4/3/2012 12:09:00 AM
HEADLINES
SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Alcoa Fastening Systems, Allfast, Bamal Fastener, Disc-Lock Intl., Quality Bolt & Screw, Specialty Screw Corp. & Trinity Supply Chain Solutions

Advance Components will exhibit at Fastener Fair Hannover. The 1st time fastener trade show in Germany will be held April 24-26, 2012, in conjunction with industrial technology trade show Hannover Messe. Advance executive VP and general manager Gary Cravens and vice president of sales and business development Dave Audia will represent the company.
Advance Components is a master-stocking distributor of A. Raymond Tinnerman, AVK Industrial Products, Heyco and other products. Advance is headquartered at 2920 Commodore Dr. #100, Carrollton, TX 75007. Tel: 972 446-5500 E-mail: info@advancecomponents.com Web: advancecomponents.com

Alcoa Fastening Systems received a Bronze Award from Airbus for outstanding performance in its Supplier Quality Improvement Program.
The top tier suppliers’ award recognizes supplier improvement, quality, on-time delivery and sustainability performance. 
AFS provides Airbus with fasteners for all of their major programs including the A320, A330, A340, A350, A380 and A400M. 
“We strive to be the leader in providing superior operational, technical and quality support to the industry,” stated Craig Brown, VP of Global Aerospace Customers and Marketing for AFS.
For the A380, AFS has developed a special fastener that bolts composite panels to aluminum crossmembers. One million Alcoa fasteners fly on every A380.
Torrance, CA-based AFS has over 6,200 employees at 31 manufacturing and distribution/logistics locations in 11 countries. Web: alcoafasteners.com

Allfast Inc. received NADCAP accreditation, president Jim Randall announced. NADCAP was founded in 1990 by the Performance Review Institute. 
Categories include fasteners, coating, heat treating and testing. Web: pri-network.org/Nadcap
Founded in 1966 as a solid rivet manufacturer, today privately owned Allfast manufactures solid and blind rivets, blind bolts, temporary fasteners and installation tooling for the aerospace industry.
Allfast has sales offices in Europe and North America and is headquartered at 15200 Don Julian Rd., City of Industry, CA 91745. Tel: 626 968-9388 E-mail: sales@allfastinc.com Web: allfastinc.com  

Bamal Fastener will open a 18,000 sq ft distribution center and will move its headquarters from Ohio to North Carolina. Founded in 1953 in a storefront in Detroit, Bamal has been based in Ohio since 2001.
Bamal is a privately held global sourcing supplier of fasteners and class C items to OEMs and MRO customers. Customers include automotive, commercial, military and industrial markets.
Bamal has facilities in Michigan, Texas, Ohio, Tennessee, California, North Carolina and Mexico. The current headquarters is at 2580 Ross St., Sidney, OH 45365. Tel: 937 492-9484 Web: Bamal.com

Vibration-proof fastening systems supplier Disc-Lock International appointed GSA S.A. as a key distributor in Chile. GSA S.A. will administer product distribution in Chile. 
GSA S.A. is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. Ronald Gumpertz of GSA S.A. will handle and distribute the entire line of Disc-Lock products. 
Established in 1980, Culver City, CA-based Disc-Lock manufactures safety fastening solutions for transportation, industry and the military including trucks, trailers, buses and wind turbines and towers.
The minority-owned company distributes to all 50 U.S. states as well as 31 countries worldwide. Web: disc-lock.com  

Quality Bolt & Screw named Dan Brown general manager. Brown has experience as a process/continuous improvement engineer and engineering manager and has worked with implementation of lean manufacturing. He has Six Sigma certification and bachelors in industrial technology and is completing an MBA.
Founded in 1958, Quality Bolt & Screw Quality Bolt is a division of Elgin Fastener Group.
Quality manufactures headed and threaded fasteners and is located at 10147 Brecksville Rd., Brecksville, OH 44141-3205. Tel: 440 717-7650 E-mail: sales@qualbolt.com Web: qualbolt.com  

Specialty Screw Corp. received the Manufacturer of the Year Award from the Rockford Chamber of Commerce, the Rockford Register Star reports.
Founded in 1953, the company manufactures cold formed fasteners and employs about 65 workers. 
Under the leadership of Russell Johansson, Specialty Screw has focused on efficiency to remain competitive. Those efforts reportedly include a solar photovoltaic system — using locally made solar panels — to generate up to 1.8 kilowatts of energy. Web: specialtyscrew.com

Trinity Supply Chain Solutions is presenting two workshops on supply chain management at the Collaborate 12 Technology & Applications Forum for the Oracle Community.
Trinity’s supply chain manager Erin Cones, ERP manager Kristine Murrens and CIO Tina Tendall will conduct the sessions in April in Las Vegas.
Trinity’s first topic is how the fastener distributor transitioned from an unconstrained plan to a constrained plan that resulted in recommendations for alternate sources of supply based on 

purchasing lead-time constraints. The second topic is conquering the challenge of publishing supply forecasts.
Cones said the new Oracle configuration allows Trinity “to improve our supply chain visibility, planning and overall communication with our supply base. In turn, we are able to strengthen our continuity of supply for our customer base.” Trinity distributes industrial fasteners and related supply chain management and logistics services. Trinity has 330,000 sq ft of warehouse space in nine North American locations and is headquartered at 3216 E. 35th St. Court, Davenport, IA 52807-2501. Tel: 563 459-6237 Web: TrinitySCS.com ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com