USA

Starborn Introduces a Longer Deckfast® Metal Screw for the Rapidly Growing Market of Steel and Aluminum Deck Framing Systems

Starborn Industries, Inc., a leading fastener manufacturer and distributor, has introduced a new longer version of its Deckfast® Metal screw for attaching two-inch PVC, composite or hardwood decking to steel and aluminum framing. Metal deck framing ... [Read More]
2015/08/10

​PEM® R’ANGLE® fasteners for thin metal assemblies – Fasterner+FixingTechnology

PennEngineering® has introduced the patented PEM® R’ANGLE® fastener for thin metal assemblies and printed circuit boards, which creates strong right angle attachment points to enable tighter design control, reduced hardware counts, and associ... [Read More]
2015/08/07

CFSEI to Host Webinar on PAF Developments in Cold-Formed Steel on August 27, 2015 – steel.org

The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “Power-Actuated Fastener (PAF) Developments in Cold-Formed Steel” on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. It is designed for architects, engineers, building offici... [Read More]
2015/08/06

Multi-material Harley Davidson selects adhesives over fasteners – materialsforengineering

Odyssey Motorcycles used a carbon fibre epoxy composite for parts of on a Harley Davidson Super Sport Roadster (SSR). The French manufacturer used the material to make up the bodywork, petrol and oil tanks of the custom made motorbike, but then ... [Read More]
2015/08/06

Applied Industrial Technologies acquires Massachusetts company – Crain’s Cleveland Business

August 04, 2015 Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. Manufacturing By CRAIN'S CLEVELAND BUSINESS Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) of Cleveland is bulking up its distribution capabilities with the acquisition of Atlantic Fasteners, a ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Fastener Metallography Techniques and Interpretation to be Held on Aug. 17-18, 2015 in California – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

This fast paced course "Metallography of Fasteners" organized by ASM International covers proper and efficient sample preparation, interpretation of microstructures of common fastener materials (commercial and aerospace) and imperfections caused by ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Heat Treat Doctor Daniel Herring to Debut New Book at ASM Heat Treat Conference and Exposition – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Daniel Herring’s latest book on Atmosphere Heat Treatment, Volume II (available for preorder starting in the August/September timeframe) focuses on furnace atmospheres, quenching practices, testing, safety, conservation, maintenance and specific... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Lindstrom: Metric Intrigue Led to Founding Company – Global Fastener News – USA

The start of his career didn’t involve fasteners.  He got interested in fasteners because he was a young American intrigued by the metric system. After graduating from college with a degree in business and economics, Virgil W. Lindstrom was ... [Read More]
2015/08/04

FCH to Award Fastener Training Institute Scholarship – Fastenerblog.net

The FCH Sourcing Network has teamed up with the Fastener Training Institute for a second year to announce its participation in the promotion and selection of a scholarship candidate who will be awarded full tuition to the Fastener Training Institute ... [Read More]
2015/08/03

From stoves to nuts, ARaymond Tinnerman remains a lock in Brunswick – Jim Mackinnon – Ohio

The Tinnerman family started manufacturing stoves some 139 years ago. It took awhile, but family members finally realized that a tempered metal nut the company developed for its stoves was the real (...) via From stoves to nuts, ARaymond ... [Read More]
2015/08/03