SHORT TAKES: Arconix, Beneke, EFC Int’l., Oetiker, Fabory USA, Borstlap, Hi-Temp, MacDermid, Setko, Brighton-Best Socket Screw, Tower Fasteners, Insultab, UNBRAKO, SPS, Eklind

Jason Sandefur

� Arconix Group chose Cameron Hill to be vice president of sales & marketing. Hill was a senior sales consultant for IBM, and has supply chain management experience. He will oversee worldwide sales and marketing operations.
Owned by PennEngineering, Arconix provides logistics support and distributes fasteners, components and electronic hardware products. It is headquartered at 800 Del Norte Blvd., Oxnard, CA 93030. Tel: 805 988-4882 or 800 488-1990 Fax 805 988-1254 E-mail: arconix@arconix.com Web: arconix.com

� Beneke Wire Company named William Turner to the newly created position of QS9000 coordinator. Turner has 33 years of industry experience.
Beneke is a specialty aluminum rod and wire manufacturer and is headquartered at 5540 National Turnpike, Louisville, KY 40214. Tel: 502 367-6434 Fax 502 363-1837 E-mail: bwc@benekewire.com Web: benekewire.com

� EFC International was named master distributor for Oetiker Inc, Oetiker sales and marketing director Craig Murchison announced. Zurich-based Oetiker is a multinational manufacturer of clamps, rings and couplings. E-mail: info@mi.use.oetiker.com Web: oetiker.com
EFC distributes specialty metal, plastic, electrical and assembled components and is headquartered at 1940 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO 63146-4008. Tel: 314 434-2888 or 800 888-3326 Fax 314 434-2902 E-mail: info@efc-intl.com Web: efc-intl.com

� Fabory USA Ltd. named fastener industry veteran Dan Stunson as branch manager for its Cincinnati facility.
Fabory distributes metric fasteners through five U.S. facilities and is owned by Borstlap Masters in Fasteners Group of the Netherlands. Fabory is headquartered at 2240 29th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508. Tel: 616 247-4777 Fax 616 247-0408 E-mail: danstunson@faboryusa.com Web: faboryusa.com

� Hi-Temp Inc. president Jim Carlson announced the promotion of Greg Soske to sales manager for all fastener services. Soske has been with the company for 31 years.
Jim Stevenson was named sales manager for casting and forging services. He joined the company in 1979.
Carlson also announced Hi-Temp is partnering with Waterbury, CT-based MacDermid Inc. (Web: macdermid.com) to produce zinc-based finishes, topcoats and lubricants to improve corrosion resistance and provide torque-tightening properties for fasteners.
Hi-Temp provides plating, heat treating and brazing services to the automotive, construction, appliance and farm equipment industries and is headquartered at 75 East Lake St., Northlake, IL 60164. Tel: 708 345-5800 Fax 708 345-5641 Web:
hi-temp-inc.com

� Setko Fasteners Inc., a division of Norcross, GA-based Brighton-Best Socket Screw, has moved to a new 10,000 sq ft facility. Setko distributes slotted headless set screws and socket screw products and is located at 455 Shepard Dr., Unit A, Elgin, IL. Tel: 877 707-3856 Fax 847 888-4824 E-mail: setko@ix.netcom.com

� Vice president Mark Shannon announced Tower Fasteners Inc. was named a distributor for Woburn, MA-based Insultab Inc., maker of heat shrink tubing.
Tower Fasteners is an East Coast distributor of fasteners and electronic hardware and is headquartered at 1690 North Ocean Ave., Holtsville, NY 11742-1823. Tel: 516 289-8800 Fax 516 289-8810 E-mail: bshannon@towerfast.com Web: towerfast.com

� UNBRAKO North America, a division of Jenkintown, PA-based SPS Technologies Inc., has formed an alliance with Eklind Tool Company. UNBRAKO will market Eklind hand tools through its distributors in exchange for Eklind�s marketing of UNBRAKO socket products.
Eklind manufactures hex key products and is headquartered at 11040 King St., Franklin Park, IL 60131. Tel: 800 355-4631 Fax 800 373-1108 E-mail: sales@eklindtool.com Web: eklindtool.com
UNBRAKO manufactures socket screws, locknuts and bolts, and is headquartered at 4444 Lee Road, Cleveland, OH 44128. Tel: 216 581-3000 Fax 800 225-5777 E-mail: unbrakosales@spstech.com Web: spstech.com/business_groups/unbrako.html \ �2002 FastenerNews.com