AZ-based Diamondback Fasteners, headed by Mike McGuire, as rep for 12 western states.
EFC is a master distributor of specialty metal, plastic and electric compontnets. EFC has sales and engineering offices in Charlotte, NC, Detroit, Kansas City, Memphis and Minneapolis, and is headquartered at 1940 Craigshire Rd., St. Louis, MO 63146. Tel: 800 888-3326 Fax 314 434-2902 Web: efc-intl.com.

� Greenslade & Company Inc. installed a new computer system in its calibration laboratory, enabling data from calibration instruments to be placed directly into certificate forms, increasing speed and accuracy.
Greenslade provides calibration services and supplies other tooling and gaging items. Greenslade is headquartered at 5279 Zenith Pkwy., Loves Park, IL 61111. Tel: 815 654-3211 or 800 435-2657 Fax 866 922-9097 E-mail: sales@greensladeandcompany.com

� President Peter Cowgill announced Patrick Aldrich joined H&C Tool Supply as vice president of sales, Mitch McQueen was promoted to vice president of sales for the Hewes Fastener division of H&C, and Jim Whaley was promoted to general manager of Hewes Fastener.
Founded in 1955, H&C and Hewes Fastener distribute fasteners, cutting tools, abrasives, cutting and grinding fluids and related industrial supplies in upstate New York. Hewes is headquartered at 235 Mt. Read Blvd., Rochester, NY 14611. Tel: 716 235-7940 Fax 716 235-2947 E-mail: info@hctoolsupply.com Web: hctoolsupply.com

� Kerr Lakeside Inc. named O�Neill & Associates as sales rep for Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, metropolitan New York, the District of Columbia and eastern Pennsylvania.
Dan O�Neill is located at 5605 Fiddlers Ridge Ln., Midlothian, VA 23112. Tel: 804 314-9008. Fax 804 739-4030.
Kerr Lakeside manufactures standard and special hex socket screw products and alloy steel dowel pins and is located at 26841 Tungsten Rd., Euclid, OH 44132. Tel: 800 487-5377 Fax 216 261-9798 E-mail: info@kerrlakeside.com Web: kerrlakeside.com

� G.L. Huyett received the business appreciation award of merit from the Kansas Department of Commerce, Lt. Gov. Gary Sherrer announced.
Huyett added Dewayne Lipe to its sales staff.
Huyett manufactures and distributes specialty fasteners including keystock, special washers, shims, pins, bearings, and other non-threaded fasteners including retaining rings and grease fittings. G.L. Huyett, P.O. Box 232, Exit 49 G.L. Huyett Expressway, Minneapolis, KS 67467. Tel: 785 392-3017 Fax 785 392-2845 E-mail: glh@huyett.com Web: huyett.com

� Kalt Manufacturing Company founder and president William Kalt became chairman of the board, and vice president Joseph Kalt is the new president.
Kalt is in its 35th year of rebuilding, repairing and manufacturing spare parts for fastener equipment. Kalt is headquartered at 36700 Sugar Ridge Rd., N. Ridgeville, OH 44039. Tel: 440 734-8650 Fax 440 327-6171 E-mail: jkaltkmc@alltel.net Web: kaltmfg.com

� Nylok Fastener Corp. president Max Dorflinger announced plans for expansion of marketing capabilities, accelerated product development, adding production capacity and new manufacturing facilities.
�Nylok has the resources and corporate support as a member of the Marmon Group of companies to become bigger, better and more capable of meeting the increased demands of a growing customer base,� Dorflinger said.
Marmon acquired Nylok in 2000. Marmon has more than 100 autonomous manufacturing and service companies with operations in 50 countries, 40,000 employees and collective sales of $7 billion.
Dorflinger has headed Nylok since 1979 when he and a group of executives purchased it from USM Corporation.
Dorflinger cited the new 20,000 sq ft facility in Arlington, TX, as an example of expansion goals.
Dorflinger plans expansion of global capabilities and marketing. Nylok supplies nylon patch locking elements for internally and externally threaded self-locking fasteners and value-added fastener products. Nylok operates processing facilities in California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and Canada and has 20 licensee companies in Asia, Europe and South America. Nylok is headquartered at 15206 Hallmark Dr., Macomb, MI 48042. E-mail: sales@nylokfastener.com Web: nylok.com

� Sterling Die consolidated its three-plant operations into a 40,000 sq ft facility at 5565 Venture Dr., Unit D, Parma, OH 44130. Tel: 216 267-1300 or 800 533-1300 Fax 216 267-3356
The new plant will enable Sterling to manufacture its entire line of type A, machine screw, cylindrical and planetary dies in one location and house the heat treat and design engineering departments.
Sterling Die manufactures threadrolling, knurling, groving dies and licensed products. \
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