Brikksen Stainless Steel Fasteners moved its headquarters to expand space for inventory and streamlining internal operations.
Brikksen also launched a mini VLOG series on its YouTube channel, Stainless Spotlight.
Brikksen is a master distributor of stainless steel fasteners, with warehouses in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Arizona, Texas, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.  The company is now headquartered at 2152 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., #1060, Sanford, FL 32771-9575.  Tel: 800 962-1614  Web: Brikksen.com

Century Fasteners Corp. promoted James Harding to director of operations reporting to co-presidents Tom Brodsky and Evan Stieglitz.
Harding joined Century in 2003 to create the centralized purchasing division.  Harding became Atlanta branch manager in 2011.  Harding was involved in branch consolidations, sales office openings, AS9100D certification and quality software.  Recently he led Century’s branch closure COVID-19 protocols task force.
Century Fasteners is a master distributor of fastener and non-fastener components to the military, aerospace, electronics, automotive, sheet metal fabrication, contract manufacturing, telecommunications and medical industries.  Century stocks 100,000 parts, and offers value-added services, including VMI in-plant programs, custom kitting, engineering services and supply chain management solutions.
Century has branches in nine states, as well as Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico, and is headquartered at 50-20 Ireland St., Elhurst, NY 11373-3734.  Tel: 718 446-5000  Web: CenturyFasteners.com

Earnest Machine is expanding its secondary services by hiring Dave Musacchia, who joined the company in June.  Musacchia is an industry veteran with 40 years of manufacturing experience.
“Most people know the company as a leading provider of nuts and bolts, but… we’re also a manufacturer that can build to blueprint specifications and help customers with special tooling needs,” Musacchia stated.
Earnest Machine facilities in Cleveland, OH, and Wolverhampton, England, operate as engineering and manufacturing centers.  Earnest Machine can manage the entire secondary services process, including drop shipping and a single purchase order.
Founded in 1948, Earnest Machine is a global importer, distributor and manufacturer of large diameter and hard-to-find fasteners for agriculture, construction equipment, heavy transportation, mining, structural construction and wind industries.  Earnest Machine is based at 1250 Linda St., Rocky River, OH 44116.  Web: EarnestMachine.com

For the eighth time in 10 years, Inc. magazine named Field one of the fastest growing private companies in America.  Only 1% of companies have ever made the list 8 times.
With 64% growth in revenue over a three-year span, Field ranked #4,689 overall on the 2020 list.
The Inc. 500|5000 list ranks the nation’s fastest growing private companies.  Previous listed companies include Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft and Patagonia.  The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue was $209 billion in 2019, accounting for over 1 million jobs in the past three years.
The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring the companies will be held virtually from October 23-27.
“Being recognized in 8 of the last 10 years by INC. is an incredible accomplishment for the Field team,” stated CCO Adam Derry.  “We are very proud of our culture and how our team is relentless about helping our customer save money and be more efficient.”
In 2019 Field reached $100 million in sales.
Field provides inventory management and complete supply chain solutions for fasteners and other Class “C” items. The company was acquired by Derry Enterprises Inc. in 1990 and operates facilities in Illinois, Texas, South Carolina, and Mexico.
Field is headquartered at 9883 North Alpine Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115.  Tel: 815 637-9002  Web: FieldFastener.com

Glebar Co. is updating its service department.  Glebar is replacing precision grinding “legacy machines” and retiring employees and launched “Glebar Customer Care.”
Glebar is combining resources and technology with the acquisition earlier this year of electrochemical grinding technology companies Tridex Technology and Everite.
“We want to allow our customers to focus on what they do best:  Manufacturing quality products and delivering on time in support of their customers,” customer care VP Mark Scanel said.  The changes are best for “maintaining a healthy supply chain” by minimizing downtime and maximizing capabilities of their machines.  As customer’s needs grow and technology advances, machine upgrades help to meet these changes while improving efficiencies.  Glebar can deliver parts the next business day to minimized downtime.”
CEO Robert Baker noted that customer care changes help provide for customers “as their needs continue to evolve.”
Glebar hired Christopher DeFlori as operations VP.
Founded in 1952, Glebar designs modular precision centerless grinding machines for the medical, industrial, aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, mining and other industries.  Glebar has facilities in Japan and China and is headquartered at 565 E. Crescent Ave., Ramsey, NJ 07446.  Tel: 201 337-1500  Web: Glebar.com

Jergens Inc. received a new certification that will expand the company’s engineering and design capabilities in the aerospace, space and defense sectors.  The AS9100:2016 certification is designated for Jergens Specialty Fastener products and will enable the company to customize and design components offering rigid quality standards and mil-specs, with tight tolerances and high precision.
“This certification is a game changer for Jergens and separates us from our competitors in terms of efficiency and service response time,” stated GM Matt Schron.  “Our many customers in the aerospace sector, both military and commercial, are seeking our heavily engineered expanded design services, customer solutions and standard and special configuration all while maintaining our shorter lead times.”
Founded in 1942, Jergens is headquartered at 15700 S. Waterloo Rd., Cleveland, OH 44110.  Tel: 216 706-6400  Web: JergensInc.com

Marposs Monitoring Solutions GmbH launched a new website for Brankamp Machine Monitoring Solutions.  The site provides information on benefits and specifications and demonstration videos of Brankamp products.  Web: Brankamp.com
Brankamp, founded in 1977 and acquired by Germany-based Marposs in 2012,  provides process monitoring, machine control and data collection for cold forming, stamping and forging.  Marposs has 55,000 applications in use worldwide.  The U.S. office is at 3300 Cross Creek Pkwy, Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2758.  Tel: 248 370-0404  Web: Marposs.com

ND Industries promoted Paul Sundstrom to general manager of its Northbrook and Rockford facilities.
Sundstrom has been ND’s Illinois sales manager for two years and previously was in technical sales, operations and manufacturing.  He succeeds John Thramann, who is retiring after 50 years with ND.
Founded in 1955 and headed by owner / president Richard Wallace, ND develops and supplies fastener coatings for locking, sealing, masking, lubricating, noise & vibration dampening, and manufactures adhesive and sealant products.  ND has 13 U.S. divisions, plus facilities in Taiwan, China and Turkey, and is headquartered at 1000 N. Crooks Rd., Clawson, MI 48017-1003.  Tel: 248 288-0000  Web: NDindustries.com

R&R Engineering added six high speed bent bolt machines for threaded fasteners, bringing their total to 89 special roll threading machines.
R&R manufactures U-bolts and threaded studs plus special applications threaded fasteners for the solar, RV, agriculture and distribution markets.  R&R is located in a 235,000-sq-ft facility at 801 S. Main St., Summitville, IN 46070-8900.  Tel: 800 979-1921  Web: RandREngineering.com