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Take a Few Minutes to Participate in the End of 2011 FIN Survey | Global Fastener News Mobile

The 33rd annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry is enclosed with this issue. Fill it out and fax or mail back by December 30, 2011. • You can also take the FIN Survey online by clicking HERE. • The FIN Survey monitors sales, profits, ... [Read More]
2011/12/18

Fastener Blog Catch Up | Fastenerblog.net

I've take a fair amount of deserved grief over the fact that I talked about attending the Fastenal trade show and then never wrote about it. Sorry folks. Between work and Christmas shopping and travel I just have not found time to sit still and ... [Read More]
2011/12/18

Fastener News Daily Digest 2011/12/16 | Bazibaza

Fastener News Daily Digest 12/16/2011 Adhesives May Predict Structural Failures In Planes | Design News  A new class of materials based on nanocomposites may help to detect sources of failure in an aircraft’s primary structures ... [Read More]
2011/12/16

Adhesives May Predict Structural Failures in Planes | Design News

A new class of materials based on nanocomposites may help to detect sources of failure in an aircraft's primary structures such as cracks and delamination.A research team in the Mechanics and Aerospace Design Lab at the University of Toronto, is ... [Read More]
2011/12/16

TimberTech brings stainless steel to TopLoc fasteners | Home Channel News

Wilmington, Ohio-based TimberTech expanded its fastening options by rolling out a stainless steel TopLoc fastener. Most coastal regions require stainless steel fasteners to reduce the likelihood of corrosion that leads to rot and failure, ... [Read More]
2011/12/16

Fastener Fair Brazil 2012 | Fastener Technology Editors Report

Big success for first Fastener Fair Brazil Next show set to take place in November 2012 The first edition of Fastener Fair Brazil, held from 8-9 November 2011 in São Paulo’s Expo Centre Norte, proved to be a big success. A total of 170 internat... [Read More]
2011/12/16

The Facts About Stainless Steel « Mountz Torque

You’ve probably heard a lot about stainless steel this and that. But what’s the big deal about stainless steel — and when do you need to choose stainless steel fasteners for your project? First let’s examine what goes into stainless steel ... [Read More]
2011/12/16

Three-ton press is stolen in Walsall burglary | Express & Star

Metal thieves have stolen a three-ton hydraulic press from an engineering firm in Walsall. The machine, which is worth thousands of pounds, was stolen from (...) via Three-ton press is stolen in Walsall burglary « Express & Star. [Read More]
2011/12/16

“In bolt security there is failure or no failure.” | Global Fastener News – USA

It is pass/fail, not A,B,C,D&F grades. “In bolt security there is failure or no failure," Nord-Lock International A.B. global research & development director Maxime Thonnerieux told Fastener+Fixing magazine. “There is a lot of unseen ... [Read More]
2011/12/16

Top Exporters of Fasteners to US for Jan-Jun. 2011 | chinafastener .info

According to statistics from Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute, American fastener imports reached around 769,728 tons. The top three exporters of the fasteners to US are China mainland (268,699 tons), China Taiwan (225,199 tons) and UAE (55,793 ... [Read More]
2011/12/16