North America

LBC Credit Partners Agents $42.5MM Term Loan in Senco Brands Recap – News | ABL Advisor

LBC Credit Partners (“LBC”) agented a $42.5 million senior secured term loan to support the recapitalization of Senco Brands, Inc. ("Senco" or “the Company”), a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company. Proceeds from the transaction were used to ... [Read More]
2014/02/04

Design News – Engineering Materials – 3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping Added to Golden Mousetrap Awards

(...) Fastening, joining, and assembly component finalists include the Linear Springs from Smalley Steel Ring Company, products with a variety of spring loads that react along a straight line, so that they can provide a radial force even though ... [Read More]
2014/02/04

Demand driving CarTech to lift Ti fastener stock capacity | AMM | 31/01/2014

LOS ANGELES — Carpenter Technology Corp. plans to add 400,000 pounds of titanium finishing capacity in a move that is expected to boost its role in aerospace fasteners. "In response to our customers’ forecasts of increasing demand of fastener ... [Read More]
2014/02/03

U.S. Producers Of Carbon And Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod File Antidumping And… — WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A five-company coalition of U.S. producers of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod ("wire rod") comprised of ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Charter Steel, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel (aka EVRAZ ... [Read More]
2014/02/03

Fastener manufacturer presses on with servo-driven machine | 2014-02-01 | Assembly Magazine

When K.A. Swanstrom founded Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. in 1942, he did so with a revolutionary new product: a self-clinching fastener that provides load-carrying threads in metal sheets too thin to be tapped. (...) via Fastener ... [Read More]
2014/02/03

G.L. Huyett Launches New E-commerce Website, Buying Non-Threaded Fasteners and Grease Fittings Just Got Easier

G.L. Huyett, a manufacturer, master distributor, and importer of non-threaded fasteners and grease fittings, proudly announces the launch of their new e-commerce website, huyett.com. www.huyett.com Minneapolis, KS (PRWEB) February 01, 2014 ... [Read More]
2014/02/03

Apex Fastener Tools Recognizes N & S Carolina Sales Company for 20 Years of Association as a Manufacturer’s Representative | Thomasnet

Press release date: January 31, 2014 Dayton, OH – Apex Fastener Tools, the global leader in industrial fastener tools, is pleased to recognize N & S Carolina Sales Company, our manufacturer’s representative, for completing 20 years with ... [Read More]
2014/01/31

Liberating Machine Vision From the Machines | Innovation Insights | Wired.com

Money is pouring into the Internet of Things, built around smart sensors connected to the Internet. But the richest sense of all, vision, has largely been bypassed, used in industry for only a fraction of its potential. Machine vision has been ... [Read More]
2014/01/31

Are Circuit Courts of Appeals Split as to the Preclusive Impact Accorded to Prior Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Decisions? | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP – JDSupra

(...) The Underlying Actions B&B and Hargis are both in the fastener business; the former’s products are used predominantly in the aerospace industry and the latter’s in the construction of metal buildings.  In 1993, B&B registered ... [Read More]
2014/01/30

MountzPro® Wins Industry Innovation Award – Automotive Industry Today

The best and brightest new products in the tool industry have been announced, and MountzPro® is among the winners. SAN JOSE, CA, USA, January 2, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The best and brightest new products in the tool industry have been ... [Read More]
2014/01/30