12/14/2010
HEADLINES
SHORTTAKES – HTI, Spirol Int’l, Würth Service Supply

Heads & Threads International launched a new division – Socket Screw Supply ­– to expand its socket products. S3 will stock a full line socket products, including new sizes and pack quantities, standard and nonstandard sizes, inch and metric, and Nylon patch, pellet & plated products.
 

Products include socket, flat and button head cap screws, socket shoulder screws, socket set screws, square head set screws and dowel pins.
 

S3 products will be available online: socketscrewsupply.com or from HTI sales representatives.
 

HTI has branches in Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Sayreville, NJ, Cleveland, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and Seattle and is headquartered at 785 Center Ave., Carol Stream, IL 60188. Tel: 855 HTI-S300 E-mail: ganderson@socketscrewsupply.com or gmraz@socketscrewsupply.com 

 

Spirol International named Jeffrey Koehl as chairman and CEO. Koehl succeeds James Shaw who retired on November 19.

Koehl joined the company in 1997. His first position was product manager for coiled pins. Koehl was made an officer of the company in the position of Vice President of Spirol in 1999. He was elected president in 2004. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from Brown University and an MBA from Boston College.
 

Spirol also named William Hunt as President and COO of Spirol International Corporation – North America.
 

Hunt has been with the company since 1979, when he started as the Controller. He was made an officer of the company in the position of Treasurer in 1980. He was promoted to Vice President of Finance in 1986, and was made a director of CEM in 1988. Hunt holds a BS in Accounting from Rider College and is a CPA.
 

Russell Radant, VP of Production Technology, was elected to be a director effective  August 23, 2010. Radant has been with Spirol International since 1994 when he was hired as a project engineer. He was appointed Chief Engineer in 1998, and was made an officer of Spirol International in 2005. Radant has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from WPI and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
 

Spirol manufactures engineered components for fastening and joining. 
Spirol has locations in Ohio, California, Canada, Mexico, England, France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and China and is headquartered at 30 Rock Ave., Danielson, CT 06239-1434. Tel: 860 774-8571 Web: spirol.com
 

Würth Service Supply received ISO 14001 certification for four locations: Indianapolis, Atlanta, Grand Rapids, MI, and Greenville, SC.
 

Würth Service Supply started the process in January 2010 with an employee team and consultant.
 

Würth Service Supply is part of the Künzelsau, Germany-based Würth Group, which has 400 companies in 84 countries; 58,000 employees; and sales of EUR 7.52 billion (US$9.27b) for 2009.

Service Supply has stocking facilities in 17 states and is headquartered at 4935 W. 86th St., (P.O. Box 68957), Indianapolis, IN 46268. Tel: 877 999-8784 Web: servicesupply.com  ©2010 GlobalFastenerNews.com