GOVERNMENTS/ASSOCIATIONS/FASTENER GROUPS 

The Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI), held its Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX on March 9-12, 2019. The newly elected Chairman for the period 2019-2020 is Mr. Manny DeSantis of Valley Fastener Group, LLC; and the newly elected Vice Chairman is Mr. Kevin Johnson of Birmingham Fastener, Inc.

In addition to Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Johnson, the Board of Directors also includes:

• Preston Boyd, TRAMEC Hill Fastener

• Wayne Drysol, 3V Fastening Systems (CAM)

• Don Kubkowski, Sems and Specials, Inc.

• Chris Rink, Prestige Stamping, LLC

• Jeff Liter, Wrought Washer Mfg., Inc.

• Paula Tognetti, MNP Corporation

• Michele Clarke, Valley Forge & Bolt Mfg. Co.

• David Hebert, Freeway Corporation

• Pat Wells, The Young Engineers, Inc.

• Brian Bonebrake, Johnstown Wire Technologies Inc.

• Owe Carlsson, Arconic Fastening Systems

Division Chairs for IFI are:

Div. I – Industrial Products: Brian Stark, Rockford Fastener, Inc.

Div. II – Aerospace Fastener Products: Pat Wells, The Young Engineers, Inc.

Div. III – Automotive Industry Fastener Group: Dan Curtis, MacLean-Fogg Company

Associate Suppliers’ Division: Brian Bonebrake, Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc