SHORT TAKES: American Fastener Journal, Cardinal, Fastar, Western Wire, Lindstrom, Associated Fastener Group, GE Supply, Jetna, Trainor, Lass, Nissen, Pare Distributions, Hill Fastener, Sems & Specials, Parts Associates, Porteous

John Wolz

” American Fastener Journal has moved to Arizona and Mike McGuire has taken over as publisher and editor from Carol McGuire. The distribution-oriented magazine has been published six times annually out of Columbus, OH, since McGuire started it in 1984. Tom Massar of Massar Media continues to sell ads for the magazine. Massar can be contacted at 800 528-1164. McGuire lists the Journal as reaching a circulation of 13,000 and a readership in excess of 45,000.’ The Journal is not audited by BPA Worldwide, which provides circulation audits of more than 2,000 business publications for advertisers. The new mailing address is P.O. Box 6191, Carefree, AZ 85377. Tel: 480 488-3500 or 877 760-3500 Fax 480 488-3247 E-mail: mmcquire@fastenerjournal.com Web: fastenerjournal.com ”

After 10 years in nearly every production function with Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co. Inc., Smokey Delafosse is circling back to an expanded version of his original quality role with training and auditing functions. Roberta Knisely, who has been with Cardinal for nine years, is the new customer service manager. Erin Forgach is the new business development manager. Forgach started with Cardinal five years ago as a college intern. Cardinal, founded in1968, manufactures hot-formed fasteners up to 3-inch diameter. Cardinal is located in a 95,000 sq ft plant at 5185 Richmond Rd., Bedford Heights, OH 44146. Tel: 216 831-3800 or 800 237-34778 Fax 216 831-3651 E-mail: sales@cardinalfastener.com Web: cardinalfastener.com ”

Fastar Inc. president Doug Thonus announced that the master distributor of pins has formed a master distributor relationship with Western Wire Products Co. to stock and promote Westerns cotter pins, hitch pin clips and other wire products. Fastar also is a master distributor of coiled spring pins and slotted spring pins through Spirol International. Fastar is located at 2 Spook Rock Rd. E309, Taliman, NY 10982. Tel: 888 327-8275 Fax 845 369-7990 E-mail: sales@Fastar.com Web: fastar.com ”

Lindstrom Fastener Group appointed Associated Fastener Group as sales rep for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Associated is a two-person agency run by Kathy Malkemes and Cindy Summers. Malkemes can be reached at malkemes@aol.com or Tel: 940 498-9681. Summers can be contacted at tinypkg@aol.com or Tel: 281 647-6330. Lindstrom is a metric fastener supplier headquartered at 2950 100th Court N.E., Blaine, MN 55449. Tel: 763 780-4200 or 800 328-2430 Fax: 763-780-0554 Web: lindfastgrp.com ”

GE Supply relocated its Idaho branch to an expanded facility, Rocky Mountain region manager Eric Packer announced. The new branch includes a 1,000 sq ft counter area and stocks 5,400 SKUs. Brian Searle is manager of the branch located at 12551 W. Executive, Boise, ID 83713. Tel: 208 377-1961 Fax 208 377-1974 GE Supply distributes electrical products, voice and data-com equipment and products from the fastener division, GE Supply Logistics. GE Supply, a division of General Electric Company, has 150 branch offices and five distribution hubs in North America, South America, Ireland, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and China. GE Supply is headquartered at 2 Corporate Dr., Shelton, CT 06484. Tel: 203 944-3100 Fax 203 944-6922 Web: gesupply.com ”

Jetna Fastech Inc. director of sales John Wand announced the appointment of Trainor Associates Inc. as sales agent for Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, and Lass Associates as rep for Georgia and its metal building sales specialist for the southeastern U.S. Lass has 25 years experience in the metal building industry. Tel: 770 476-5490 or cell 770 356-6668 Fax 770 476-5490 E-mail: robertjlass@bellsouth.net The Trainor agency was founded by Bill Trainor in 1982 and the current staff has a total of more than 75 years of servicing fastener distributors. Trainor operates a 10,000 sq ft warehouse and is located at 15290 Stoney Creek Way, Noblesville, IN 46060. Tel: 317 773-1668 Fax 317 773-1690 E-mail: Btrainor@trainorassoc.com Jetna FasTech supplies fasteners for industrial and construction markets, private labeling, bar coding and packaging and is located at 13356 N. 31st St., Melrose Park, IL 60160. Tel: 901 861-3961 or 800 573-7787 Fax 708 615-1451 Web: jfastech.com ”

Nissen Fasteners moved its Miami warehouse to a larger location. Carlos Martinez, vice president of U.S. operations, explained the new location has larger office space and double the warehouse space to allow us to carry more inventory and enable us to better service our customers in Florida, the southeastern United States and South America. The warehouse will stock washers, nuts, bolts and screws and its MNP-Highland Hex Head Cap Screws. The new facility is located at 8715 NW 100th St., Medley, FL 33178-1455. Tel: 305 883-6114 or 888 364-7736 Fax 305 883-6155 E-mail: Miami@nissenfasteners.com Nissen Fasteners, founded in 1961, is a North American importer and master distributor of industrial fasteners. Nissen has warehouses in Montreal, New York, Detroit and Miami and is headquartered at 835 Ellingham, Pointe Claire, Quebec H9R5E3 Canada. Tel: 514 694-0250 or 800 363-6870 Fax 514 694-9934 E-mail: sales@nissenfasteners.com Web: nissenfasteners.com ”

Canadian rep agency Pare Distributions added lines by Hill Fastener Corp. and Sems and Specials Inc., Jean-Luc Pare announced. Sems & Specials manufactures externally threaded screw and washer assemblies. Sems & Specials is headquartered at 6483 Falcon Rd., Rockford, IL 61109. Tel: 815 874-000 Fax 815 874-0100 E-mail: sales@semsandspecials.com Web: semsandspecials.com Hill Fastener, founded in 1957, manufactures cold headed fasteners and is located at 1602 McNeil Rd., Rock Falls, IL 61071-0399. Tel: 815 625-6600 or 800 435-2955 Fax 815 625-2407 Web: hillfastener.com Pare is headquartered at 354 Martel, Chambly, Quebec, Canada J3L 1V5. Tel: 514 909-4174 Fax 450 658-3359 E-mail: distributions@videotron.ca ”

Jeffrey Boyd is the new president of Parts Associates Inc., chairman George Wasmer announced. Wasmer also announced Brett Elliott is the new director of purchasing. Parts Associates, founded in 1948, is a national distributor of MRO products. Parts Associates is located at 12420 Plaza Dr., Parma, OH 44130 Tel: 216 433-7700 Fax 216 433-9015 Web: pai-net.com ”

Porteous Fastener Company opened an Eastern distribution center in New Jersey. PFC vice president for eastern operations Don Haggerty said the newly-constructed high cube distribution facility uses wire guided lifts, bar coding and radio frequency guns and can stock more than 20 million pounds of bulk and packaged fasteners. The warehouse is located at 1000 Amboy Ave. #1, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861. Tel: 800 935-2902 Fax 732 442-1761 E-mail: dhaggerty@porteousfastener.com Porteous is a master distributor and importer with 15 North American branches and is 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 \ ©2005 FastenerNews.com