North America

More than a dozen hurt in deck collapse on Emerald Isle at North Carolina coast | abc11.com

EMERALD ISLE, Carteret County (WTVD) -- Severe injuries are reported following the collapse of a deck at a beach house on Emerald Isle in Carteret County at the North Carolina coast. It happened sometime around 7 p.m. in the 4300 block of Ocean ... [Read More]
2015/07/07

SPIROL Releases New Solid Pins Design Guide | SPIROL

Danielson, CT — SPIROL has recently redefined their Solid Pin product line.  Standards include Straight Pins, Knurled Pins, Headed Pins and Headed Knurled Pins.  In conjunction with this, SPIROL has released a new Solid Pin Design Guide to ... [Read More]
2015/07/05

Automated Drill and Rivet System for High-Speed Blind Fastening | MFG News

July 1, 2015 The Robo-Rivet can accommodate many types and sizes of blind rivets. The Robo-Rivet automated drill and rivet tool The Robo-Rivet provides a solution for automating the blind rivet fastening process. ARM Automation ... [Read More]
2015/07/05

United Technologies : Patent Issued for Pitch Diameter Shank Bolt with Shear Sleeve | 4-Traders

07/01/2015 | 01:28pm US/Eastern By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Technology -- According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by VerticalNews journalists, a patent by the inventor Hyatt, Thomas B. (Cromwell, ... [Read More]
2015/07/05

Fastener Quality Act | Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 18

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Fastener Quality Act Insignia Recordal Process (Wednesday, January 28, 2015) The Department of Commerce will submit to the ... [Read More]
2015/07/05

Baker & McKenzie conseille Anixter International sur la cession de son activité de distribution de systèmes de fixation à AIP | EduBourse

Paris, le 30 juin 2015 – Baker & McKenzie a conseillé Anixter International dans le cadre de la cession de son activité de distribution de systèmes de fixation à American Industrial Partners (AIP) pour un montant de 380 millions de ... [Read More]
2015/07/02

Illinois Tool Works : Patent Application Titled “Fastener-Driving Tool Including a Reversion Trigger with a Damper” Published Online | 4-Traders

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Week -- According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a patent application by the inventors Puppala, Madhav Sai (Glenview, IL); Moore, ... [Read More]
2015/07/02

Alcoa Ordered to Pay $1.5m to Injured Worker | Chinafastener .info

Alcoa Fastening Systems was ordered to pay $1.5 million to a 62-year-old employee who was fired instead of given a chance to take other available jobs when he returned from a lengthy medical leave caused by an on-the-job injury, MyNewsLA.com ... [Read More]
2015/07/02

Almjeld to NFDA: Driver Shortage to Up Trucking Costs – Global Fastener News

Be prepared for trucking rates increases as much as 35%, Chad Almjeld of Logistics Planning Services warned the National Fastener Distributors Association.(...) via Almjeld to NFDA: Driver Shortage to Up Trucking Costs - Global Fastener News - USA. [Read More]
2015/07/02

New Boeing CEO Cites Fasteners in Cost Savings – Global Fastener News

"As each 787 Dreamliner left the production line at Boeing’s Everett factory near Seattle in the first quarter of this year, $26m of the aircraft maker’s operating profit departed with it," reports the Financial Times. Reversing that trend is ... [Read More]
2015/06/30