FEATURE + click to enlarge Talk about a rough start to a quarter. For the third time in 11 months, Fastenal has a new CEO. The company’s board elected CEO
Bannister & McGuire Sell NIFMSE To National Firm Bannister and McGuire (courtesy LINK Magazine) The National Fastener & Mill Supply Expo has new owners. California-based Emerald Expositions operates 80 business-to-business trade
10/9/2015 FEATURE + click to enlarge The past few weeks have seen a series of big announcements at Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings. Earlier this week Alcoa Fastening Systems and
FEATURE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge U.S. fastener exports and imports fell again in August, marking five consecutive months of decline. U.S. fastener exports of iron and
FEATURE + click to enlarge Pac-West panel (left) with panel moderator Rick Peterson of All-West Components & Fasteners The secret to good relations between domestic manufacturers and fastener distributors? It’s
FEATURE + click to enlarge The FIN Fastener Stock Index fell for a third consecutive quarter, declining 1.3% in the third quarter of 2015. A comparative index of related industrial
FEATURE + click to enlarge (L-R) Barry MacLean and Duncan MacLean + click to enlarge MacLean-Fogg is entering the fourth generation of MacLean family leadership with Duncan MacLean being named
FEATURE + click to enlarge October 6, 2015 – Fastener Testing, Fastener Training Institute, at Atlas Testing Laboratories, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Web: FastenerTraining.org October 8, 2015 – Print Reading Seminar, Mid-West
FEATURE + click to enlarge Northrop Grumman mechanic uses FILLS light projected work instructions to speed the assembly of an
FEATURE + click to enlarge The Fastener Distributor Index dropped for a second consecutive month, but a variety of economic
FEATURE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge From automotive, trucking, and heavy equipment to aerospace, agriculture, and high-volume
FEATURE + click to enlarge PEM VariMount Fastening System MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: “Multiple materials are now common in aerospace and automotive
FEATURE Fastener Stocks Weather “China” Market Correction + click to enlarge The “market correction” roiling international investors related to a
FEATURE + click to enlarge The industrial fastener market, including automotive, machinery, construction and MRO, in Asia is predicted to
Bannister & McGuire Sell NIFMSE To National Firm Bannister and McGuire (courtesy LINK Magazine) The National Fastener & Mill Supply Expo
Bannister & McGuire Sell NIFMSE To National Firm Bannister and McGuire (courtesy LINK Magazine) The National Fastener & Mill Supply Expo
FEATURE + click to enlarge UK-based Barton Coldform secured a £300,000 (US$471,000) contract with Ford Motor Co. after developing prototype
FEATURE + click to enlarge MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – ARaymond Fasteners India, the local arm of the French supplier of fastener
FEATURE + click to enlarge Fastenal recently installed its 50,000 FAST Solutions industrial vending machine. The milestone machine, which was
FEATURE + click to enlarge Berkshire Hathaway agreed to acquire Precision Castparts Corp. for $37.2 billion cash, including outstanding PCC