9/2/2009
Surber Names New Management Team at ATF

Jason Surber is the new president of fastener manufacturer ATF Inc., succeeding Porter McLean who becomes president of Zephyr Fasteners.

CEO Don Surber also announced the new management team includes Steve Beach as vice president for sales & marketing; Peter Dyer, vice president of operations; Laurence Claus, vice president of technology & engineering; and John Glazier, CFO.

Jason Surber was promoted from vice president for sales & marketing. He has held several sales management and business development positions since joining ATF in 2001. Surber is on ATF’s board of advisors and is chairman of the board of EJOT-ATF Fasteners de Mexico. Prior to joining ATF Surber was a corporate attorney concentrating in mergers, acquisitions and commercial litigation.

McLean now heads Zephyr – the joint venture between Lakshmi Precision Screws and ATF.

Beach joined ATF with 25 years in fastener sales, including Camcar/Textron Fastening Systems and most recently North American vice president for sales & markets at Acument Global Technologies.

Don Surber was chairman of the Industrial Fasteners Institute for 1984-85 and 1997-98; McLean was chair 2006-07 and Beech 2007-08.

Dyer had been director of operations since 1999. Since joining ATF in 1985 Dyer also has held inside sales, production control and plant manager positions.

Claus joined ATF in 1988 and held positions of application engineer, engineering manager, director of quality, director of new business development and general manager of ATF Integrated Components.

Glazier joined ATF in 2006 as CFO. He has 25 years experience in accounting finance and operations in manufacturing. He is a member of the EJOT-ATF advisory board and a member of ATF’s compensation and administrative committees.

Founded in 1948 as a supplier of surplus World War II military fasteners, today ATF designs and manufactures tight tolerance cold-formed and machined components, assemblies and engineered fasteners for complex, safety-critical and high tech applications in the automotive, aerospace, heavy-duty truck engine and other industrial markets. ATF is headquartered at 3550 W. Pratt Ave., Lincolnwood, IL 60712. Tel: 847 677-1300 Fax 847 677-9335 ©2009 GlobalFastenerNews.com

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