John Wolz

Jim Wolpert is the new president of AVK Industrial Products.\
Wolpert joined AVK in 1965 and became vice president of Avibank Mfg. and in charge of AVK in 1997.
AVK has operated as a division of Avibank for 17 years and shared financial, human resources and other services with Avibank. With the SPS Technologies acquisition of Avibank, AVK and Avibank are being moved into separate operating groups.
AVK also announced Jamie Lawrence as director of sales & marketing; Mike Hall, controller; and Joe Butvin, director of technical services.
Valencia, CA-based AVK manufactures blind installed threaded inserts, stud fasteners and related installation tooling. Web: www.avkfasteners.com