SHORT TAKES: Aztech Locknut, Active Screw, Allfast, Cardinal, JPC, Leland Powell, Modern Plating, MSD Stamping, Pencom, Tower Fasteners, Vertex

John Wolz

” Keith Titus is the new Midwest account manager for Aztech Locknut Co., sales & marketing vice president Mark Maddelein announced.
Titus has 10 years of fastener sales and marketing experience and will work with inside sales contact Michele Odean. E-mail: keith@aztechlocknut.com
Aztech manufactures and supplies locknuts from all metal to Nylon inserts and specials in inch and metric. Aztech is headquartered at 2675 White Oak Circle, Aurora, IL 60504. Tel: 800 321-5625 Fax 630 236-3210 E-mail: sales@aztechlocknut.com Web: aztechlocknut.com

” Mike Zadravec joined Active Screw & Fastener as vice president of sales & marketing, president Simon (Buddy) Blattner announced.
Zadravec was director of global distribution for ITT Cannon and previously was a partner in a manufacturer rep firm for the Southwest and Maquiladoras and for 20 years was with electronic components distributor Avnet.
Zadravec will be based at Active”s Tucson, AZ, branch. Tel: 520 294-2411
For 65 years Active Screw & Fastener has distributed value-added C-class components to manufacturers. Active has branches in Tucson and Charlotte, NC, and is headquartered at 1065-I Chase Ave., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Tel: 847 427-0500 Fax: 847 427-0550 E-mail: bblattner@activescrew.com Web: activescrew.com

” Allfast Fastening Systems Inc. received the Embraer supplier of the year award, president Jim Randall announced.
Allfast is ISO 9001-2000 and AS 9100 certified manufacturer of solid and blind rivets and installation tooling for the aircraft industry. Allfast previously received Boeing, Lockheed, Bombardier and Northrop Grumman awards and is an Airbus strategic partner.
Allfast will exhibit at the Paris Air Show in June.
Earlier this year Allfast expanded production lines with new Nakashimade 5-die progressive cold headers for blind bolt and composite fastener lines.
Allfast has donated rivets for the B-29 Superfortress restoration project in Wichita, KS.
Founded in 1966 Allfast acquired Voi Shan in 1987, Olympic Fastening Systems in 1989, Briles Rivet Corp. in 1999 and Aerospace Rivet Manufacturers in 2002. Allfast is headquartered at 15200 Don Julian Rd., City of Industry, CA 91745. Tel: 626 986-9388 Fax 626 968-9393 E-mail: sales@allfastinc.com Web: allfastinc.com

” After 32 years in the fastener industry Denise Muha, 50, will take an early retirement. Muha is vice president of operations at Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co. She will announce plans for “another career” later.
Muha started with SPS Technologies in Cleveland and became national sales manager in 1992. She joined Cardinal in 1994 as national sales manager.
Muha can be contact c/o Cardinal Fasteners, 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

” Michael Scioli,Jr. is the new materials manager at JPC Specialties, president Jeffrey Skversky announced. Scioli, who has manufacturing commodity sourcing and inventory management experience, will be responsible for JPS purchasing and inventory management.
JPS distributes specialty and standard fasteners hardware and is headquartered at 6152 Keystone St., Philadelphia, PA 19135. Tel: 800 220-4404 Fax 888 867-4838 E-mail: jpcfast@jpcspecialties.com Web: jpcspecialties.com

” Leland Powell is expanding into manufacturing stainless steel fasteners. Products include machine screws, tapping screws and thread forming screws. In addition to working with carbon steel, Leland Powell now produces 300 and 400 stainless steels.
Leland Powell manufactures small diameter parts to customer specifications for the lawn & garden, appliance, furniture, distributor and truck markets. Leland Powell is part of the Elgin Fastener Group, which includes Ohio Rod Products, Chandler Products and Precision Screw & Bolt. Leland Powell is located at 8160 Highway 45 S., Martin, TN 38237. Tel: 731 587-3106 Fax 731 587-9613 E-mail: info@lelandpowell.com Web: lelandpowell.com

” Modern Plating Corp. received General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler and Ford approvals for its trivalent tin zinc finish, sales manager John Nordlof announced. The finish is a zinc alloy providing corrosion protection to replace cadmium.
Modern Plating is a 69-year-old company specializing in electroplating for the transportation and other industries. Modern Plating is headquartered at 701 S. Hancock Ave., Freeport, IL 61032. Tel: 815 235-3111 Fax 815 235-4571 Web: modernplating.com

” MSD Stamping LLC received Q1 certification from Ford Motor Co., Bob Kaminski, vice president of sales & marketing, announced.
MSD, founded 48 years ago, manufactures wire forming fasteners, nut insertion clips, anti-rotation/self-wrenching nut or bolt devises, door/hood strikers, metal stampings, and also has QS 9000 and ISO 14001 certifications. MSD is located at 33200 Capitol Ave., Livonia, MI 48150. Tel: 734 367-7070 Fax 734 367-7059 E-mail: Bob.Kaminski@contmid.com Web: contmid.com

” Pencom will open a new 50,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in China on August 1, president William Gardiner announced. The plant is in Douguan, one hour from Hong Kong.
In less than a year Pencom also has opened facilities in Tucson, Dallas, El Paso and Nogales, Mexico. Pencom also has facilities in Boston; St. Petersburg, FL; Austin; Sacramento, San Carlos, Brea, Hayward and Camarillo, CA; Guadalajara; Singapore; Hong Kong; and the U.K.
Pencom supplies mechanical, electro-mechanical components, fasteners, thermal solutions to the computer, telecommunications and electronics industries and is headquartered at 1300 Industrial Rd. #21, San Carlos, CA 94070. Tel: 650 593-3288 Fax 650 593-3299 Web: pencomsf.com

” Joel Wolinsky is the new CFO of Tower Fasteners, CEO Bryan Shannon announced. Wolinsky is a CPA and also teaches college-level financial accounting.
Tower also named Anthony Klisurich territory sales manager for the Carolinas and Virginia, national sales manager Ken Oehler announced.
Founded in 1967, Tower is a family-owned distributor of fasteners and electronic hardware and provides inventory management. Tower has distribution centers in Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania and is headquartered at 1690 N. Ocean Ave., Holtsville, NY 11742. Tel: 631 289-8800 Fax 631 289-8810 E-mail: pr@towerfast.com Web: towerfast.com

” Vertex Fasteners opened a new hub warehouse for its metric fasteners in Taunton, MA. The 110,000 sq ft warehouse is triple the size of the recently sold New Bedford, MA, facility.
“We supply more than 50,000 metric items,” president Mark Alperin said. “This provides us further breathing room to increase product volume and offerings while decreasing the amount of time needed to process large order shipments.” The Taunton facility is only 20 miles from the company”s Rhode Island headquarters.
Vertex is a master distributor and specialty manufacturer of corrosion resistant standard inch and metric fasteners. Vertex has distribution centers in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, E. Freetown, MA, Houston, Los Angeles, Tampa and Taunton, and is headquartered at 327 Pine St., Pawtucket, RI 02860. Tel: 401 726-2400 E-mail: sales@vertexfasteners.com Web: vertexfasteners.com \ �2005 FastenerNews.com