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Atlas Bolt & Screw President Ridenour to retire – ConstructionMagNet.com

 By: Contributed | September 22, 2016 ASHLAND, Ohio  – Randy Ridenour, President of , has decided to retire at the end of 2016 after 32 years with the company. Ridenour joined Atlas in 1984 as Central Region Branch Manager and held positi... [Read More]
2016/09/23

Würth Industry Makes Two New Significant Hires – NFDA – National Fastener Distributors Association

 Posted by: Marci Myer A Message From Wurth Industry North America WÜRTH INDUSTRY ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS TO EXECUTIVE TEAM Heather Stewart to serve as VP, Supply Chain Officer Eric Wilk to serve as Director of Key Accounts Würth ... [Read More]
2016/09/22

Episode #109 – Screwed if by Sea (111:57) | Fully Threaded Radio

   Download the MP3 Date: September 22, 2016 By: Fully Threaded Description: In an episode jammed with fastener industry headlines like a west coast port during a shipping crisis, Jackie “Kind of a Big Deal” Ventura and C&H ... [Read More]
2016/09/22

PianoArc’s Circular and Curved Keyboards Make Sweet Music with PEM Fasteners

 Mon, 09/19/2016 - 11:01am 1 Comment by Sheri Kasprzak - Managing Editor - @SheriMKasprzak PianoArc’s circular and curved keyboards are visually striking, but securely attaching the keyboard units to compatible stands was an early design ... [Read More]
2016/09/21

Finishing Well: Cold Heading Can Be Upsetting, To Say The Least | American Fastener Journal – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016

 Finishing Well: Cold Heading Can Be Upsetting, To Say The Least Jim Speck, P.E. Cold heading is one of the foundational fastener manufacturing operations, producing hundreds of millions of fastener blanks each year around the world. Its origins ... [Read More]
2016/09/21

Reshoring Creates Opportunities For U.S. Fastener Makers, Distributors And Users | American Fastener Journal – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016

 Harry Moser And Millar KelleyReshoring and FDI Foreign Direct Investment in 2014 and 2015 brought as many manufacturing jobs to the U.S. as we lost to offshoring. Our $500 billion/year trade deficit represents an opportunity to bring another four ... [Read More]
2016/09/21

Automotive lightweighting, multi-materials and disruptive technologies | Fastener+Fixing

 19-Sep-2016 “Lightweighting presented, and continues to present, a huge challenge for the automotive industry,” assessed Thomas Ehrhardt in last issue’s Face2Face interview. This follow up further explores the implications for STANLEY ... [Read More]
2016/09/19

Report: Industrial Fasteners Market Growth At 5.3% – Global Fastener News – USA

 The global industrial fasteners market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3% during the forecast period 2016 – 2023, exceeding $107 billion by 2023, according to a new market report published by Credence Research. ... [Read More]
2016/09/15

Swiss firm to close Caddo rivet-making plant, laying off 40 | WSOC-TV

 Updated: Sep 2, 2016 - 9:39 AM VIVIAN, La. (AP) — A Caddo Parish rivet-making plant is closing, meaning 40 workers could be laid off KSLA-TV (http://bit.ly/2cah6b3 ) reports that the Gesipa plant in Vivian will close by Dec. 15, with produc... [Read More]
2016/09/15

PEM® Type MSO4™ microPEM® Self-Clinching Standoff Fasteners Mount and/or Space Components in Compact Electronic Assemblies | Penn Engineering

 September 14, 2016 PEM® Type MSO4™ microPEM® self-clinching standoff fasteners from PennEngineering® enable components to be mounted and/or spaced in compact electronic assemblies, especially suiting applications where space may be ... [Read More]
2016/09/14