I do not know the final attendance figures but I have to think Fastener Tech ’15 was a great success for the Mid-West Fastener Association and their show partner, Fastener Tech International. The aisles were filled and their were plenty of ...
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May 16, 2015 / travelingsalesman /
The North Coast Fastener Association just held its 7th Annual Distributor Social. The day consisted of a tour of ND Industries, a “lunch and learn” session on Fastener Failures conducted by Element, a ...
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Within the last few weeks I found out that Pittsburg based Incline Equity had acquired Cleveland based AFC Holdings. To fastener people, this means that AFC of the Cincinnati area and Dell Fastener from the Pittsburgh area, both are now owned by a ...
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April 7, 2015 / travelingsalesman /The long anticipated results of the 2015 Fastener Talk NCAA March Madness tournament are now available. Your winners are:Tom Hipp – R.L. English Co.Larry Kelly – Buckeye FastenersJoe Tomaro – Hodell ...
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March 26, 2015 / travelingsalesman /
NCFA Distributor Social and Fastener SummitOn May 14, 2015 the North Coast Fastener Association will hold its 7th annual Distributor Social at the Crowne Plaza Hotel located in Independence, Ohio. This year, ...
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March 13, 2015 / travelingsalesman /It is that time of year again. Time for March Madness. But this year, I have something absolutely unmatchable to offer to you faithful readers of Fastener Talk. Due to the tremendous generosity of Brian and ...
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March 8, 2015 / travelingsalesman /
The Stuttgart fastener show is taking place this week. I have never been to the show but I have heard a lot of people talk about it so I decided to dig in a little and find out a little bit more about it. I ...
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Several of the fastener industry publications do a nice job of using Twitter to publicize articles from their sites or magazines. I was just scrolling down Twitter and saw Bazibaza Tweeting links to articles from their site, which seems to happen ...
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Fastenal Reshoring and ports are slowingFebruary 8, 2015 / travelingsalesman / 5 CommentsGlobal Fastener News reported this week that Fastenal intends to develop an abandoned industrial site in Indianapolis, Indiana and start producing fasteners ...
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January 30, 2015 / travelingsalesman /
I keep getting a lot of interesting reading from various websites, publications and Twitter fed stories. Almost too much to get through but fortunately these things come to me and I do not have to go ...
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