North America

Patented Pem® Cable Tie-Hooks Remain Securely Fixed In Place Where Designed And Installed | PennEngineering News Releases

Patented PEM® self-clinching cable tie-hooks remain securely fixed in place where installed to provide permanent attachment points for mounting wires and cables inside electronic chassis or enclosures.  They install quickly without requiring ... [Read More]
2013/10/09

Fastenal 3rd-Quarter Net Up 9.2% on Higher Sales – WSJ.com

Fastenal Co.'s (FAST) third-quarter earnings rose 9.2% on increased sales and slightly higher margins. As in its second-quarter report, the company again warned that sales growth was held back in part by global economic uncertainty and economic ... [Read More]
2013/10/09

CFSEI Publishes Four Technical Notes | Steel .org

WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2013 —The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has published four documents to add to its Technical Notes series—“Design of Nonstructural Members,” “AISI S100 Section A2.2, Other Steels,” “Corrosion ... [Read More]
2013/10/09

H&S Sales Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Certification — BUFFALO, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ —

BUFFALO, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- H&S Sales, Incorporated (H&S) a leading fastener and industrial supplies provider for Midwestern manufacturers and service companies, today announced that its quality management system has ... [Read More]
2013/10/08

Field Fastener makes INC 500|5000 for the 3rd Consecutive Year

0-07-2013 at 04:14 PMCategory: UncategorizedField Fastener, a global fastener distributor, announced today that is has once again been named one of the fastest growing private companies in America, earning its spot on the Inc. 500|5000 list for the ... [Read More]
2013/10/08

How Can Technology Help with MRO Procurement? Start With Visibility and Data | Spend Matters

(...) At the same time, it can be useful to go beyond standard spend taxonomies (e.g., UNSPSC) to look at MRO spend in new ways. It’s helpful to see not only how many fasteners I buy, how much I spend, with whom, and across what SKUs, but also how ... [Read More]
2013/10/07

SPIROL Offers Multi-Position Cavity Nests for Single Tip Insertion Machines | Press Releases

SPIROL International Corporation offers a very cost effective solution for companies to use a single tip machine for a multiple Insert application, without the need for individual Insert depth adjustment! SPIROL manufactures a complete line of ... [Read More]
2013/10/07

Riffing About Our Fastener Future | ScrewCrew.com

I liked Traveling Salesman’s blog post about Twitter – or more importantly – about what causes people to not even try Twitter and other new tools, so much that I started a comment to the post and ended up hitting the 3000 character limit. I ... [Read More]
2013/10/06

“North America’s Largest Fastener Expo” Releases Online Version of 2013 Show Directory : Exhibit Space Sales Close to 800 Mark for October 23-25 Event | American Fastener Journal

10-03-2013 at 12:24 PM Category: Uncategorized The National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo, set for October 23-25 at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, has today released the online version of the 2013 Expo Directory for advance ... [Read More]
2013/10/06

Fastenerblog.net: Twitter – One Last Recruiting Attempt

Posted by Traveling Salesman at 10/5/2013 10:04 AM Categories: uncategorized It happened again when I was at the Metropolitan Fastener Distributor Association show.  An industry friend asked me: Friend:  "You're on that Twitter, aren't ... [Read More]
2013/10/06