10/25/2010
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SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Barbarotto Machinery, Beacon Fasteners, Industrial Rivet, Modern Plating, Permanent Technologies and Precision Threaded Products

Advance Components added 1.5 million Johnson & Hoffman hole plugs, executive vice president Pam Berry announced.
Advance stocks electroplate finished hole plugs from 3/16 to one inch in a variety of colors and designs that snap into place with spring-action prongs to hold fasteners securely.

Advance Components is a master distributor of specialty fasteners. Advance has a sales and applications development office in Medina, OH, and is headquartered at 2920 Commodore Dr. #100, Carrolton, TX 75007. Tel: 972 446-5500 E-mail: sales@advancecomponents.com Web: advancecomponents.com

 

Barbarotto Machinery is the new North American sales representative for ImanPack Packaging, Fred Barbarotto announced.

ImanPack is setting up a new U.S. service center. The Barbarotto office in New York is the new ImanPack North American headquarters and will handle equipment sales, spare parts orders and technical service coordination.

ImanPack develops packaging for fasteners in cartons, bags and furniture assembly kits. 

Founded in 1981 Barbarotto sells new and used machinery for the fastener and wire forming industries. Barbarotto is located at 3311 Royal Ave., Oceanside, NY 11572. Tel: 516 594-1300 E-mail: bisc@optonline.net  Web: barbarottomachinery.com

 

Beacon Fasteners & Components Inc. named Joe Peplinski vice president of operations.

Peplinski has 18 years of fastener experience, including executive positions in sales and procurement, including Heads & Threads International and Fastenal.

Founded in 1979 by Bob Wegner and Gary Pavlik, Beacon supplies sems, thread forming screws, self tapping screws, sheet metal tapping screws, cold headed fasteners and special cold formed pins.

Beacon is located at 198 West Carpenter Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090.  Tel: 847 353-2000 Web: beaconfasteners.com

  

Industrial Rivet & Fastener Company named Jim Howard to head the new North Carolina distribution center in addition to being national sales manager.

Howard joined Industrial Rivet in 2003 as national sales manager. In his 45-year career he held a variety of roles involving rivets and permanent fastening, including being a manufacturer’s rep for nearly four decades. E-mail: jim.howard@rivet.com

The new branch will take on some distribution functions currently handled at the company’s New Jersey headquarters, which is increasing its assembly, kitting and manufacturing capabilities.

The new 32,000 sq ft warehouse is at 2050-B Willow Springs, Burlington, NC 27215. Tel: 800 289-7483

Founded in 1912, Industrial Rivet is a family owned and operated manufacturer, importer and distributor of rivets and fasteners. 

There are international locations in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan and the United Kingdom; nine North American warehouses; distribution centers in California, Colorado, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, Utah and Illinois; and is headquartered at 200 Paris Ave., Northvale, NJ 07647. Tel: 201 750-1040 E-mail: info@rivet.com Web: rivet.com

 

Modern Plating Corp. was approved for Chrysler PS10180 high corrosion resistant trivalent zinc nickel black finish.

Modern’s finish exceeds the PS10180 salt spray testing specifications, which require no white corrosion at 240 hours and no red corrosion at 1,000 hours, sales manager John Nordlof explained.

Modern uses MacDermid Inc.’s  ZinKlad finishes.

Founded in 1936, Modern Plating specializes in electroplating for the transportation and other industries. Superior Coatings & Finishes LLC of Elizabethtown, KY, is an affiliate and Modern is headquartered at 701 S. Hancock, Freeport, IL 60132-0838. Tel: 815 235-3111 E-mail: john.nordlof@modernplating.com Web: modernplating.com

Permanent Technologies named Patrick Tremblay as senior advisor following the departure of CEO Pierre Dionne, who was appointed in July.

Tremblay has experience in risk management, finance and strategic consulting. 

Tremblay previously held positions at Bombardier, a Tier One U.S. government OEM and general contractor. He also held senior finance and consulting management positions at Deloitte Consulting, KPMG and McGladrey.

Tremblay said he’ll work to promote TineLok, the company’s product, while looking for Dionne’s replacement.

In the interim, chairman and co-founder Loren Ball will take over as president. 

Huntington, NY-based Permanent Technologies developed the patented TineLok vibration-proof fastening system.  Web: tinelok.com 
 

Precision Threaded Products moved to a new factory.

The manufacturer of precision threaded fasteners for aerospace engines moved from West Hartford, CT, to a16,000 sq ft facility in Bristol, the Bristol Press reported.

Formerly known as the Bland Co., Precision Threaded Products relocated from a 6,000 sq ft structure to a build-to-suit facility. 

Owner Paul Nichols told the Press that he’d been set to move into an existing building in Windsor, but the deal stalled. That’s when the city of Bristol made its pitch, which reportedly included a $75,000 city economic development grant and five years of tax abatements.

The new facility is located at 220 Business Park Rd. (P.O. Box 4166), Bristol, CT 06011-4166. Tel: 860 516-0472 Web: blandcompany.com ©2010 GlobalFastenerNews.com