SHORT TAKES: Clevenger & Associates, Pare Distributions, Distributor Sales, Jetna Fastech, Diamond West, Preferred Service, National Threaded Fasteners, Orbitform, Powers Fasteners

Jason Sandefur

Mark Wilson is now president of Clevenger & Associates Inc.
Wilson succeeds his late stepfather, Harley Clevenger, who died in November 2004.
Wilson has been in the fastener industry for 11 years, including a job with Lufasco, which became part of Purchased Parts. He joined Clevenger six years ago.
The rep firm was founded in 1978 and covers the Carolinas, Virginia and Charleston, WV. It is headquartered at 5822 Creola Rd., Charlotte, NC 28270. Tel: 704 236-6872 E-mail: mwilson3@carolina.rr.com

Jean-Luc Pare opened a Canadian rep agency, Pare Distributions, with Heads & Threads International as the initial client.
Pare’s career includes 20 years with Infasco where he was sales manager when he joined Fabory as sales & marketing vice president.
Pare said HTI products can be shipped anywhere in Canada within 48 hours from the U.S. warehouse network.
Pare is headquartered at 354 Martel, Chambly, QC, Canada J3L 1V5. Tel: 514 909-4174 Fax 450 658-3559 E-mail: distributions@videotron.ca

The Chicago Distributor Sales location has moved to 124 Alexandra Way, Carol Stream, IL 60188-2068. Tel: 630 588-1853 Fax 630 588-2304
Distributor Sales sells Infasco nuts, bolts and fastener products to distributors.

Jetna Fastech Inc. appointed Diamond West and Preferred Service as sales and stocking reps, Mitch Hall announced.
Diamond West has more than 12 years rep experience and is headed by Dale Thums and will rep Jetna Fastech in southern California, Arizona and southern Nevada. The warehouse is located at 14535 Valley View Ave., Suite R, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. Tel: 800 999-9195 Fax 562-404-1400.
Preferred Service will rep Jetna Fastech in Alabama, Mississippi, the Florida panhandle and Tennessee. Preferred Service was founded in 1996 and is headed by president Scott Killin. The agency has a 13,000 sq ft warehouse located at 112A Third St. North, Birmingham, AL 35204. Tel: 205 324-1555 Fax 205 324-6010 Web: fastenerspecialist.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

National Threaded Fasteners Ltd. added Kathy Shippy to its management team. Kathy will oversee customer development and quality systems. Shippy is a 22-year veteran of the fastener industry, primarily with Flexalloy Inc. and Textron Fastening Systems.
National Threaded Fasteners also expanded their catalog to include a line of metric flange nuts and bolts, including DIN 6921 flange screws, DIN 6921 serrated flange screws, DIN 6923 flange nuts as well as DIN 6927 flange lock nuts.
National Threaded Fasteners distributes bulk and packaged flange products, and is headquartered at 33544 Lakeland Blvd., Eastlake, OH 44095. Tel: 888
480-9841 Fax 440 953-3793 E-mail sales@flangescrews.com Web: flangescrews.com

Orbitform Group named Amy Nicolaus as purchasing specialist. Nicolaus has 18 years experience and was senior purchasing specialist for TAC Manufacturing.
Orbitform Group includes Orbitform, Rollerform, Thernuform, Adtech, WatchDawg and Arbor Automation, and is headquartered at 1800 Executive Dr., Jackson, MI 49200. Tel: 517 787-9447 Fax 517 787-6609 E-mail: sales@orbitform.com Web: orbitform.com

Powers Fasteners Inc. promoted Barry Rosenberg to director of OEM sales, Jack Stewart to Los Angeles branch manager and James Suggs San Francisco branch manager, Lenny Colasuonno, vice president of sales & marketing, announced.
Rosenberg joined Powers as San Francisco branch manager in 1994 and ha been western regional manager since 2002. He previously worked for Rite-Hite Corp., Bosch and Black & Decker.
Stewart joined Powers in 1999 as Powers training vehicle specialist at the Indiana branch and was named Denver branch manager in 2003.
Suggs joined Powers in 2003 as a PTV specialist and sales rep for northern California.
Powers manufactures mechanical, adhesive and powder-actuated fastening systems. Powers has 27 North American branches and branches in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and is headquartered at 2 Powers Sq., New Rochelle, NY 10801. Tel: 914 235-6300 Fax 914 576-6483 E-mail: info@powers.com Web: powers.com \ �2005 FastenerNews.com