North America

Jill Shackleford Awarded WIFI Edith Cameron Scholarships – NFDA – National Fastener Distributors Association

Women in the Fastener Industry (WIFI) announces that Jill Shackelford of Porteous Fastener Company has been awarded the Edith Cameron Scholarship. Shackelford works in inside sales for Porteous in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The scholarship will ... [Read More]
2013/09/01

Marietta Zipper Company Sues Velcro | China Fastener .com

A Marietta-based company is suing Velcro, the well-known fastener for clothing and other items, accusing it of violating its patent for a fastener used by the auto industry. YKK Corp., a major producer of zippers whose parent company is based in ... [Read More]
2013/08/29

STANLEY Engineered Fastening Unveils New Internet Presence | Stanley Engineered Fastening

Shelton, CT (August 28, 2013) — STANLEY Engineered Fastening (formerly Emhart Teknologies and Infastech) is proud to announce the launch of its new global website. The new website (www.StanleyEngineeredFastening.com) creates an updated brand ... [Read More]
2013/08/28

Vossloh AG : Vossloh to open new production plant for rail fasteners in the USA | 4-Traders

08/28/2013Accelerated entry into the worlds second-biggest rail infrastructure marketLocal production allows access to public-sector businessProduction startup scheduled for the second half of 2014Vossloh AG is stepping up its presence on the ... [Read More]
2013/08/28

openPR.com – Press release – Tentec Ltd – Tentec Supplies Bolt Tensioning Tools to Wind Turbine Gearbox Manufacturer

A new wind turbine gearbox manufacturing plant in Gainesville, Georgia has purchased a Tentec M42 WTB bolt tensioner system for its production facility. ZF Industries opened its new factory in 2012 and manufactures the Atlas 1 wind turbine gearbox ... [Read More]
2013/08/27

Fry Fastening Systems Hires New E-Commerce/Marketing Professional – Watch List News

Cincinnati, OH, August 23, 2013 –(PR.com)– Fry Fastening Systems and Nail Gun Depot, their online international branch, has hired a new e-commerce and marketing specialist. Kasi Kinnett will assume marketing and e-commerce responsibilities for ... [Read More]
2013/08/27

Molded Nylon Special Standard Round Spacers | PDD Net

Micro Plastics (Flippin, AR) has announced a new product line of Special Standard Round Spacers. These tough resilient spacers can be used in a variety of assemblies – useful in electronic and electrical applications, they may also be used as ... [Read More]
2013/08/26

Milwaukee Upgrades M12 Drilling And Fastening Products | Tooling online

Featuring increased performance and improved ergonomics Milwaukee Tool continues to strive for and deliver best in class solutions with upgrades to several key M12 Drilling and Fastening products. Featuring increased performance and improved ... [Read More]
2013/08/26

Episode #69 – Probable Cause (90:44) | Fully Threaded Radio

Download the MP3 Date: August 22, 2013 By: Fully Threaded Description: You may not like it, want it, or need it, but the government is coming to help you. And it wouldn’t want anything bad to happen, so it’s watching very closely. ... [Read More]
2013/08/25

Bossard puts rail company back on track | Fastener+Fixing Technology

The Swiss Federal Railways SBB was faced with challenges to stabilise its system of bolts that were causing high maintenance and downtime costs Originally hexagonal bolts had been used - type DIN 931, 10.9, M12 x 140. The bolts were applied in ... [Read More]
2013/08/22