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accession: "0000950170-25-062017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVR"
cik: "0000019871"
company_name: "CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO"
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:13:41.906694+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chicago Rivet & Machine appoints James T. Tanner as SVP of Sales and Marketing

## Summary
- James T. Tanner appointed Senior VP of Sales & Marketing, effective May 1, 2025.
- He replaces Bill Stlaske who left the company earlier in 2025.
- Tanner brings over 30 years manufacturing experience, including executive roles at Bosch and MacLean-Fogg.
- CEO Gregory Rizzo expressed confidence in Tanner's leadership to drive sales growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-062017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVR
- cik: 0000019871
- company_name: CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19871/000095017025062017/0000950170-25-062017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19871/000095017025062017/cvr-20250501.htm

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