North America

Galvanized Fasteners are Hot-Dip Galvanized for Corrosion Protection | American Fastener Journal | #fasteners

Hot-Dip galvanizing delivers long-term, maintenance-free corrosion protection. There will be no difficult field repairs and no labor and material costs associated with those repairs. Left unprotected, steel fasteners will corrode and suffer ... [Read More]
2011/07/20

Engineering Addition at Ohio Rod Products | American Fastener Journal | #fasteners

Ohio Rod Products, a division of Elgin Fastener Group, announces the hiring of Mark Limardo for the position of Product Engineer. Limardo has prior engineering and management experience in the wood, automotive, and medical industries, and has been ... [Read More]
2011/07/20

Gilchrist Foundation Award Scholarships | American Fastener Journal | #fasteners

The Gilchrist Foundation has awarded four scholarships from the 2011 applicants. Congratulations to the recipients. We wish them well and are pleased to assist them with their education. They are as ... Source : American Fastener Journal – Read ... [Read More]
2011/07/20

Senior Secured Loan Program Closes $415 Million in Two New Financing Transactions During the Second Quarter of 2011 | MarketWatch #fasteners

NORWALK, Conn. & NEW YORK, Jul 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Senior Secured Loan Program, jointly managed by Ares Capital Corporation and an affiliate of GE Capital, announced today the closing of two financing transactions to new borrowers ... [Read More]
2011/07/20

Prym Mill demolition makes slow progress in Killingly – Norwich, CT – The Bulletin

Killingly, Conn. — To passersby, it may not seem like any progress has been made toward demolishing the crumbling Prym Mill on Route 101 in Dayville. In fact, since the roof over one wing of the complex collapsed in the spring, people who ... [Read More]
2011/07/20

Harbour Group Acquires Lindstrom Metric – ST. LOUIS, July 19, 2011 | PRNewswire | #fasteners

ST. LOUIS, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour Group has acquired Lindstrom Metric LLC, Jeff Fox, Harbour Group's Chief Executive Officer, announced. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Lindstrom, founded by Virgil "Virg" Lindstrom, ... [Read More]
2011/07/20

Vegas Fastener Expo Relaxes Registration Fees for Manufacturers/Others | Global Media News

Registration fees for manufacturers, manufacturers’ reps and others attending the National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo, October 19-21, 2011 at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nevada have been restored to 2010 pricing "in the best ... [Read More]
2011/07/15

Stake in Blaine Fastener Company Sold | StarTribune.com

The Minneapolis investment firm Norwest Equity Partners aid it has completed the sale of its ownership stake in Lindstrom Metric LLC of Blaine to a privately owned operating company in Missouri. Terms were not disclosed. Norwest Equity formed ... [Read More]
2011/07/14

Industry News June-July 2011 | Fastener Technology International | #fasteners

# Speaker Change at FASTENERTECH™ ’11 # 1st Fastener Fair Hannover Scheduled with Hannover Messe 2012 # IFI Elects New Chairperson, Vice Chairman & Board Members [Read More]
2011/07/13

Olympus Acquires FFR-DSI, Inc. from Cortec Group | American Fastener Journal

Stamford, Conn.-based Olympus Partners is pleased to announce that it has acquired FFR-DSI, Inc. from Cortec Group. FFR-DSI, headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio, is the leading North American designer, marketer and value-added supplier of merchand... [Read More]
2011/07/13