11/22/2010
HEADLINES
SHORTTAKES: Acme Industrial, Birmingham Fastener, Boker’s, Cardinal Fastener, Continental-Aero, Interfast, Ken Forging, Micro Plastics, Mudge Fasteners, Senco, Spirol

Acme Industrial Company received U.S. Defense Logistics Agency approval as a Class 3 threaded fastener supplier.
The Qualified Suppliers List for Manufacturers requires applied process controls and a quality program providing for lot traceability and Statistical Process Control.
Founded in 1914, Acme Industrial, a subsidiary of Jergens Inc., manufactures keylocking threaded inserts, keylocking studs, Swage-Sert thinwall threaded inserts and drill bushing products. Acme is located at 441 Maple Ave., Carpentersville, IL 60110. Tel: 847 428-3911 E-mail: acmemail@acmeindustrial.com  Web: acmeindustrial.com 

The Hanceville Distribution Center of Birmingham Fastener Inc. received ISO 9001:2008 certification.
The 120,000 sq ft Hanceville facility opened in 2002 and uses state of the art racking and RF scanning for fast and accurate order filling.
The Birmingham facility manufactures custom and non standard fasteners for the structural steel fabrication, metal building manufacturers, transportation, water works and utilities, OEMs, MRO, construction and other industries.
The Alabama Aerospace division, founded in 1995, supplies aerospace, military and commercial fasteners and electronic components. Alabama Aerospace stocks 250,000 line items from 150 manufacturers.
Founded in 1980 by Howard Tinney, Birmingham Fastener has facilities in Alabama, Connecticut, Texas, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Florida and is headquartered at 931 Avenue W, Birmingham, AL 35214. Tel: 205 595-3511 Web: bhamfast.com

 
Boker’s Inc. published its 2010 Catalog of Special Washers. It includes 24,000 flat washer sizes and 2,000 material choices.
Founded in 1919, Boker’s manufactures washers, spacers and shims for the aerospace, automotive, medical, consumer products and other industries. Boker’s is located at 3104 Snelling Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406-1937. Tel: 612 729-9365 E-mail: sales@bokers.com Web: bokers.com

Cardinal Fastener was named “Supplier of the Year” by the American Wind Energy Association. Cardinal president John Grabner received the award November 18 at AWEA’s fall symposium in Arizona.
Cardinal supplies the renewable energy industry with blade studs and tower bolts and is an authorized manufacturer of safety-critical wind turbine fasteners.
Cardinal Fastener manufactures hot forged, large-diameter, high-tensile-strength fasteners for construction, heavy equipment, bridges, power generation and oil fields. Cardinal is located at 5185 Richmond Rd., Bedford Heights, OH 44146. E-mail: sales@cardinafastener.com Web: cardinalfastener.com

Continental-Aero is expanding its product line with Grade 5 Nylon insert locknuts commercial trivalent zinc items, CEO Marty Schneider announced.
Founded in 1948, Continental-Aero supplies branded purple color Nylon Tork locknuts, all-metal locknuts and finished Hex nuts to distributors.  Continental-Aero has stocking warehouses in New Jersey, Illinois, California, Texas and Ohio and is headquartered at 530 Bergen St. (P.O. Box 354), Harrison, NJ 07029. Tel: 973 484-2200 E-mail: sales@continental-aero.com  Web: continental-aero.com 

Interfast Inc. promoted Peter Oleck to president.
CEO Douglas Woollings noted Oleck, who joined Interfast in 2005 and has 25 years of aerospace fastener experience, “has played an instrumental role in the growth of Interfast. He has actively supported our team in building Interfast’s presence in Asia, while managing Interfast’s U.S. operations. He also has spearheaded our focus to bring new levels of support to maintenance, repair and overhaul operations in the aerospace industry.  His operational knowledge and strategic thinking is a tremendous asset.”
Oleck will be responsible for directing the strategic growth and overseeing operational aspects.
“We’re at an exciting stage in our development,” says Oleck. “We are starting to see the market recover from the recent economic malaise and are well positioned for future growth, having put a number of key building blocks and capabilities in place so that we can respond to market demand in new ways.”
The Interfast management team also includes Tom Worden, general manager of Canadian operations; Conrad Lennert, vice president of sales & marketing; and controller Pauline Mainville.
Interfast also named Jason Grey as sales director for Interfast Europe. Grey will be responsible for European sales initiatives focused on aircraft OEMs and MRO markets.
Prior to joining Interfast, Grey had served as the business development and regional sales manager for an international fastener distributor.
Interfast Europe opened in 2009 to supply aerospace and defense customers in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland. The Interfast European main office is located at: Unit 4, J4 Doman Rd., Camberly, GU153LB, UK. Tel: (44) 1276 401 450 Fax (44) 1276 401 466 E-mail: sales@interfasteurope.eu
Founded in 1966, Interfast distributes specialty fasteners, fastening systems and production installation tooling globally for the aerospace, automotive, electronics and general industrial markets.
Interfast has branches in Calgary, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Ottawa, Los Angeles, Miami and the UK and is headquartered at 22 Worcester Rd., Toronto, Ontario, M9W 5X2 Canada. Tel: 416 674-0770 Web: interfast.ca   

