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North America

NFDA Names Vickie Lester as Executive Director | Global Fastener News – USA

The National Fastener Distributors Association's Board of Directors voted unanimously to retain Vickie Lester of Lester Management Services to serve as executive director. The NFDA said transition of the group's office from Chicago to Los ... [Read More]

2012/05/03

Fastenal to Sponsor Entire Roush Fenway Racing Fleet at Coca-Cola 600 | SpeedwayMedia.com

CONCORD, N.C. (May 2, 2012) – Fastenal will sponsor all three Roush Fenway Racing entries in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 27. The Fastenal paint schemes for Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth will also incorporate ... [Read More]

2012/05/02

Fastening Threads: Problems Solved | 2012-05-01 | Assembly Magazine

Bolted joints are the vast majority of our consulting business. Our work is divided evenly between validating joints under development and troubleshooting problems with existing joints. Our troubleshooting experience led us to develop the matrix ... [Read More]

2012/05/02

Amazon launches AmazonSupply | Industrial Supply

Amazon launches AmazonSupply In an announcement that is sure to gain the attention of industrial distributors doing business online, Internet powerhouse Amazon.com announced the release of a Beta Web site called AmazonSupply. The new Web site ... [Read More]

2012/04/30

Fastener Profits Outpace Sales Growth | Global Fastener News – USA

Sales and profit figures from the opening quarter of 2012 indicate fastener companies have not forgotten lessons learned in their struggle to survive the global economic downturn of recent years. Hiring is on the rise throughout the fastener ... [Read More]

2012/04/30

Fastener Material Demand Sees “Significant” Improvement | Global Fastener News

Carpenter Technology reports rising demand for titanium, nickel and stainless fastener materials. Friday, April 27, 2012 via paid version of Global Fastener News. [Read More]

2012/04/28

Norma Group able to supply until mid-May | Just-Auto | Nylon 12

Norma Group says it is able to supply its customers until mid-May "at least" as it addresses the global shortage of the Nylon 12 resin. The Group, which manufactures joining technology to around 10,000 customers including automotive, aerospace ... [Read More]

2012/04/28

Fastener Importing Issues Among Topics for Southeastern Panelists | Global Fastener News – USA

The following are highlights from panelists comments at the Southeastern Fastener Association spring meeting in Alabama. The full story is available to subscribers CLICK HERE: • Mickey Matheny of Northstar suggested that 99% of the import ... [Read More]

2012/04/28

Episode #44 – Ninety Seven Five The Rod (109:13) | Fully Threaded Radio

Date: April 26, 2012 By: Fully Threaded Description: Will Amazon.com divert the flow of online sales from industrial suppliers? How will rapidly changing conditions in Asian manufacturing countries impact upcoming quarters for fastener ... [Read More]

2012/04/27

A Faster Way to Prototype with Gleicher Manufacturing | Gleicher

Gleicher Manufacturing, a leading converter of engineered bonding, fastening and sealing solutions offers customers an accelerated manufacturing process with rapid prototyping. After listening to its clients in a series of ongoing consultations, ... [Read More]

2012/04/27