SHORT TAKES: MSD Stamping, Ohio Rod, T & C Enterprises, Platinum Equity, Republic Engineered Products

John Wolz

” MSD Stamping, LLC received ISO/TS16949:2002 certification for its Livonia, MI, plant, Bob Kaminski, vice president of sales & marketing, announced.
MSD Stamping specializes in metal stamping, nut insert clips, wireforming, fasteners and staking of automotive grade assemblies.
The MSD plant is at 33200 Capitol St., Livonia, MI 48150. Tel: 734 458-4790 Fax 734 458-4796 E-mail: sales@msdstamping.com or Bob.Kaminski@contmid.com Web: msdstamping.com
MSD is a division of Jacobson Mfg. LLC, a manufacturer of internal and external fasteners and special cold formed products for the automotive, industrial, heavy machinery, consumer and other markets. Jacobson was formed from the purchase of Huck/Medina from Alcoa in 2004. Jacobson Mfg. is headquartered at 955 Lake Rd., Medina, OH 44256. Tel: 330 725-8853 Fax 330 723-4510 E-mail: sales@jacobsonmfg.com Web: jacobsonmfg.com

” Ohio Rod Products named T & C Enterprises as representative serving Michigan, Canada and Mexico. Ohio Rod will work with T&C co-owners Tricia Combe and Chris McDonald, as well as Heriberto Vela, to expand in the automotive and industrial industries.
Combe and McDonald have fastener industry backgrounds with General Fasteners and Anixter. Vela has worked in the automotive and industrial industries in Mexico. Combe will cover Michigan; McDonald the Ontario, Canada, region; and Vela will continue in Mexico. Combe formed T&C Enterprises as a rep agency after 15 years in the fastener industry. Combe most recently was director of national sales for Anixter Fasteners. She started in fasteners as a buyer for RB&W/Fastener House and also worked for General Fasteners, Metro Bolt & Fasteners and W�rth Service Supply. T&C”s address is P.O. Box 312, Northville, MI 48167. Tel: 248 344-4071 Fax 248 349-0032 E-mail: tcombeduquet@comcast.net
Part of the Elgin Fastener Group, Ohio Rod Products manufactures cold-headed and threaded long-length specialty fasteners, and is headquartered at 1415 S. Benham Rd., Versailles, IN 47042. Tel: 812 689-6565 Fax 812 689-6635 E-mail: ohiorod@eni.com Web: ohiorod.com

” Platinum Equity named Joseph Gray as permanent president and CEO of Acument Global Technologies Inc. Grey held the position on an interim basis since October.
Acument is the former Textron Fastening Systems, which Platinum acquired from Textron Inc. in 2006.
Gray previously held Integrated Supply Chain positions for Textron Fastening and Textron Fluid & Power. Prior to joining Textron in 2004, Gray held senior positions in global businesses, including GDX Automotive, Peregrine Inc. and AlliedSignal.
Troy, MI-based Acument provides engineered fastening systems, installation technology and engineering services. Acument has 9,000 employees in 16 countries supplying customers in 150 countries and is headquartered at 840 W. Long Lake Rd. #450, Troy, MI 48098. Tel: 800 544-6117 Fax 248 813-6371 E-mail: info@tfs.Textron.com Web: Acument.com

” Republic Engineered Products Inc. named Robert Bullock director of quality assurance, vice president of operations Noel Huettich announced.
Bullock had been manager of quality assurance from 2000 to 2002. Bullock has 25 years of steel industry experience with Charter Steel, Copperweld, USS/Kobe and U.S. Steel.
Republic produces steel for fasteners, forgings, hand tools, machine tools, appliances, automotive, bearings, converters, farm machinery, off-highway equipment, pumps and valves & fittings. Republic operates steelmaking centers in Ohio, New York, Indiana and Ontario. Republic was acquired in 2005 by Industria CH, S.A. DE C.V. , a Mexico City-based steel producer and processor, and Jaime Vigil became CEO in 2006. Republic is headquartered at 3770 Embassy Pkwy., Akron,
OH 44333-8367. Tel: 330 670-3000 or
800 2323-7157 Fax 330 670-3106 E-mail: info@republicengineered.com Web: republicengineered.com \ �2007 FastenerNews.com