2/22/2016 2:22:00 PM
HEADLINES
SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Brighton-Best, CMG, G.L. Huyett, International Fasteners, Interstate Threaded Products, Stelfast and Talon Products

Advance Components promoted Brad Burel to national sales manager. For five years he has been Southwest and Western regional sales manager. He also was Advance’s regional account manager in inside sales. 

“Brad has a proven record of facilitating long-term business relationships with both customers and suppliers,” president Gary Cravens said. “His strengths are an asset that compliment Advance’s mission to be the industry’s premier resource for specialty fastening solutions.”

Advance Components is a master stocking distributor of specialty fastener products and provides engineering solutions. Advance Components has an Ohio facility and is headquartered at 2920 Commodore Dr. #100, Carrollton, TX 75087. Tel: 972 446-5500 Email:  info@advancecomponents.com  Web: advancecomponents.com

Brighton-Best International promoted Jessie Portillo to branch manager for Los Angeles and San Francisco. She has experience in sales & management.

The San Francisco branch is at 30964 San Benito Ct., Hayward, CA 94544. Tel: 800 275-0028 Email: sanfrancisco@BrightonBest.com

The Los Angeles branch is at 12801 Leffingwell Ave., Santa Fe Spring, CA 90670. Tel: 562 483-2740 Email: losangeles@BrightonBest.com

Brighton-Best is a master distributor and importer with 21 U.S. and three Canadian branches plus facilities in Mexico, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and UK. The global headquarters is in Taiwan, and U.S. operations are headquartered at 5855 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805. Tel: 562 808-8000 Web: brightonbest.com

 

CMG opened a Sales & Application Engineering Center in Michigan and unveiled a new logo.

The new engineering application center in the Detroit suburb of Southfield will include onsite application engineers, lean product assembly experts, and fully stocked samples for testing and application development, CEO Phil Johnson announced.

Johnson said the new center expands CMG’s business in application engineering center and “will help improve our speed to market with safety and application engineered products. We are excited to partner with our customers and local universities on products and services that provide total enterprise savings.”

CMG also announced a rebranding effort to communicate its new direction to employees, customers and supply partners. The rebranding effort includes a new logo.   

“The new logo is the first step in communicating our direction to be a leader in Safety & Critical Fasteners focused on the Automotive, Commercial  Vehicle and Industrial Markets,” Johnson said.

Continental-Midland Group and Tiffin Holdings were acquired by Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund, from the Kaminsky family in 2014. The Contmid Group includes Continental/Midland of Park Forest, IL and Valparaiso, IN; Jacobson Mfg. of Medina and Tiffin, OH; MSD Stamping of Livonia, MI; and Minuteman Distribution of Milersport, OH.   

Continental Midland LLC is headquartered at 24000 S. Western Ave., Park Forest, IL 60466. Tel: 708 747-1200 Email: sales@contmid.com Web: contmid.com

 

G.L. Huyett named Joel Glaser regional sales manager for the Ohio Valley region and Larry Kucera as regional sales manager for the Chicago area.

Kucera had been a regional sales manager for Advanced Components, distribution sales manager for A Raymond Tinnerman and director of sales & marketing for Richco / Filtrona. Email: lkucera@huyett.com

Founded in 1906, G.L. Huyett is a manufacturer, master distributor and importer of non-threaded fasteners, grease fittings and engineered fasteners and is located at Exit 49, G.L. Huyett Expressway, Minneapolis, KS 67467. Tel: 785 392-1000 Email: sales@Huyett.com Web: Huyett.com

 

International Fasteners Inc. promoted Joanne Bialas to sales & marketing VP. Bialas has been in the fastener industry since 1988 and joined International Fasteners in 1998. She has been president of the Southeastern Fastener Association, chaired the Fastener Industry Coalition and active in the Women in the Fastener Industry. Bialas has relocated to the corporate headquarters in Florida. Email: joanne@daggerz.com

Founded in 1996, International Fasteners is a master distributor of fasteners, including its Daggerz brand of construction fasteners. International Fasteners has facilities in North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania and Arizona and is headquartered at 1341 Massero Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619. Tel: 888 241-0203 Web: Daggerz.com

 

Interstate Threaded Products hired Holly Vandiver as an account manager, vice president Bobby Stauter announced.  

Vandiver has 16 years of experience in the fastener industry. 

Founded in 1973, Interstate manufactures and distributes specialty fasteners for the petrochemical, communication / power generation, road & building construction, agriculture and microwave tower industries. 

Interstate is located at a 100,000 sq ft facility at 2200 Singleton Blvd., Dallas, TX 75212. Tel: 214 637-6720 Email: sales@InterstateThreadedProducts. com Web: interstatethreadedproducts.com
 

Stelfast Inc. promoted Mary Jane Carr to national project manager and Dennis Smithsucceeds Carr in her former role of branch manager in Grand Prairie, TX. 

Carr has been with Stelfast for 16 years and is a former chair and president of the Southwestern Fastener Association.  Smith joins Stelfast with 20 years in the fastener business. Email: dsmith@stelfast.com

Stelfast is a family-owned distributor and manufacturer founded in 1972 as Eses Limited.  The Stelfast operation began in 1976. Stelfast has facilities in Ohio, Illinois, Georgia, Texas, New Jersey and California and is headquartered at 22979 Stelfast Pkwy., Strongsville, OH 44149. Tel: 440 879-0077 Web: Stelfast.com
 

Talan Products Inc. received the 2016 Evolution of Manufacturing award for regional leadership in Ohio in manufacturing processes and innovation.

“We’ve invested in technology, and that has played a very important role in staying on top,” CEO Steve Peplin said. “But it’s really about our people. They’re the ones who are committed to delivering great customer service, and they’re the ones who are committed to safety every minute of the day.”  

He noted Talan has gone more than 1,500 days without a lost-time injury. 

Talan is poised to grow at 20% to 30% annually in the next several years, Peplin said.

Founded in 1986, Talan manufactures metal stampings, specialty washers and aluminum extensions for the fastener and other industries. Talan is headquartered at 18800 Cochran Ave., Cleveland, OH 44110. Tel: 877 419-2805 Web: talanproducts.com