Officially, it was the “National Industrial Fastener Show & Conference” through most of its 22-year history. But to the industry the easier name and the term of endearment for the show held in the capital city of Ohio was simply “Columbus.”
“Everything is going to be the same right now as it was last year,” consultant Lawrence Heim told participants of a webinar conducted by the Pacific-West Fastener Association.
The Fastener spring trade show season for 2017 is beginning with 13 events around the world in March through June.
An Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) advanced inspection robotics research project has developed “a flexible, robotic snake-arm tool” that reaches into confined areas to perform required aircraft inspections.
Automakers are reducing weight and improving fuel efficiency by pushing the limits of high strength steels, according to Salim Brahimi, Director of Engineering Technology at the Industrial Fasteners Institute.
In the past two months, the Dow has gained about 10% in value. But fastener stocks have done better than that.
Speeding-up the airframe assembly process is important for Airbus, which has partnered with Polytech University in Saint Petersburg for more than a decade to help solve this issue.
The Fastener Industry Coalition will sponsor four sessions during its first Fastener Industry Summit following Fastener Tech 2017.
A 52% majority of End of 2016 FIN Survey participants indicated “Moderate” confidence in the North American economy; 27% pegged it at “High”; and 21% expressed “Low” confidence.
Market is mainly driven by increase in the use of robots for efficient aircraft production processes and growing use of robotics to handle aircraft orders backlog.
End of 2016 FIN Survey participants expressed more confidence in the incoming White House on business issues than eight years ago. The 2017 incoming White House rates 3.5 on a 1-to-5 scale, compared with 2.3 for 2009 and matching 3.5 for 2001.
New high-tech solution crafted in cooperation with UW–Madison engineers lets workers on customers’ manufacturing floor send a “time to restock” signal simply by dropping an empty bin into a chute for electronic identification.
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: “We can no longer compete with the escalating energy costs we are seeing here in Ontario,” CEO Byron Nelson told the Canadian Press.
GlobalFastenerNews.com looks back at the performance of the FIN Fastener Stock Index over the first nine months of 2016.
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Once again the fastener industry marked the holidays on social media. Some companies used simple messages to convey holiday
Equipment from Rockford Products plant shuttered in 2016 to be sold February; Rockford employees lose 401(k) money.
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Sales of fasteners in North America and Western Europe are expected to grow more slowly than the global average through 2020, according to Global Industrial Fastener Market, 9th Edition, a new study from the Freedonia Group.
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