Don Kudiak was promoted to president of Aerosmith Fastening Systems.

He joined the Indiana company in 2005 and has been general manager and director of product development.

Founded in 1967, Aerosmith supplies domestic pneumatic hardened steel pins and VersaPin brand fasteners and tools for steel and concrete construction. Aerosmith is located at 5621 Dividend Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46241. Tel: 800 528-8183 Web: AerosmithFastening.com


Dan Zehnder has been named VP of North American sales for Agrisolutions.

In 2003, Zehnder founded Trinity Logistics Corp., which was acquired by Venanpri Group’s Agrisolutions division.

Zehnder is the current VP of the National Fastener Distributors Association and thus slated to be the 2019/20 president.

Zehnder got his start in fasteners with Cleveland-based Earnest Machine Products, which was founded by his grandfather in 1948.

Wisconsin-based Agrisolutions supplies the agriculture market globally with its Ingersoll and Bellota brands. Web: AgriSolutionscorp.com

Davenport, IA-based Trinity supplies fasteners and other components from 10 U.S. facilities. Web: TrinityLogisticsGroup.com


Loomis International Ltd. marked the opening of a 176,200 sq ft manufacturing facility on 32 acres in Byron, IL.

Loomis also is marking the 40th anniversary of Gehle Loomis founding a metal working engineering and sales business in October 1979 in the basement of his home: Tool Engineering Industries.

By 1989 the company moved from the house to North Main Street in Rockford, IL, as Tool Engineering moved into buying and selling machinery. In 1993, the company of then five people, bought a 2.25 acre plot in Machesney Park and moved into an 8,000 sq ft building in 1994. By 1998, 24,000 sq ft were added and Randy started National Header Die.

In 2000 four more acres were acquired and the Tool Engineering name was changed to Loomis International.  

In 2004 Armor Coated Technology was formed. The three companies now total 60 people.

Loomis International provides new and used tooling for fasteners and metal working and is located at 602 E. Blackhawk Dr., Byron, IL 61010. Tel: 815 636-7200 Email: info@LoomisLtd.com Web: LoomisLtd.com


Torque tool manufacturer Mountz Inc. hired Bob Little as international sales director.

Along with managing Mountz’s international team, Little will identify market opportunities and define “a multi channeled approach to support our international network.”

“We are delighted to welcome Bob to our management team: his knowledge and previous experience will be invaluable to us as we look to build our brand presence outside North America,” said CEO Brad Mountz.

Founded in 1965, Mountz provides torque tool solutions and metric fasteners to the aerospace, automotive, electronics, energy, medical and packaging industries.

Mountz is headquartered at 1080 N. 11th St., San Jose, CA 95112. Tel: 888 925-2763 Web: mountztorque.com


Semblex Corp. named Jinsoo Kim to succeed Don Cunningham as president. Cunningham, who has been Semblex president since 2010, is retiring.

Kim has served as COO at Semblex since the company’s acquisition by Jinhap Company, Ltd. in 2014. Previously, Kim was a senior VP at Jinhap in South Korea.

Gene Simpson will assume the role of senior VP and COO. A 27-year Semblex veteran, Simpson recently served as VP of engineering & quality.

Founded in 1968, Semblex has been a subsidiary of Jinhap Co. Ltd, a privately-owned South Korean fastener manufacturer, since 2014.

Semblex has 260 employees and  revenue of $80 million.

Semblex has a facility in Mexico and is headquartered at 900 N. Church Rd., Elmhurst, IL 60126. Web: semblex.com