7/7/2014 5:57:00 PM
HEADLINES
SHORTTAKES: Dynamic Automotive, Elgin Fastener Group, E Z Sockets, Falcon Fastening Solutions, Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co., Intercorp., Nutty to Design, Screw Products, Specialty Bolt & Screw, Spirol, United Performance Metals and Vossloh Fastening Systems

Greg Iorfida was named to the new position of national sales manager for Dynamic Automotive, announced Joe Dease, president of Dynamic Automotive parent company JohnDow Industries.

“Greg brings over 25 years of general merchandise sales and marketing experience and over five years working in the TPMS automotive aftermarket industry,” Dease stated. 

Iorfida was co-owner and national sales manager for TPMS Solutions – a tools and sensors company.  Email: giorfida@johndow.com                                                                                                                                                   

For more than 30 years JohnDow Industries has manufactured automotive shop equipment and supplies and distributed automotive fasteners, hardware and supplies.   

JohnDow is headquartered at 151 Snyder Ave., Barberton, OH 44203. Tel: 330 753-6895 Email: customerservice@johndow.com Web: johndow.com

 

Elgin Fastener Group added Clayton Morris to the outside sales team as technical sales representative for Southeastern U.S.  Morris holds an AS in Electronic Engineering Technology and been in the fastener industry for 16 years, including automotive and electronics testing, specialty fastener design, and distribution sales/warehouse management.

Marty Goeree, VP of sales & marketing, noted Morris’ “engineering and design background will be extremely helpful to the customer base that EFG has established in the southeastern states, while his addition enables the strategic repositioning of other EFG sales personnel without sacrificing skill or talent in that area.”

Elgin Fastener Group is comprised of ten domestic specialty fastener manufacturers and metal finishing operations. 

EFG is a portfolio company of Audax Group, and is headquartered at 4 South Park Ave., Suite 203, Box 5, Batesville, IN 47006. Tel: 812 689-8917 Email: quotes@elginfasteners.com Web: elginfasteners.com

 

E Z Sockets Inc. launched a new website with a distributor shopping cart: ezsockets.com.

Founded in 1978, E Z Sockets manufactures and distributes socket screw products. With nine rep agencies plus branches in California, Illinois, Oregon and Texas, E Z is headquartered at 5 Cornell Pkwy., Springfield, NJ 07081. Tel: 973 376-5605 Email: ezsockets@juno.com  

 

Falcon Fastening Solutions  added Stephanie Parker in IT support and development and Mark Graney as controller,  Falcon executive VP Giovanni Cespedes announced.

Parker has been an IT contractor and is a Microsoft Certified Professional. She will implement new technology for Falcon.

Graney holds a MBA and was an accounting supervisor for Time Warner Cable. 

Falcon Fastening is a privately-owned industrial supplier of fasteners and class C production components used in high-volume manufacturing assembly. Falcon Fastening has branches in Kentucky and the Carolinas and is headquartered at 10715 John Price Rd., Charlotte, NC 28273. Tel: 704 588-4740 Web: FalconFastening.com

 

Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co. named Taryn Goodman vice president of finance.

Goodman, who began working for Industrial Rivet as assistant treasurer in 2012, is fourth generation in the 102-year-old family-owned company. This year she completed an MBA from The Wharton School. Previously she was with Barclays Capital as an investment banking associate.

“I really enjoyed my time in investment banking and felt like I learned a lot, but at some point I realized I wanted to work on the other side of the transaction,” Goodman explained. “I felt the best choice for me was to come home and help my own family’s company continue to grow and prosper.” She didn’t originally see herself joining the family company and was interested in medicine, but discovered an interest in business during college. 

Industrial Rivet has four other family members: Bill Goodman, president; Steven Sherman, vice president; Joanne Goodman Sherman, secretary/treasurer; and Allen Goodman, accounts receivable.

Founded in 1912, Industrial Rivet is a distributor, manufacturer and importer with design and engineering services for rivets, rivet tools and delivery systems. Industrial Rivet has 10 international locations, 11 U.S. distribution centers and is headquartered at 200 Paris Ave., Northvale, NJ 07647. Tel: 800 289-7483 E-mail: info@rivet.com Web: rivet.com

 

Intercorp. partnered with Florida International Marketing to stock and supply Strong-Point brand fasteners to distributors throughout Florida.

“The demand for our products in the Southeast has increased substantially over the past several years, and because of this, we decided that we needed a well-established partner to help bring our products to market in Florida,” Intercorp Southeast regional manager Adam Nitschke said.  “With this strategic relationship we can offer same day pickup for the Fort Lauderdale – Miami area, as well as one day shipping throughout the state of Florida, on over 500 different types of construction fasteners.”

Steve Kaplan of Florida International Marketing cited Intercorp’s “reputation for having the best products and service in the construction fastener industry.”

