North America

Three-Day Fastener Training: April 28-30, Elmhurst, Illinois | American Fastener Journal

Fundamentals of Threaded Fasteners and Joint Design for Engineers and Designers,”the inaugural session of a new fastener training opportunity, will be held April 28-30, 2020, at The Training Center of Semblex Corporation in Elmhurst, Illinois. ... [Read More]
2020/03/09

Fastenal (FAST) February Sales Witness Sequential Increase | Nasdaq

Fastenal Company FAST has come out with February sales report, wherein average daily sales grew 4.7% to $21.6 million from 3.6% and 1% growth registered in January 2020 and December 2019, respectively. In February 2019, daily sales grew 10.5%. ... [Read More]
2020/03/06

Fastener Engineering announces media partnership with Fastener Fair USA | Fastener Engineering

Our team at Fastener Engineering, a comprehensive publication covering fastening components and technology, is proud to partner with Fastener Fair USA as an official media sponsor. The third-annual event takes place May 18 to 20 at the Charlotte ... [Read More]
2020/03/04

Fastenal launches electric truck pilot program for its deliveries | Fastener Engineering

Each business day, Fastenal trucks fuel up before heading out to deliver industrial and construction parts and supplies to surrounding branches and customer locations. Fastenal offers a broad product range, spanning more than nine major product ... [Read More]
2020/03/02

F-35 Fleet Won’t Need Inspections for Mixed-Up Fasteners – Air Force Magazine

ORLANDO, Fla.—It’s still not known how many F-35 fighters were assembled with mixed-up Inconel and titanium fasteners, but Lockheed Martin’s analysis shows no safety of flight risk that would require dedicated fleetwide inspections. Steps have ... [Read More]
2020/02/28

A consideration of zero defects | Fastener + Fixing Magazine

The term ‘zero defects’ was coined by Quality Guru Philip Crosby in the mid 1960s whilst working on a US rocket programme. His aim; to reduce the number of failed launches. In essence, he sought to eliminate defects using quality management ... [Read More]
2020/02/28

TriMas Announces Agreement to Acquire Rapak | Business Wire

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriMas (NASDAQ: TRS) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Rapak® brand, including certain bag-in-box product lines and assets from Liqui-Box, after the completion of its acquisit... [Read More]
2020/02/21

GALM Manufacturing Innovation Summit | Fastener + Fixing Technology

The GALM Manufacturing Innovation Summit, is North America’s leading event on automotive manufacturing innovation and processes, bringing together senior engineers and technology specialists from major OEMs at the forefront of lightweight multi-... [Read More]
2020/02/21

Adhesive and bonding supply chain under one roof | Fastener + Fixing Technology

When Adhesives & Bonding Expo launches this 24th – 26th March in Novi, Michigan, USA, the exhibition and conference will bring together the industry’s biggest players in industrial bonding technology, including 3M, Bostik, Loctite, Dow, ... [Read More]
2020/02/20

Taiwan’s Wood Screw Export to USA Grows 80% – Fastener World Inc.

In the first 10 months of 2019, Taiwan exported 22,532 tons of wood screws to the U.S., which is a significant increase of 82% compared to the same period of 2018.(...) via Taiwan’s Wood Screw Export to USA Grows 80%. [Read More]
2020/02/18