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New officials for IFI

Mr Paddock is president of Böllhoff’s operations in the USA and has served as chairman of IFI’s Automotive division. New Board members are JJ McCoy of Nucor Fastener and Nilo Urbani of Nylok for the Industrial Products

The Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) has elected Mr David Monti of Fall River Manufacturing Co Inc. as chairman of the Institute’s board of directors, and Mr Steve Paddock of Böllhoff Inc as vice-chairman of the board for the current year. Mr Monti is vice-president and general manager of Fall River’s plant. He has been a board member of the IFI for three years and recently served

Maguire president receives SPE award

division; Pat Wells of The Young Engineers for the Aerospace division and David Lomasney of MacLean-Fogg for the Automotive division.

as associate chairman of the National Fastener Distribution Association (NFDA).

“Steve built Maguire Products into a leading worldwide plastics auxiliary equipment company by supplying machinery of his own design that has transformed the way manufacturers manage raw materials and meter them into processing machines,” said B Patrick (Pat) Smith, vice president of marketing and sales. “He has succeeded because of his determination to make auxiliary equipment simpler, more reliable, and easier to operate, and he has achieved these goals by completely rethinking the design of this equipment, developing his own unique operating concepts, mechanical systems, controls, and software.” In Steve Maguire’s business philosophy, product design is the most important consideration in that better products are the key to growth, but the human factor is critical. According to Maguire, “There has to be genuine respect for all those involved in our business—our employees, our suppliers, and of course our customers. All have mutually shared interests. It is easy to see that with everyone pulling in the same direction, it is hard to fail.”

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has presented its annual Business Management award to Steve Maguire, the president of Maguire Products, and a pioneer in the field of plastics auxiliary equipment systems.

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