North America

B/E Aerospace spins-off KLX, distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables – Intelligent Aerospace

WELLINGTON, Fla., 8 Jan. 2015. B/E Aerospace Inc. NASDAQ:BEAV, a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products, has completed the spin-off of KLX Inc. NASDAQ:KLXI from B/E Aerospace.KLX Inc. Nasdaq:KLXI, a distributor and value added service ... [Read More]
2015/01/08

Bossard completes the acquisition of Aero-Space Southwest, Inc. | Bossard Group

The Bossard Group has completed the acquisition of Aero-Space Southwest, Inc. The addition of the US supplier - offering a high-quality product range in fastening technology - which was announced on November 21, 2014 has been completed on January 6, ... [Read More]
2015/01/06

VPO Press Release – Washington University in St. Louis study shows ETHICON SECURESTRAP® Fixation Device provides superior holding strength at various deployment angles compared to blunt-tip hollow screw-fastener device

CINCINNATI, Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A study published in the October 8 issue of Surgical Endoscopy concluded that an absorbable ''strap'' device, such as the ETHICON SECURESTRAP® Fixation Device provides greater mesh-tissue fixation strength ... [Read More]
2015/01/06

American Fastener Journal November – December 2014

You can find the Nov - Dec 2014 Afj following the link below. American Fastener Journal [Read More]
2015/01/04

FastenersPlus.com Continues Product Expansion with New Fasteners from Simpson Strong-Tie® | PRweb

Urbana, IA (PRWEB) December 29, 2014 New product additions continue for E-commerce retailer FastenersPlus.com, with over 600 new products from Simpson Strong-Tie® now available on the company’s website. As with all of the products on Fastene... [Read More]
2015/01/04

Boeing : Patent Issued for Self-Indexing Nut Plate | 4-Traders

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering -- A patent by the inventor James, Lowell Scott (Marysville, WA), filed on January 24, 2012, was published online on December 16, 2014, according to news reporting originating from ... [Read More]
2014/12/25

Obituary: Wayne Golden | American Fastener Journal

Wayne Golden 71, chairman of Star Stainless Screw Company, passed away Thursday December 18, 2014. In 1972 Wayne took over as president of Star Stainless Screw, a master distributor of stainless steel fasteners, a business which his father had ... [Read More]
2014/12/25

Sikeston Standard Democrat | Mid Continent Nail plans $5M expansion, will hire 91

POPLAR BLUFF -- Mid Continent Nail in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park has announced plans for a nearly $5 million expansion project and the hiring of 91 workers. The firm will install a new line in its original 118,000-square-foot plant in the ... [Read More]
2014/12/23

US imposes tariffs on Vietnamese steel nailsv| Chinafastener .com

In its preliminary decision, the DOC concluded that all imports of steel nails of less than 12 inches from Vietnam will be subject to an 8.35% countervailing import duty rate, with a de minimis exception for small inconsequential imports that are ... [Read More]
2014/12/23

Obituary: Moses Cordova | American Fastener Journal

Moses Efren Cordova was born on March 17, 1930 to a coal miner and a house wife, Jacob and Elvira Cordova. He had two brothers, Donald and Floyd. He graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Walsenburg, Colorado in 1948. He died December 15, 2014. ... [Read More]
2014/12/21