Ken Forging is marking its 40th anniversary.
Founded in 1970 as Ken Tool & Die by Richard Kovach in his Cleveland garage, he moved into a 2000 sq ft facility within nine months and added two part-time people. For the next five years Kovach was sinking dies for other Cleveland forging companies.
In 1972 the company constructed a building 60 miles east of Cleveland in Jefferson, OH, and converted its emphasis from die sinking to forging of fasteners. The company expanded to 11 full-time employees with Kovach as CEO, engineer, draftsman and die sinker.
Ken Forging’s products of carbon, alloy and stainless steels include eyebolts, nut eyebolts, rod ends, turnbuckles & fittings, eye nuts, C- clamps, machine strap clamps, wedges, D-rings, pad eyes, T-slot nuts, Safety hoist rings, and custom forgings up to 200 lbs.
Today Ken Forging has 130 employees in a 250,000 sq ft plant located on a 21-acre site at 1049 Griggs Rd., (P.O. Box 277), Jefferson, OH 44047. Tel: 440-993-8091 E-mail: info@kenforging.com Web: kenforging.com  

Micro Plastics Inc. published its 39th Catalog of plastic fasteners, sales manager Bruce Sanders

an> announced. The 290-page catalog includes 12 new product lines with 500 new items.
Products include standard and metric machine screws, cap screws, nuts, washers, spacers, insulators, grommets, bushings, rivets, hole plugs, clamps and other accessories.
Micro Plastics manufactures millions of fatteners daily and stocks 250 million parts. The address is P.O. Box 149, Hwy. 178 North, Flippin, AR 72634. Tel: 870 453-2261 E-mail: mpsales@microplastics.com Web: microplastics.com 

Mudge Fasteners Inc. is marking its 35th anniversary by launching an updated website at MudgeFasteners.com. 
Paul Mudge started the distributorship in 1975 in Carson, CA,  As the owner and sole employee Mudge knocked on doors in the industrial areas of south Los Angeles County.
Mudge Fasteners moved to Orange County in 1979 and the company grew to five employees over the next decade. The business was incorporated in 1987 and moved to a larger warehouse in Yorba Linda in 1989. In 2001 Mudge Fasteners moved to the current 12,769 sq ft facility in Corona.
“Today my wife Irma Mudge is active in the business, having come to work here after 24 years in the teaching profession,” Mudge noted. “Our daughter Marisa Mudge has been involved in the business full time since 1996 and acts as director of business development.”
Mudge Fasteners received the Award of Excellence for manufacturing/distribution by the Corona Chamber of Commerce in 2005.
The new website allows visitors to see the line card, industries Mudge specializes in and link to preferred vendors. Additional catalogs and product/service information will be added in coming weeks.
Mudge has two additional web addresses: SolarFastenerExpert.com and DuraconFastening.com.
Mudge Fasteners is located at 2050 Palisades Dr., Corona, CA 92880. Tel: 951 270-1360 E-mail: sales@mudgefasteners.com  

Senco Brands Inc. launched a new website with updated fastener, nailer, staple and screw system product information. Web: senco.com
The website features a fusion technology demo, online help desk and distributor locator.
Senco designs and manufactures 750 types and sizes of fasteners for construction and industrial uses.
Senco is headquartered at 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd., Cincinnati, OH 45245. Tel: 513 388-2000 

 
Spirol International was awarded the “2010 Supplier of the Year” award by distributor Active Screw, marking the second year a domestic supplier has attained the highest level of Active’s Six-Star program, rating supplier performance.
Active CEO Buddy Blattner presented the award to Spirol distribution manager Michael Lentini, customer service supervisor Jennifer Field and customer service representative Pat Palladino.
Spirol manufactures engineered components for fastening and joining, including coiled and slotted spring pins, solid pins, machined nuts, threaded inserts for plastics, disc springs, alignment dowels & bushings, spacers, compression limiters,  shims, pin & insert installation equipment and vibratory parts feeders. 
Spirol has locations in Ohio, California, Canada, Mexico, England, France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and China and is headquartered at 30 Rock Ave., Danielson, CT 06239-1434. Tel: 860 774-8571 Web: spirol.com
Active Screw has warehouses in Tucson and Charlotte plus hubs in Texas, Mexico and North Carolina and is headquartered at 5215 Old Orchard Rd. Suite 700, Skokie, IL 60077. Tel: 847 967-0800 Web: activescrew.com  ©2010 GlobalFastenerNews.com