SHORTTAKES: Doane, Allfast Fastening Systems, Atlantic Fasteners, Boker’s Inc., Emhart, FastenersClearingHouse.com, MSC Industrial, Richard Manno, Sherex

John Wolz

Ray Doane returned to the fastener industry after an eight year absence. Doane joined Ababa Bolt as sales & marketing manager.
Doane most recently was CEO of Water Security Corp., a water purification technology company used by NASA in the manned space program. Doane previously held management positions with Bonanza Nut & Bolt, Bossard USA, Porteous Fastener Co. and RB&W Corporation. Doane started in the fastener industry with Lamson & Sessions in 1963.
Founded in 1975, Ababa Bolt/Ababa QA is a distributor with a North County San Diego branch and headquarters at 1466-1 Pioneer Way, El Cajon, CA 92020. Tel: 619 440-1781 Fax 619 440-5394 E-mail: info@ababaqa.com Web: ababaqa.com

Allfast Fastening Systems Inc. received the Embraer Supplier of the Year Award, president Jim Randall announced.
Allfast also announced its first three-year contract for blind bolts.
Founded in 1966, Allfast manufactures solid and blind rivets, blind bolts and installation tooling for the aerospace industry. Allfast is headquartered at 15200 Don Julian Rd., City of Industry, CA 91745. Tel: 626 968-9388 Fax 626 968-9393 E-mail: sales@allfastinc.com Web: allfastinc.com

Atlantic Fasteners announced two-year contracts totaling $940,000 with Lockheed Martin. “These two contracts are the largest to date in our division’s history,” Atlantic aerospace division director Marc Dionne said. The contracts’ combined value is nearly five times higher than the division’s previous two-year contract with Lockheed Martin.
Atlantic has supplied Lockheed Martin since 2000 and earned quality and delivery ratings in the high 90s and often 100% from Lockheed Martin, Dionne added.
Through December 2010, Atlantic will supply hundreds of fastener varieties to Lockheed Martin’s business units around the country. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin has 1,000 facilities in 46 states and in 75 international locations. Ranked 52nd on the 2006 Fortune 500 list of largest industrial corporations, Lockheed Martin reported $41.9 billion in sales in 2007.
Founded in 1981, employee-owned Atlantic Fasteners is a global ISO 9001:2000 certified supplier of 16,795 commercial and aerospace/mil-spec fasteners, plus tools, lubricants, adhesives, paint, power transmission, bins and cabinets. Atlantic is headquartered at 49 Heywood Ave. (P.O. Box 1168), West Springfield, MA 01090-1168. Tel: 413 785-1687 or 800 800-2658 Fax 413 785-5770 E-mail: mdionne@atlanticfasteners.com Web: atlanticfasteners.com

Washer and spacer manufacturer Boker’s Inc. marks its 90th anniversary during 2009.
The company attributes short run stamping methods to invention in late 1920s and early 1930s in Minnesota. Vitus Boker used similar tooling in Denmark in the 1860s before emigrating to the U.S. in 1901. After rising to shop superintendent he founded V.A. Boker’s & Sons Inc. in 1919 with his son John Boker in the basement of their Minneapolis home.
Boker used his tooling knowledge to manufacture prototypes and custom parts for automated machinery and became one of the pioneers for short-run stampings.
The business outgrew Boker’s basement and two subsequent manufacturing spaces until settling on Snelling Avenue in Minneapolis in 1939. The Snelling facility has been expanded six times to reach 90,000 sq ft in 2008.
In 1968 Boker’s was purchased by four employees: William Tedlund, Joseph Basara, Chester Engquist and Joseph Kantorowicz. In 1986 Tedlund became the sole owner.
Boker’s now sells to over 44 different countries and has provided precision parts to a great variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, medical and consumer products.
Boker’s published its 2009 Washer Catalog of 23,000 non-standard washer and spacer sizes and more than 2,000 material options, including steel, aluminum, brass, copper, nickel, silver and non-metallic materials such as Teflon and nylon. Outside sizes range from 0.08″ to 5.140″ with numerous inside diameters and thicknesses.
Boker’s is located at 3104 Snelling Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406-1937. Tel: 612 729-9365 or 800 927-4377 Web: bokers.com

Emhart Teknologies is expanding in blind rivets with new structural rivets in steel and aluminum for tensile and shear strength. Product manager Ryan Carter said the rattle and vibration resistance is “particularly critical to the transportation industry where NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) is a requirement.”
Emhart Teknologies, a Black & Decker Company, designs and manufactures fastening systems and assembly technologies. Emhart has 3,000 employees headed by president Michael Tyll, in 24 facilities worldwide and is headquartered at 4 Corporate Dr. #395, Shelton, CT 06484. Tel: 203 924-9341 Fax 203 925-2279 E-mail: Emhart.technologies@bdk.com Web: Emhart.com

FastenersClearingHouse.com added DIN and ISO specification number cross-references for finding industrial fasteners online.
The cross references make it easier to find parts by corresponding specification numbers. “Sometimes there isn’t an exact equivalent between the two specifications, but where there is it’s nice to be able to find all of the items that could help you even if you search using the other specification,” said Brian Musker, FCH database manager.
Founded in 2006, FastenersClearingHouse is a search engine for the industrial and commercial fastener industry to buy and sell surplus, hard to find and odd lot fastener inventory online. FCH is based in Naperville, IL. Tel: 877 332-7836 E-mail: support-fch@fastenersclearinghouse.com

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. published its first Accupro Metalworking Products Catalog. There are 10,000 Accupro brand products in the MSC Big Book catalog.
Founded in 1941 by Sid Jacobson as Sid Tool, MSC Industrial distributes 550,000 metalworking and MRO supplies – including fasteners and hardware – from 3,000 suppliers to 371,000 customers. MSC is headed by chairman Mitchell Jacobson and CEO David Sandler. MSC has 97 branch sales offices and 875 sales people and is headquartered at 75 Maxess Rd., Melville, NY 11747-3151. Tel: 516 812-2000 or 800 812-7270 Web: mscdirect.com

Richard Manno & Co. announced all applicable commercial fasteners manufactured in-house in 2009 will be certified as compliant under the Specialty Metals Clause of DFARS 225.700 as permitted in 10 USC 2533b(h)(3).
Richard Manno manufactures precision shoulder screws, dowel pins and screw machine specials and is a stocking distributor of mil-spec socket caps and set screws. Richard Manno is located at 42 Lamar St., West Babylon, NY 11742. Tel: 631 643-2200 or 800 858-7424 Fax 631 643-2215 E-mail: info@richardmannocom Web: richardmanno.com

Sherex Fastening Solutions named Lindsay Giardina as inside sales rep, announced sales manager Tom Bello. Giardina started at Sherex in October 2006 in logistics.
Sherex Fastening Solutions manufactures and distributes blind rivet nuts, brass inserts and other specialty fastening products, and is headquartered at 400 Riverwalk Pkwy, Suite 600, Tonawanda, NY 14150. Tel: 716 875-0315 E-mail: info@sherex.com Web: sherex.com �2009 FastenerNews.com