The 20,000 sq ft $3.5 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Burlington, CT, comes amid growing demand for its fasteners.
New executive is an engineer with more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing.
He began his fastener industry career with Uniset Fastening Systems, where he rose to the rank of national sales manager before co-founding Masterset Fastening Systems in 1989.
Master distributor and manufacturer entered the structural bolting market with an inventory of parts, including U.S.-manufactured A325 bolts in less-than-can quantities.
The Netherlands-based industrial fastener and supply chain specialist is relocating from its existing 20,000 sq ft facility to a site nearly twice as large.
He was a Brighton-Best Socket Screw Manufacturing executive for 45 years.
The distribution giant reported OEM fastener sales outpaced their MRO counterparts during the third quarter of 2026, “reflecting greater contribution from fastener sales and continued strength with manufacturing customers.”
New director joined Optimas Solutions in 2021 as a customer operations lead before being promoted to senior quality director in 2025.
