I attended the Speed Networking event hosted by the Young Fastener Professionals at the Vegas show on Wednesday. I think they have potentially hit on an event that could add some real value to the annual Vegas trip we all make. It really was not ...
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In my last post I asked about what was the “buzz” leading up to the Vegas Show. I think I just read it in a press release on Industrial Distribution. Fastenal, the company that has largely grown by opening up new stores, has purchased a ...
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In the world of Twitter, if you type in #NIFSME you will pull up comments made by people in reference to the upcoming National Industrial Fastener Show and Mill Supply Expo. Truth be told, you could also search by #NIFSMSE adding an “S” for ...
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I seem to do some of my best thinking while out mowing the lawn. In July, I had to give the Father’s toast at my daughter’s wedding – the whole speech pretty much came to me while mowing the lawn. Thank goodness the lawn has continued to ...
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Are you Vegas ready yet? Next week is October and that is Vegas month. I’ve made a list of the work days I have left before I leave for the show so I can see exactly how many days I have left to get the things done that I want to get done ...
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There have been several articles released recently suggesting that fastener sales have been flat or down recently. The Fastener Distributor Index has had its lowest numbers in something like a year. I wrote something similar a month or so ago ...
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I just returned from the All American Fastener Show held in Nashville and will report that, although small, the show was terrific. Really, it was. Heidi Voltrauer of Volt Plastics does a great job hosting this show and the exhibitors at the ...
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The tough and ugly streets of the fastener industry always love acquisition rumors. Kind of like sports junkies look forward to trade deadlines or draft day. Who’s getting who? Over the last several years, a few companies have stood out as ...
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Mike McGuire kindly copied me on his press release you can read below. Mike has certainly made an impact on the fastener industry and continues to do so with his work with Jim Bannister on the Vegas Fastener Show and in many other ways. I’m ...
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I heard about this on Friday and googled all over to see if I could verify what I had heard. Sunday morning and the Global Fastener News crew have put it in print – Dokka is closing it’s Michigan facility after just four years. The state of ...
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