6/9/2014 12:05:00 AM
HEADLINES
SHORTTAKES: Align Aerospace, Assembly Products & Sales, Bay State Cable Ties, Beacon Fasteners, Bolts & Nuts Corp, Brighton-Best, Desert Distribution, Hudson Fasteners, International Fasteners, K&L Sales, L.W. Meyer, Laboratory Testing, PennEngineering & SC Fastening

Align Aerospace Holdings appointed Andrew Roberts as CEO, succeeding Richard Organ.

Roberts has 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry – most recently as CEO of Permaswage. Previously he was with Northwest Airlines, Pratt & Whitney, Aviall and Lucas Industries.

Align chairman Ray Benvenuti said the board is confident Roberts can “grow Align’s revenue, while further strengthening the company’s capabilities and operations to deliver excellent value and world-class service to our customers.”

Roberts said Align Aerospace “is a strong competitor in the hardware distribution marketplace and has the potential to grow its market share significantly by investing in product and capabilities and focusing on superior execution to meet the demanding needs of our customers.”

Align Aerospace is a global distributor of 100,000 SKUs of aerospace fasteners and other hardware, primarily to OEMs and their suppliers.  Align has distribution centers in California and France, and forward stocking locations in Texas, Canada, Australia and China, and is headquartered at 21123 Nordhoff St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. Tel: 818 727-7800 Web: alignaero.com

Align Aerospace traces its company history to the 1972 founding of Alatec Products Inc. in Chatsworth.  In 1995 the ASI Aerospace Group was formed after Aerospace Supply Inc. acquired four aerospace and defense hardware distributors.  In 1998 Pentacon Inc. was created by a rollup of five founding fastener distributors, including Alatec. The new company’s aerospace business became Pentacon Aerospace Group. In 2002 Anixter International acquired Pentacon. In 2007 Eurofast is acquired from LISI Aerospace, giving Anixter Pentacon a European customer base. In 2009, Anixter Pentacon and Anixter Eurofast were rebranded as Anixter Aerospace Hardware and in 2011 Greenbriar Equity acquired Anixter Aerospace Hardware and renamed it Align Aerospace.

 

Assembly Products & Sales has added domestic and imported cable ties to its stocking program, Doug Rolston announced.

Founded in 2003 by Mary Chambers and Rolston, the manufacturers rep agency and its warehouse is located at 3426 Dalworth, Arlington, TX 76011. Tel: 817 633-2212 Email: doug@assemblyproducts.biz

 

Bay State Cable Ties named Steve Wesierski as Western regional sales manager for distributor in California, Arizona, Nevada and the Pacific Northwest. 

Sales VP Tim Bagley noted Wesierski is “up to speed on our industry and is looking forward to working with all of our current and new distributors in the Western Region, and helping them grow their business within their territory.”  Email: swesierski@baystatecableties.com 

Bay State Cable Ties manufactures nylon cable ties at a 50,000 sq ft facility, which operates 24/7/365 at 5680 John Givens Rd., Crestview, FL 32539. Tel: 850 423-4680 Email: tbagley@baystatecabletimes.com  Web: BayStateCableTies.com

 

Beacon Fasteners & Components is expanding thread forming product line by stocking DIN 7500 metric thread forming screws, including Type C, Type CE, Type D and Type M thread forming screws in steel-zinc RoHS, national sales manager Kameron Dorsey stated.

“Offering comparable metric sizes is a great compliment to our existing line of thread forming screws,” Dorsey said. “As always we will continue to expand our products and services to meet our long term customers’ needs.”

In addition to dimensional inspections, the parts are tested in-house for DIN standards specifications: Drive, ductility, torsional strength and hydrogen embrittlement. 

Founded in 1979 by Bob Wegner and Gary Pavlik, Beacon supplies thread forming, thread cutting, SEMS, high-tapping screws; sheet metal tapping and machine screws; and specialty cold headed fasteners. 

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

 

Bolts & Nuts Corp. opened a North Carolina branch as part of expansion east of the Mississippi River. The new branch is southwest of Winston-Salem at 101 Bailey St., Mocksville, NC 27028.

Founded in 1979 in Tennessee to service customers within a 70-mile radius of Chattanooga, Bolts & Nuts now distributes fasteners to customers in 40 states from branches in Georgia, North Carolina and Illinois. Bolts & Nuts is headquartered at 1900 E. 28th St., Chattanooga, TN 37407. Tel: 800 678-1576 Web: boltsnuts.com

 

The Brighton-Best International Miami branch moved to 3426 W. 84th St. #203, Hialeah, FL 33018. Tel: 305 512-3446 Fax 305 512-3450 Email: miami@brightonbest.com

Harlan Joelson is regional manager and Joe Jimenez is Miami branch manager.

Brighton-Best also named Jim Hahn product manager for U.S. Anchors, which is based at the BBI New Jersey branch; and Lori Granados was promoted to branch manager of operations at Santa Fe Springs, CA.

Brighton-Best lists 23 U.S. and three Canadian branches plus facilities in South America, Australia, New Zealand and UK. The U.S. headquarters is in Long Beach, CA, and global headquarters in Tainan, Taiwan. Web: brightonbest.com

 

Desert Distribution Sales LLC added Jo Morris to the manufacturers rep agency and she will be based in Colorado, president John Wachman announced.

