Ben Towe takes over as Group MD at Hadley Group
Ben Towe (pictured left) has been appointed Group Managing Director leading the day-to-day worldwide activities of Hadley Group and Associates, a move part of Hadley Group’s strategic 2020 vision., As Executive Group Chairman Stewart Towe (pictured right) will continue to promote, drive and support the strategic intent of Hadley Group. A privately owned company, Hadley […]
FEIN celebrates 30 years of serving UK tradespeople
FEIN’s UK branch – one of 50 global offices for the family-owned business – is celebrating its 30th year in operation. Power tool and accessory brand FEIN was first set up 150 years ago by Wilhelm Emil Fein in 1876, specialising in manufacturing physical and electrical equipment. Based in Germany, the company steadily grew and grew […]
TRUMPF UK MD hands baton over to new senior management team
Annette Doyle is leaving her post as Managing Director of TRUMPF UK to continue her career with TRUMPF US in Farmington, with Lee Moakes stepping into the role this month. The new management team has a combined 60 years of TRUMPF experience across several countries and will take the lead at a time when the UK […]
INTERVIEW: Hexstone on increased capacity, brand power, lead times & supporting trade counters
We grill Hexstone CEO Ian Doherty, the head of the UK and Ireland’s largest fastener wholesaler, on a wide ranging list of subjects including lead times, supporting trade counters and brand power to Brexit, reliability, people power and his ambitions for the business… How’s business for Hexstone in 2018 so far? We’ve had a very good start to the […]
Phillips Screw Company names new Director of Engineering
The Phillips Screw Company has promoted Gary Dilling to the newly created position of Director of Engineering. Dilling has served the company as Fastener Engineer at Phillips since 2002 and in the new role will lead Phillips in new product and intellectual property development. The move comes as Phillips aims to continue serving the fastener industry with […]
Bossard lines up new manager for North and East Europe
Bossard has appointed Dr Frank Hilgers as the future Manager of business units in the North and East European economic area, including Germany, Scandinavia, Poland and other eastern European growth markets, effective 1 May 2019. Dr Hilgers will take over this area of responsibility from Dr Daniel Bossard, in addition to his previous group-wide responsibility […]
Nord-Lock secures new Group CEO
The Nord-Lock Group appointed Fredrik Meuller of its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 June 2018. He succeeds Ola Ringdahl, who has stepped down after five years to become the CEO of the Lindab Group. The Group is one of the world-leaders in secure bolting solutions with clients including NASA and Shinkansen. This announcement comes on the […]
Miller joins NMBS as Non-Exec Chair
The UK-based National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS) has appointed Jeremy Miller as its new non-executive chairman. A qualified chartered accountant, Miller brings a wealth of financial experience having worked in the City for over 35 years. This has included time spent as an auditor with KPMG before moving to a major stockbroker and later investment […]
Soudal brings in new Key Account Manager
Soudal UK has appointed a new Key Account Manager, Neil Reed. He brings a wealth of retail and distribution experience to Soudal from key account roles at both coatings and houseware manufacturers. Reed will be managing key accounts in Trade and Construction sectors as well as working with builders merchant buying groups. UK sales director […]
Rapierstar reaches one billion (fasteners)
Group MD and founder David Furness, his brother Mark Furness and Scott Rogers have been joined on the Rapierstar board by Andrew Carroll, Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors, to assist with strategic planning and development. Andrew, who has worked on growth strategies with PLCs and SMEs for over 20 years, said: […]