Fastco Threaded Products, Inc. appointed Edward Conroy as executive vice president/chief financial officer, Nicholas Pressley as chief information officer, and Ritch Brandon as general manager, Columbia, S.C., branch... Hy-Tek Material Handling, Inc. appointed Tony Mercurio as vice president, systems development...

The Timken Co.'s board of directors elected Phillip R. Cox, president and CEO of Cox Financial Corp., as a director...WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH appointed Tom Artmann president of its North American Operations, WAGO Corp... WAGO Corp. added Karie Daudt as regional sales manager covering Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Western Wisconsin... Leviton Manufacturing Co. appointed Dave Sanders as national sales director for its voice and data division...Cooper Wiring Devices (CWD) named Heather Robinson vice president, finance; David Byers vice president, engineering; Jim Fair product development manager; Jeff Koontz controller; Arthur Porello credit manager; and Jeff Alva manager of marketing communications, merchandising and packaging...Hyde Tools, Inc. appointed Louis A. Oleksy, Jr. as director of sales for industrial and distribution channels... AVK Industrial Products announced the retirement of Jim Wolpert; Mike Hall will become general manager... East Penn Manufacturing Co. promoted Donna Snyder to director of marketing and advertising.