The announcement was made at Pac-West’s fall conference in Whistler, British Columbia.
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September 05
18:06
2017
“I see us doing things that we thought would have gone away ten years ago” with today’s training and access to information, noted Carmen Vertullo of Carver Consulting in El Cajon, CA.
September 05
16:45
2017
Founded in 2002, Challenger Component Services provides highly engineered Class C products to customers throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia.
September 05
15:01
2017
Field Fastener CEO Bill Derry has 45 years in the fastener industry, including 20 years in leadership roles with Camcar Textron and Rockford Products. Since 1990, the Field distributorship has a 19% growth rate for the past 26 years. Derry was the 1997-98 National Fastener Distributors Association president and has been active in mentoring programs and the U.S. Fastener Quality Act legislative process.
September 05
14:49
2017
The first Fastener Fair USA is set for April 11-12, 2018, at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland.
September 05
12:16
2017
Facility in Kyoto is located within the Advanced Chemical Technology Center in Kyoto (ACT Kyoto), Fastener World reports.
September 05
10:31
2017
The 41st annual convention will be November 12-14, 2017, in Austin, TX.
September 05
05:10
2017
Adam Pratt founded Buffalo, NY-based Sherex Fastening Solutions at age 24. He is the 2017-18 associate chair of the National Fastener Distributors Association.
September 05
02:22
2017
Founded in the 1800s by Joseph and James Turner as a gun barrel manufacturer, Cooper & Turner now manufactures bolts, nuts and washers for the wind, railway, tunneling, oil & gas and structural bolting industries.
September 05
00:30
2017
Advance Components launched a new company logo now displayed on its website: AdvanceComponents.com. The new logo is described as “part of the ongoing evolution of our brand. Our business has...
September 05
00:07
2017
The seasonally-adjusted July FDI (55.1) ticked down from June’s strong 60.8 reading, “mainly driven by a slight moderation in sales momentum relative to a record June,” writes R.W. Baird analyst David Manthey.
September 05
00:02
2017
Denver-based All America is now focusing on specialty threaded products and Vulcan Threaded will continue large-volume commodity threaded rod.
August 07
23:45
2017
Ta Chen International is a master distributor of stainless, aluminum and nickel alloy coils, sheets, plates, long products, tubes and PVFs, and is owned by Taiwan-based Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co. Ltd. – the parent company of fastener master distributor Brighton-Best International.
August 07
23:30
2017
OBI, a U.S. vendor and potential exporter to Canada of the OBI screws requested this interim review in the nature of an exclusion request on the basis that the domestic industry does not produce noise-dampening screws.
August 07
23:15
2017
A “Value Analysis / Value Engineering” program is a “team approach to eliminate or prevent unnecessary cost and increases customer satisfaction,” Lammers told the NFDA / NEFDA joint session.
August 07
23:00
2017
The 2017 official hotel – Westgate – is 3/10 mile from this year’s new convention center location. Last year’s official hotels are more than a mile away. Hotels.com lists 16 other hotels within a mile.
August 07
22:42
2017
“Commentary on market conditions remains positive, with respondents indicating selling conditions are strong and customer activity/backlog continues to suggest a favorable outlook.”
August 07
22:30
2017
Founded in 1982, Macon, GA-based Industrial Fastening of Macon distributes fasteners, specialty products, and MRO parts to OEMs.
August 07
22:30
2017
Tim Cash brought back to lead growth of company organically and via acquisitions.
August 07
22:15
2017
Founded in 1991, Berlin, CT-based Tri-Star manufactures standard and custom-designed threaded inserts and compression limiters in brass, steel, aluminum and stainless steel for plastic applications.
