10/23/2012 12:10:00 AM
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SHORTTAKES: DarLoc, Falcon Metal, Great Lakes Fasteners, Hisco, Lawson Products, Lindstrom Metric, Telefast, Trinity Hardware and Wurth USA

DarLoc Corporation is expanding to include miniature & clinch self-locking Nylon inserts and all-metal locking nuts, sales manager Glen Burn announced.
The niche patterns of locknuts are available from stock, in steel, stainless, brass, and aluminum materials and platings. 

Founded seven years ago, Darloc is located at 5348 Oak Grove Dr., Long Grove, IL  60047. Tel: 847 840-9467 Fax 847 821-9459 E-mail: sales@darloc.com Web: darloc.com

 

Falcon Metal Corporation marked the first National Manufacturing Day on October 5, 2012, with a reception honoring manufacturers and their employees. Guests included Charlotte city council and Chamber of Commerce members, North Carolina Veterans Commission and USO-Charlotte.

Falcon president Don Nowak noted 14.5% of North Carolina residents have manufacturing jobs and 19.5% of the state’s gross domestic product comes from manufacturing. North Carolina is the fifth largest manufacturing state.

As part of Manufacturing Day, Falcon Metal donated $850 to the USO-Charlotte, which serves 8,000 traveling military personnel and families at the Charlotte-Douglas Airport each month.

Founded in 1985, Falcon Metal supplies 100 manufacturing facilities in the Carolinas with fasteners and class “c” production components and operates onsite parts management at two major customers. Falcon Metal is located at 10715 John Price Rd., Charlotte, NC 28273. Tel: 704 588-4740 or 800 438-0332 E-mail: info@falconmetal.com Web: falconmetal.com

  

Great Lakes Fasteners won the Cascade Capital Growth Award for the second consecutive year after posting “sizable revenue gains and for creating new jobs for Northeast Ohio.” 

GLF president Kevin Weidinger attributed the company’s success to “our team’s tireless effort to provide quality fasteners at a competitive price, packaged in a way our customers request.”

“During these fluid economic times, you can choose to pull your head inside the turtle shell and wait out the storm or you can step-up and seize opportunities,” Weidinger added. “GLF chose to expand and invest and it’s paying dividends.” 

Founded in 1958, Great Lakes Fasteners distributes fasteners, packaging services and inventory solutions and is headquartered at 1750 Highland Rd., Twinsburg, OH 44087. Tel: 330 425-0930  

 

Hisco Inc. president Bob Dill announced four new vice-presidents: Cindy Saigling, branch manager, Dallas; Richard French, branch manager, San Diego; Monte Schlaht, branch manager, Tempe; and HR manager Priscilla Everett.

Saigling started with Hisco during college and joined full-time in 1980; French joined Hisco as a customer service rep in 1987; Schlaht started 20-years ago in warehousing; and Everett has 35 years in HR, including 12 at Hisco.

Founded in the 1940s, Hisco became an employee-owned company in 1971. Hisco distributes cable ties and fastener sleeving and adhesives for electronic assembly, LED lighting, aerospace/defense, medical and solar modules industries. Hisco has 34 locations in 15 states, Canada, the Carribean and Mexico and is headquartered at 6650 Concord Park Dr., Houston, TX 77040. Tel: 713 934-1700 E-mail: info@hiscoinc.com Web: hisco.com

 

Michael DeCata was named president and CEO of Lawson Products. He succeeds Thomas Neri, who retired.

Chairman Ronald Port cited DeCata’s experience as a senior executive. “His experience in MRO distribution is the perfect match for Lawson,” Port stated.

Since 2009, DeCata has worked in private equity,. Other positions include leading the eastern region of Grainger.

Neri started with Lawson in 2003 and became CEO in 2007.  Web: lawsonproducts.com

 

Lindstrom Metric LLC completed moving into a new Northeast Service Center. The new facility has 35,000 sq ft of warehouse space with 24 ft ceiling clearance, which doubles the space of the former Beacon, NY location. The facility has 25 employees.

The new center is at 207 Wembly Rd., Suite 2, New Windsor, NY 12553.  Tel: 845 838-1100 Fax 845 838-1163

With the larger space, stainless steel inventory is being added starting with 2,000 SKUs and provides next or second-day delivery to Northeast distributors. The inventory is monitored to reflect the Northeast distribution marketplace.

Founded in 1972, Lindstrom Metric is an importer and master distributor of standard and special metric fasteners. 

The Greer, SC-based Mega Metric division of Lindstrom provides larger diameter and special length metric bolts and specialty machining. 

Lindstrom has facilities in South Carolina, Illinois and New York and is headquartered at 2950 100th Court NE, Blaine, MN 55449. Tel: 763 780-4200 Web: lindfastgrp.com 

 

Telefast Industries named Steve Mrazik operations manager, president Jeff Hepner announced. 

Mrazik has been with Telefast since 2003. His 25 years of fastener manufacturing experience also includes Marathon Fasteners, Milford Rivet, Cuyahoga Bolt and Lake Erie Screw Corporation.

Established in 1986, Telefast is a domestic manufacturer of nuts, hex head cap screws and cold headed specials and is located at 777 W. Bagley Rd., Berea, OH 44017. Tel: 440 826-0011 Fax 440 826-3785 E-mail: info@telefast.com Web: telefast.com   

 

Trinity Hardware Headquarters published a new 566-page catalog with 10,000 new items. It is available online: TrinityHardwareHQ.com.

New items include: New socket section, expanded plow bolt section, carriage and shaker screen bolts, Measure Mate thread checking systems and merchandising systems.

Trinity stocks 36,000 types of standard, metric and specialty fasteners and hardware at  eight North American warehouses and is headquartered at 3216 E. 35th St. Court, Davenport, IA 52807-2501. Tel: 563 459-6237

 

Wurth USA opened a new distribution center in Dallas to serve customers in 9 states.

“With the addition of this new distribution center, Wurth will have the ability to ship to nearly any customer in the continental United States within two business days, in addition to offering a same day delivery option to customers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area,” the company stated. 

“In order to properly serve our customers in Texas and the South-Central US, we needed a solution for getting supplies to customers faster,” noted CEO Michael Krause. “As part of our growth strategy in this region, it was important for us to invest in a Dallas distribution center.”

Würth has 500 employees and 40,000  domestic customers.

Founded in 1969 as Würth Fastener Corp., Würth USA is headquartered in a 73,000 sq ft office/warehouse complex at 93 Grant St, Ramsey, NJ 07446. Tel: 201 825-2719 Fax 201 825-3706 E-mail: info@wurthusa.com Web: wurthusa.com ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com