SHORT TAKES: Bossard, Giant Bolt & Fastener, Kerr Lakeside, Tom McCall & Associates

John Wolz

� Bossard announced it will close its South Carolina branch and consolidate shipments from its Chicago and New Hampshire locations as part of an ongoing effort to improve efficiencies. Bossard will offer a freight concession program for Southeastern customers.
Earlier in the year Bossard centralized its inside sales department in Chicago, divested the unprofitable Monster Metrics division, offered growth incentives to its distribution base and started a campaign to promote the Bossard brand name in North America, sales & marketing director John Lundin noted.
Bossard, a division of Z�g, Switzerland-based Bossard Group, supplies metric fasteners. The North American headquarters is at 235 Heritage Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801. Tel: 800 399-2677 E-mail: info@bossardusa.com Web: bossard.com

� The Giant Bolt & Fastener division of Wayne Bolt & Nut Co. has expanded product capabilities to include collar/flange studs, sales manager Michael Wojcik announced.
Giant is a 42-year-old manufacturer and master distributor of standard and special fasteners and is located at 14471 Livernois, Detroit, MI 48238. Tel: 313 862-0300 or 800 521-2207 Fax 313 862-0362 E-mail:WBNCO@aol.com

� Kerr Lakeside Inc. expanded its product line with 220 new semi-standard sizes. The products are in its recently updated catalog.
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

� Tom McCall & Associates president Jodi Stein was promoted to CEO, and operations manager Beverly Schoeling was promoted to vice president of operations and COO. Stein succeeds Tom McCall, who founded the fastener executive search agency in 1949 and died October 17, 2001, at age 84.
Collectively, Stein and Schoeling have over 30 years of fastener industry recruiting experience.
McCall executive search agency is located at 20180 Governors Hwy, Suite 100, Olympia Fields, IL 60461. Tel: 708 747-5707 or 800 715-5474 Fax 708 747-5890 E-mail: mail@tmccall.com Web: tmccall.com. \ �2001 FastenerNews.com