The Florida International Marketing distribution warehouse is located at: 3030 NW 27 St., Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311. Tel: 954 526-4144 

Founded in 1988, Intercorp.’s flagship brand, Strong-Point, is sold by thousands of U.S. distributors. The brand includes self-drilling, needle point, woodworking, stainless steel, drywall, pole gripper,outdoor, concrete and cement board screws.  Intercorp, a division of U.S. Nitto Corp., has branches in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Portland, Houston and Cleveland and is headquartered at 641 N. Poplar St., Orange, CA 92868. Tel: 714 744-2622 Web: intercorpusa.com

 

Jamie Adams started Nutty to Design as a graphic design service for the fastener industry.  

Adams started in the fastener industry in 1988 as a part-time/temp receptionist at Porteous Fastener Co. She soon became an inventory control clerk at PFC and through the years held marketing, branch manager, sales manager and director of marketing roles.  

Adams offers multi-media marketing, including brochures, analogs, banners, product photography, editing, web graphics, interactive documents, email marketing, YouTube videos, trade show presentations, event planning and promotional items.

Nutty to Design’s address is P.O. Box 3667, Lakewood, CA 90711. Tel: 562 400-3009 Email: jamie@nuttytodesign.com Web: nuttytodesign.com

 

Screw Products Inc. added a shipping facility in Simpsonville, SC, to service a larger portion of the U.S.  The warehouse joins Screw Products’ facility in Gig Harbor, WA. 

CEO Jim Miller said retailers and lumberyards from the Dakotas to Florida to Maine can expect orders to arrive within 48 hours or less.

“Essentially, we can now service the majority of the nation’s population in one-to-two days, be it pallets of product or a UPS or FedEx order,” Miller said. 

Founded in 1999, Screw Products is located at 9401 54th Ave. NW, Bldg. 18, Gig Harbor, WA  98332. Tel: 253 853-8880 Web: Screw-Products.com

 

Specialty Bolt & Screw named Kelly Cole vice president of its newly-formed SBS West, president Jay Queenin announced.  Massachusetts-based SBS will open an office and distribution center in Southern California.  

Cole will focus on technical engineering support, fastener design review and the design and engineering of specialized molded product as SBS increases domestic and international presence and product offerings.

Cole, who recently left WCL Company, was the last president of the Los Angeles Fastener Association and became the first president of the Pacific West Fastener Association when it was formed in 2009.  

Queenin noted Cole “joins our team with over twenty five years of fastener industry experience and elevates the company’s technical ability to service our customers as SBS expands its domestic and international reach.”  Cole’s expertise includes fastener design review and molded products.  

Cole said his new role “will allow me to continue my work in the fastener community with both Fastener Training Institute and Fastener Education Foundation, as well as provide the skills and leadership to grow the company.”

In addition to opening in California, SBS will open distribution centers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Queretaro, Mexico this summer.

Formed in 1977, SBS is a privately-held corporation providing global supply chain solutions.  SBS conducted its first overseas sale in 1986 and opened a facility in Canada in 1996 and in Mexico in 2006. SBS is a founding member of the Global Supply Alliance, a group of five distributors leveraging Asian buying power and facilitating global sales. SBS also has facilities in Finland and Taiwan and is headquartered at 235 Bowles Rd., Agawam, MA 01001-1030. Tel: 413 789-6700 Web: specialtybolt.com

 

Spirol International Corporation will add 30,000 sq ft to its North American headquarters in Connecticut, CEO Jeffrey Koehl announced. Spirol hosted the New England Fastener Distributors Association where Koehl said the expansion will include the addition of a new secondary operations line. The expansion is planned to take place over two years to make it seamless.

With 12 facilities in nine countries Spirol is headquartered at 30 Rock Ave., Danielson, CT 06239-1434. Tel: 860 774-8511 Email: info@spirol.com Web: spiral.com

 

United Performance Metals named Ian Moore as an account manager in the business development unit and Austin Derkson as customer service representative. 

Both Moore and Derkson are in the “What Is It?” video currently airing on the company website; a web game show which tries to stump the viewer on the true use for its metals. Web: upset.com/what-is-it  

United Performance Metals supplies stainless steel, nickel, cobalt, aluminum and titanium.  UPM has branches is LaMirada, CA, and Houston, and is headquartered at 3475 Symmes Rd., Hamilton, OH 45015. Tel: 513 860-6500 Email sales@upmet.com

UPM’s Plus Ten Stainless division is in Benicia, CA, and Vulcanium is in Northbrook, IL.

United Performance Metals is owned by O’Neal Industries Inc., which is headquartered in Alabama, and has 90 facilities in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Web: onealind.com

 

Vossloh Fastening Systems America named Gary Hines director of sales for heavy haul systems. Hines has more than 30 years of experience with track fastening systems in the rail industry.

For more than 100 years, Vossloh has manufactured rail fastening systems which are now used in 65 countries. The product range includes fastenings for ballasted tracks and slab tracks.

The U.S. Fastener System is based at 233 S. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. Tel: 312 376-3201 Web: vossloh-usa.com