10/7/2014 11:59:00 PM
HEADLINES
SHORTTAKES: Aerodyne Alloys, Anixter, Brighton-Best, Carlo Salvi, HellermannTyton, Lindstrom Metric and MSC Direct

Mike Mills has joined Aerodyne Alloys LLC as Southeastern territory manager.  Mills has 14 years in the metals industry.  

Founded in 1979, Aerodyne Alloys supplies and processes alloys for fasteners, including nickel, cobalt, titanium and stainless steel.  Aerodyne has service centers in California, South Carolina and Texas and is headquartered at 350 Pleasant Valley Rd., South Windsor, CT 06074. Tel: 800 243-4344 Web: aerodynealloys.com

 

Anixter International relocated its Connecticut cable-distribution business from Manchester, CT, to South Windsor, the Journal Inquirer reports.

“We were bursting at the seams,” vice president of finance Ron Bosco said of the former 36,000 sq ft location in Manchester.

Founded in 1957, Anixter is an Illinois-headquartered global supplier of fasteners, communication and security products, electrical and other small components.

Anixter’s fastener sales during the first six months of 2014 rose 6.4% to $492.6 million, with segment operating income more than doubling to $25 million. Web: anixter.com

 

Larry Unger joined Brighton-Best Int’l as Southeastern territory sales manager.

Brighton-Best lists 21 U.S. and three Canadian branches plus facilities in South America, Australia, New Zealand and UK. The global headquarters is in Taiwan, and the U.S. is based at 5855 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805. Tel: 562 808-8000 Web: brightonbest.com

 

Brikksen Stainless Steel Fasteners is opening a warehouse in Phoenix, to serve the West Coast. 

“Delivery time for many of our Southwest customers will be dramatically improved with the establishment of this new facility,” the company’s announcement stated. 

Brikksen is a master distributor of stainless steel fasteners, with branches in Springfield, MO, Elkhard, IN, Reno, NV, and Phoenix.  The company is headquartered at 4150 Church St., Suite 1066, Sanford, FL 32771. Tel: 800 962-1614 Email: sales@brikksen.com Web: brikksen.com

 

Carlo Salvi S.p.A. is marking the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1939 by Carlo Salvi. Born in New York in 1907, Salvi returned to his family’s native Italy when he was eight. Salvi started building mechanical descalers to process hot rolled rod and subsequently several thousand have been sold worldwide. Salvi began manufacturing more complex machines during late 1940s with the design and production of a flat die thread roller. Head slotters followed and in 1952 Salvi built his first single die two blow toggle header. 

Today, Carlo Salvi reports 3,000 cold headers are installed throughout the world. 

Sergio Ziotti is CEO.

Carlo Salvi S.p.A. has facilities in the U.S., China, UK and Turkey and is headquartered at Via Ponte Rotto 67, 23852 Garlate -LC- Italia. Tel: (39) 0341 654 611 Email: carlosalvi@carlosalvi.it Web: carlosalvi.it

The North American headquarters is at 4035 N. King Rd., Sylvania, OH 43560. Tel: 419 843-7951

 

HellermannTyton will more than double the size of its Wisconsin plant with a $741,000 federal grant, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services grant will help finance a 102,000 sq ft addition to its 92,000 sq ft facility at 6701 W. Good Hope Rd. in Milwaukee. The expansion is expected to create 125 jobs in the next five years.

The manufacturer “first bought an existing industrial building there in 2012, but has already outgrown the space,” writes Sean Ryan of the Journal.

The facility earned LEED Silver certification for including self-sustaining landscape planning, exterior lighting which reduces light pollution and use of low volatile organic compound (VOC) emitting building materials.

HellermannTyton is a global manufacturer of wire, cable and components. Located in 34 countries and listed on the London Stock Exchange, HellermannTyton’s North American headquarters is at 7930 N. Faulker Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53224. Tel: 800 537-1512 Email: corp@htamericas Web: HellermannTyton.us

 

Lindstrom Metric LLC announced new rep agencies for the Southwestern U.S. and Canada.

All-Spec Sales will represent Lindstrom to distributors in Arkansas, Louisiana, Eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. All-Spec Sales is six-person sales agency headed by Russ Wicks. All-Spec is based at 2025 109th St., Grand Prairie, TX 75050. Tel: 972 641-4053 Email: rwicks@allspecsales.com

All-Spec has been a rep agency for almost 40 years. Dwayne Carnes covers south Texas and southern Louisiana: Dcarnes@allspecsales.com; Dae Graf, northwestern Texas and Oklahoma: Dgraf@allspecsales.com; and Robert Simpson, east Texas and Arkansas: rsimpson@allspecsales.com.

John Mooney Sales Ltd will rep Lindstrom in Canada. The agency was started by John Mooney in 1988, and soon his son, Jay Mooney, joined. They worked together for 23 years until John Mooney died and Jay took over the agency in 2012. Cell: 416 587-1228 Email: jay@mooneysales.com

Bill Akerfeldt joined the agency in 2012. Tel: 416 997-3321 Email: bill@mooneysales.com

John Mooney Sales is located at 27 Kingsborough Crescent, Etobicoke, Ontario M9R2T8 Canada. Tel: 416 249-1228 Email: jay@mooneysales.com

Founded in 1972, Lindstrom supplies metric fasteners to distributors from sales/distribution centers in New York, Illinois and South Carolina and the headquarters at 2950 100th Crt. NE, Blaine, MN 55449. Tel: 763 780-4200 Web: lindfastgrp.com

 

MSC Industrial Supply Co. is opening a 400,000 sq ft distribution center in Columbus, OH, according to Columbus Business First. The $55 million facility is the company’s fifth U.S. location. 

MSC will employ 100 upon opening and increase employment to 300 over the next four years, as part of $9 million in state and city tax incentives, Columbus Business First reports.

Founded in 1941, MSC is headquartered at 75 Maxess Rd., Melville, NY 11747-3151. Tel: 516 812-2000 Web: mscdirect.com