Short Takes: Bisco, Bossard, Stark Sales, EFC International, Entegra Fastener Corp., Fabory, Ford, SESCO, Spring Bolt & Nut Manufacturing

John Wolz

�Bisco Industries Inc. promoted Dan Wagner to vice president for product management. Wagner has been director of purchasing for four years. In addition to product management, Wagner will oversee procurement and human resources.
Bisco distributes fasteners primarily for the electronic, fabrication and aerospace industries from 27 U.S. and Canadian facilities. Bisco is headquartered at 1500 N. 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

� Bossard named Stark Sales as rep for Western states.
Founded in 1977 by brothers Robert Stark and Steven Stark, the agency has been in the same building in the Los Angeles trucking loop, which has expanded to 15,000 sq ft. Stark is located at 6515 South Garfield Ave., Bell Gardens, CA 90201. Tel: 562 927-2636 Fax 562 927-5489 E-mail: sales@starksales.com
Bossard supplies metric fasteners in Europe, the U.S. and Asia/Pacific regions. The U.S. headquarters is at 235 Heritage Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801. Tel: 800 399-2677 E-mail: info@bossardusa.com Web: bossard.com

� EFC International CEO Doug Adams promoted Jim Laarman to president. Laarman joined EFC in 1996 as executive vice president and general manager of the Chicago branch. He relocated to the St. Louis headquarters in 2000. Prior to joining EFC he was involved with mergers and acquisitions with Cranbrook Partners & Company and Tinnerman.
EFC supplies specialty component parts to distributors and OEMs. 1940 Craigshire Rd., St. Louis, MO 63146-4008. Tel: 314 434-2888 Fax 314 434-2902 Web: efc-intl.com

� Entegra Fastener Corp. named Randy Jonas application engineer, CEO Mike Flannery announced. Jonas previously was a sales engineer with Textron Fastening Systems.
Entegra manufactures specialized screws and fasteners for industrial applications. Entegra was formed in 2001 by a consolidation of the K-Tech and Eskay divisions of MascoTech. Publicly held MascoTech was acquired by the private equity firm of Heartland Industrial Partners LP in 2000. Entegra is located at 321 Foster Ave., Wood Dale, IL 60191. Tel: 630 595-6250 Fax 630 595-0336 Web: entegrafastener.com

� Fabory USA named Doug Paulson branch manager for Los Angeles. Paulson has 25 years of fastener experience with Bell Fasteners, Rainbow Fasteners, All-Pro Fasteners, Scotia Industrial and Fabory.
The branch is at 6095 Rickenbacker Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90040. Tel: 323 726-9944 or 800 228-9537 Fax 323 726-6718 E-mail: dougpaulson@faboryusa.com
Founded in 1978, Fabory USA operates five sales and distribution centers and is a member of Tilburg, Netherlands-based Borstlap Masters in Fasteners Group. The U.S. headquarters is 2240 29th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508. Tel: 616 247-4777 Fax 616 247-0408 Web: faboryusa.com

� Ford Fasteners opened a Texas warehouse at 9203 Diplomacy Row, Dallas, TX 75247.
Founded in 1963, Ford is a master distributor of 410 stainless fasteners. Ford is headquartered at 110 S. Newman St., Hackensack, NJ 07601. Tel: 800 272-3673 Fax: 201 487-1919 Web: FordFasteners.com

� SESCO Industries opened an additional 5,000 sq ft of manufacturing and warehouse space, president Steven Shulman announced.
Founded in 1976, SESCO manufactures socket set screws and mil spec parts. SESCO is located at 110-19 15th Ave., College Point, NY 11356. Tel: 718 939-1900 Fax 718 461-0553 E-mail: SescoIndus@aol.com Web: sescoindustries.com

� Tim Malone and Richard Sivley opened Spring Bolt & Nut Manufacturing LLC as a manufacturer of custom bolts and nuts. Malone and Sivley previously were with Walker Bolt. Spring is located at 2940 Farrell Rd., Houston, TX 77073. Tel: 281 443-2427 Fax 281 443-1219 \ �2002 FastenerNews.com