FEATURE + click to enlarge Courtesy Acument Global Technologies Weight reduction is an ongoing priority across the automotive industry, as strict new regulations push for greater vehicle efficiency/CO2 reduction in
FEATURE + click to enlarge Excerpts from the February 2014 NFDA / PacWest program on taking costs out of the supply chain: Manufacturer Jamie Lawrence of AVK Industrial Products:
2/20/2014 1:17:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge GKN Aerospace is leading a project under the Structures Technology Maturity (STeM) program in the UK to automate aircraft structure assembly with
2/10/2014 12:01:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Fastenal CEO WIll Oberton calls 2013 a “very challenging year” for his company, in an article published by the Winona Daily News.
FEATURE Beyond the statistics, here is a sampling of responses from the End of 2013 FIN Survey to the question on how to encourage manufacturing fasteners in the U.S. The most
2/14/2014 1:23:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge FIN is presenting at the NFDA / PacWest IGNITE session on Friday with a sampling of headlines from the Fastener History section.
FEATURE + click to enlarge Ambrell announced a fastener manufacturer purchased four EKOHEAT 45 kW/100 kHz induction heating systems – another indication that investment is up in the fastener industry.
FEATURE + click to enlarge U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine awarded its 2014 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Visionary Award to Kevin Ward, Head of Fastener Engineering
FEATURE + click to enlarge Remember the gains fastener stocks made in the final quarter of 2013? As of February
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FEATURE + click to enlarge For the third year in a row a solid majority of fastener companies participating in
FEATURE Francis Kirk is going into partnership with Simmonds Marshall, “an established and respected family business of 54 years in
FEATURE + click to enlarge Courtesy LINK Magazine The Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association named Nancy Rich as executive director. Rich
FEATURE + click to enlarge U.S. demand for industrial fasteners is expected to increase 4.3% per year to $14.8 billion
1/23/2014 8:48:00 AM FEATURE General Motors “temporarily installs a bolt with an embedded passive RFID tag on every cylinder head
1/17/2014 1:36:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Jalopnic.com hosted an online Q&A session with the
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FEATURE + click to enlarge Star Stainless’ suburban Chicago branch + click to enlarge A year ago Aztech Locknut Company
FEATURE + click to enlarge For the second straight year the FIN Fastener Stock Index outperformed an index of related industrial
FEATURE + click to enlarge The National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo in Las Vegas and Fastener Fair Stuttgart