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Alcoa Fastening Systems(AFS)-Simi Valley holds Annual Shoe Event. | Ventura County Star (User story from karen.harlan#710772)

 AFS Simi Valley employees and the New Basin Blues Running Club members provided running shoes to 100 low income students from 3 LA City County schools. Panorama City High School, Monroe High School and Reseda High School were the schools that ... [Read More]
2012/09/13

Steel Screws Adapt to Changes in Wood Decking | Building-Products.com

 By Steve Gertner Starborn Industries Deck fasteners have developed rapidly since the introduction of the first standard green deck screw in the 1990s. Although this type of deck screw was an improvement over the previous generation of galvanized ... [Read More]
2012/09/12

Brighton Best and Elgin Fastener Group Annnounce Domestic Alliance | American Fastener Journal

 Posted Date: 09/12/2012 Brighton Best International is pleased to announce a new Domestic alliance with the Elgin Fastener Group - EFG. EFG is comprised of a select group of manufacturing companies who distinguished themselves as premier ... [Read More]
2012/09/12

TimberTech(R) Offers Industry’s First Complete Hidden Fastening System | Globalnewswire

 WILMINGTON, Ohio, Sept. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TimberTech, a leading manufacturer of alternative decking materials has partnered with FastenMaster, the industry's most trusted brand of contractor-quality fasteners, to create TimberTech Cortex, ... [Read More]
2012/09/11

‘Vegas Expo Soars Past 2011: Largest Event since 2007 Expected to Draw Big Buyer Turnout – National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo

 Exhibit space sales for the 17th National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo set for October 10-12 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada USA has exceeded the 2011 event, reports Susan A. Hurley, General Manager. ... [Read More]
2012/09/10

September celebration for balanced 150-year-old Greenlee – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star

 ROCKFORD — Greenlee Textron Inc. held the first of a series of events Saturday night in September to celebrate the company’s 150th anniversary.Ironically, Greenlee Brothers Inc. got its start in Chicago in 1862, when Robert and Ralph Greenlee ... [Read More]
2012/09/10

Illinois Tool Works opts to shut down Waterbury Buckle Republican American | Rep Am

 (...) Phil Johnson, vice president and general manager of the ITW Shakeproof Group, which was formed in 2010 to manage ITW's industrial hardware businesses, said the Waterbury Buckle employees were recently notified the facility will close, but have ... [Read More]
2012/09/07

Metallic nanowire surface fasteners provide alternative to soldering – nanotechweb .org

 Researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, have proposed a patterned structure of push-together gold nanowire arrays dubbed “surface fasteners” that enable cold bonding of surface mount technology (SMT). The technique represents a low-temperat... [Read More]
2012/09/07

Tri Star Metals, LLC adds 20 new jobs | WIFR

 FREEPORT (WIFR) -- A Freeport plant undergoing a major expansion, including the addition of 20 new jobs, got a visit Wednesday from Congressman Bobby Schilling. Tri Star Metals, LLC takes raw stainless steel and copper wire and finishes the ... [Read More]
2012/09/06

Industrial Rivet Marking 100th Anniversary | Global Fastener News Mobile

   Industrial Rivet & Fastener Company's expertise in rivets was the key to its founding 100 years ago, and remains an advantage today. According to Bill Goodman, grandson of the founder, Greenwich Village distributors approached New ... [Read More]
2012/09/06