46 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Fontana Fasteners Inc 3595 West State Rd 28, Frankfort, IN 46041 Tel: 765-654-0477 Fax: 765-659-7164 Email: sales@lepinc.com www.lepinc.com GLOBAL PRESENCE, TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE WITH QUALITY FOCUS Fontana Fasteners Inc. (formally Lake Erie Screw/ Lake Erie Products/LEP Special Fasteners) is part of the Fontana Group of Companies, extending their vision of Global Presence, Technical Excellence and Quality Focus. Very much like Lake Erie Screw, the Fontana Group has over 65 years of history and fastener manufacturing experience. Back in the 1940’s: The Wasmer Family opens Lake Erie Screw in Lakewood, OH while at the same time the Fontana Family opened Fontana Fasteners near Milan Italy. Each company had the same goal “to manufacture the highest quality cold formed cap screws.” Over the next 5 decades Lake Erie Screw builds additional capacity in Frankfort, Indiana, while the Fontana Group acquires and opens 13 factories in Europe and distribution points globally including Fontana USA in Chicago IL. 2007: The Fontana Group purchases Lake Erie Products (Lake Erie Screw) and renames the company to LEP Special Fasteners and begins to rebuild the once great company with a renewed focus for both standard and special products. 2011: The Fontana Group renews its commitment to Lake Erie by investing in new equipment, processes and people along with rolling out The Fontana Production system (Equivalent to the world class manufacturing [WCM]) to achieve GLOBAL BEST IN CLASS PRACTICES FOR OPTIMAL QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY. July 1, 2013: LEP Special Fasteners is renamed Fontana Fasteners, Inc further developing the unity of the Fontana Group of fastener manufacturers worldwide. Today Fontana Fasteners Inc. manufactures locally in Frankfort, Indiana, a quality line of fasteners that includes hex head cap screws Grades 5, 8 and 9, metric classes 8.8, 10.9 and 12.9; A325 and A490 structural bolts, as well as flange bolts, track bolts, plow bolts, sems, MAThread, knurled shoulder bolts, Hex TC bolts, wheel bolts and custom cold-formed specials per print. Sizes range from diameters of M6 to M30, (1/4 thru 1 1/4) and lengths from M12 to M300 (1/2 thru 11 1/2) varying by diameter. Raw material is produced from steel melted and rolled in the USA. Steel types include: low carbon steel, carbon steel, alloy steel and boron steel. Standard in-house coatings include zinc phosphate & oil and RoHS2 zinc with clear, yellow and blue with an inline bake oven. Fontana Fasteners Inc. also has three state of the art atmospherically controlled in house heat treat furnaces. In addition Fontana Fasteners Inc. aids customers with design applications, APQP processes, PPAP’s, with in house laboratories accredited by A2LA, and is certified to ISO 9001:2008 and TS 16949:2009. Still owned and operated by the Fontana family, today The Fontana Group has a workforce of over 2,500 employees at 17 production sites globally, with a commercial presence in 53 countries worldwide. The Fontana Group is one of the most advanced fastener manufacturers in the world, supporting Automotive, Agriculture, Construction, Government, Military, Mining, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Power generation, Rail, Transportation, Truck and Distribution. It is this background of knowledge in the manufacturing of fasteners and our total commitment to quality that drives the company today.
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