Century Fasteners Corp. promoted longtime employee James Harding to Managing Director.

Harding joined Century Fasteners in 2003 to create what is now the Centralized Purchasing Division.  After serving 8 years in that role, he transitioned from Corporate Purchasing Manager to Branch Manager of the Atlanta Operations in 2011 and then Director of Operation in 2020.

Harding earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Eastern Kentucky University and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1992 to 1996. He presently serves as a member of the Executive Board for the Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Georgia.

He will report to co-Presidents Tom Brodsky and Evan Stieglitz.

Founded in 1955, Elmhurst, NY-based Century Fasteners is a master distributor of fastener and non-fastener components to the military, aerospace, electronics, automotive, sheet metal fabrication, contract manufacturing, telecommunications and medical industries. The company operates branches in 9 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada. Century Fasteners is an authorized stocking distributor for Cherry Aerospace.