“After graduating from Arizona State University, she began her fastener career working with me at Copper State Bolt & Nut,” Wachman noted.

To contact Morris: Tel: 303 257-4406 Email: Jo@DesertDistribution.com

Wachman said the addition is due to sales growth at the agency and principals.  “We expect this business trend to continue and want to stay ahead of the demand for our products and services.”

Desert Distribution provides sales support, product training and OEM development to distributors and end users in the West. Markets include aerospace, automotive, appliance, solar, wind power and telecom. Desert Distribution has offices in Southern California and Colorado and is headquartered at 26902 N. 162nd St., Scottsdale, AZ 85262. Tel: 480 471-3585 Email: sales@DesertDistribution.com Web: DesertDistribution.com  

 

Hudson Fasteners Inc. was given the family-owned business of the year award at the Youngstown Business Incubator.  The award recognizes multi-generation family-owned businesses. U.S. Small Business Administration district director Gil Goldberg told Vindy.com that the third-generation fastener distributor was selected from small businesses in 22 northern Ohio counties.

Hudson reportedly invested $250,000 last year for software equipment to boost its business as an online wholesaler without its own inventory. Hudson is based at 415 Main St., Canfield, OH 44406. Tel: 330 270-9500 Email: info@HudsonFasteners.com Web: hudsonfasteners.com

 

International Fasteners Inc. opened a Chicago area stocking branch at 2220 Green Leaf Ave., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007.

International Fasteners also named All American Systems as sales rep for Illinois and Wisconsin. All American, headed by president Stephen Urhausen, is located at 800 W. Fifth Ave. #201D, Naperville, IL 60563. Tel: 630 778-6887 Email: info@AllAmericanSystems.com   Web: AllAmericanSystems.com

Founded in 1996 as a manufacturers’s rep agency, International Fasteners grew to a master distributor supplying construction fasteners to distributors and started the Daggerz brand.  International Fasteners also has branches in Charlotte, Dallas, Philadelphia and Phoenix and is headquartered at 1341 Massaro Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619. Tel: 813 241-0203 Email: sales@daggerz.com  Web: daggerz.com

 

John Butler is retiring as operations manager for Wisconsin-based K&L Sales Inc. and moving to Portland, OR.  He will continue with K&L, building the new e-commerce program.  Butler joined K&L in 1993 as the third employee.  Email: jbutler@klsales.com

Founded in 1985 in a small warehouse space in Waukesha, WI, by brothers Tom Knebes and David Knebes, the business opened its own space in 1988.  In 2010 K&L moved into a 21,000 sq ft building at 1425 Walnut Ridge Dr., Hartland, WI 53029. Tel: 262 369-2300 Email: info@klsales.com  

K&L provides VMI, distributor sales, packaging and kitting. Web: klsales.com

 

L.W. Meyer Inc. named Dale Guenther director of marketing & business development.  Guenther, the 1998 president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association, was formerly with two other companies, Generac and Lincoln Contractors Supply. 

Founded in 1960, L.W. Meyer distributes fasteners, construction and industrial supplies. Meyer has three branches in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois and is headquartered at W223 N609 Saratoga Dr., Waukesha, WI 53186. Tel: 262 513-2800 

 

Laboratory Testing Inc. promoted Steve Bowers to mechanical testing workflow supervisor and Paul Szczepaniak mechanical testing shift coordinator, destructive testing manager Brandon McVaugh announced. They will be responsible for tensile, impact, hardness, fatigue and stress rupture testing and fracture toughness.

Bowers joined LTI in 1993 as a mechanical testing technician and Szczepaniak started with LTI in 2012 with 17 years of prior mechanical testing, metallographic evaluation and inspection experience. 

Founded in 1984, LTI is an accredited testing and metrology laboratory for fasteners and other metals and plastics. LTI is located at 2331 Topaz Dr., Hatfield, PA 19440. Tel: 215 997-9080 Email: sales@labtesting.com Web: labtesting.com

 

Continental Brake Systems China Co. Ltd. presented its 2014 Best Supplier of the Year Award to PennEngineering Automotive Fastener Co. Ltd. of China.  PEAF supplies fastening and assembly solutions to OEM/Tier 1 automotive and related transportation industries. PEAF, an operating unit of PennEngineering, is one of two suppliers to receive the award based on quality, delivery, service and cost.

The PEAF plant in Kunshan, China, manufactures autoPEM fastening hardware for the automotive industry.

PennEngineering has manufacturing and sales facilities in North America, Europe and Asia and is headquartered at 5190 Old Easton Rd., Danboro, PA 18916-1000. Tel: 215 766-8853 Web: pemnet.com

 

The Department of Defense presented its Above & Beyond Award to SC Fastening Systems for “Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve.” To earn the recognition, SC Fastening amended its human resources policies to ensure compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act. 

SC Fastening distributes fasteners, hardware and industrial supplies based at 8531 S. Freeway Dr., Macedonia, OH 44056. Tel: 800 232-2659 Email: info@scfastening.com Web: scfastening.com