Tim Malone is retiring from Spring Bolt & Nut Manufacturing LLC after 38-year fastener career.
Malone started with Bolt Manufacturing in 1979 and later was with Walker Bolt Mfg. Co.
In 2001, Malone and Richard Sivley started Spring Bolt & Nut, which expanded to a 25,000 sq ft facility in 2008.
Representing Walker Bolt, Malone was the 1997 president of the Southwestern Fastener Association and the 1998 chairman. He served another term on the board from 2006 to 2008.
Sivley will remain with Spring Bolt.
Messages to Malone may be sent c/o Spring Bolt, 3280 Wheat St., Houston, TX 77086. Tel: 281 448-4440 Email: springbolt@sbcglobal.net Web: SpringBoltandNut.com

Volt Industrial Plastics is marking its 25th anniversary.
Volt dates its company roots to 1952, when Joe Volltrauer immigrated to the U.S. from Austria. Initially he worked as an apprentice tool and die maker for Acme Tool & Die in Chicago where he enjoyed the challenge of mold making.
In 1973, he started JV Tool and a couple of years later moved to Arkansas where he designed molds for manufacturers of plastic components, including plastic fastener makers in the region.
In 1992, Volltrauer decided to use his mold and tool making expertise to produce plastic fasteners in his own company.
He put profits back into the business to buy state-of-the-art computer-aided manufacturing equipment making Volt to efficient and responsive.
VIP produces plastic screws and nuts, license plate screws and nuts, Christmas tree clips, rivets, wire and cable routing clips, printed circuit board hardware, dowels, washers, spacers, tapped spacers and many other fasteners in its 65,000 sq ft facility.
Volt moved into a new location in 2012, which is over two and one half times larger than the previous facility and includes additional warehouse space for finished goods and raw material. The new state-of-the-art tool making and production equipment includes EDM machines, top-of-the-line CNC-EDM sinker, a CNC milling center and a CNC lathe.
Volt Industrial inventories over one billion plastic fasteners.
Heidi Volltrauer is COO / VP of marketing & sales.
Volt is located at 706 Hwy 202 West, Yellville, AR 72687. Tel: 800 844-8024 Web: VoltPlastics.com

Wrought Washer Manufacturing named the Lawless Group as a sales representatives, territory sales manager Denise Braun announced. Lawless will provide warehousing for Wrought Washer at its four Texas and Louisiana locations with warehousing totaling 138,000 sq ft.
Founded in 1978, Lawless is headquartered at 11625 Columbia Center Dr. #100, Dallas, TX 75229. Tel: 972 247-8871
Founded in 1887, Wrought Washer provides design, engineering and manufacturing of washers. Wrought Washer is headquartered at 2100 S. Bay St., Milwaukee, WI 53207. Tel: 414 486-3827 Web: WroughtWasher.com

Würth Industry North America named three to new positions.
Nancy Duncan was named as human resources director. She will report directly to Würth Group executive VP Marc Strandquist.
Scott McDaniel is the national accounts manager. McDaniel has a decade of fastener distribution and leadership experience. Prior to joining WINA, McDaniel served in leadership capacities ranging from VP of global sales, VP of purchasing, and regional operations director.
Joseph Hansen was named oil and gas regional sales representative for WINA, supporting Würth Snider and Dokka Fasteners.
Strandquist called Hansen an “industry expert providing safety related, highly critical engineered fasteners” for customers in the oil and gas industry and power generation equipment OEMs.
“His knowledge of the oil and gas industry’s API specifications allows WINA to offer customers detailed expertise of both critical and non-critical fasteners – providing solutions to meet their specific needs.”
WINA operates as a network of 11 companies in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, providing inventory management solutions for assembly fastener components and MRO. Web: wurthindustry.com