Goebel Fasteners, Inc. hired Sam Underwood as national sales manager.

Previously, Underwood served as industrial sales manager for AVK Industrial Products, where he worked for 19 years.

Founded in 1979 in Düsseldorf, Germany, by Brigitte Goebel and Klaus Arens, Houston, TX-based GOEBEL provides blind rivets, threaded inserts, lock bolts, hand and power tools from facilities in the U.S., Germany, France, Norway, Poland and the Netherlands. Web: goebelfasteners.com