Import/export risks, chronic fastener mistakes, and successful hiring with predictive analytics are topics scheduled for the autumn conference of the Pacific-West Fastener Association.
HEADLINES
July 10
22:45
2017
July 10
22:30
2017
IFI chair Boyd: Fastener manufacturers “are facing a critical and universal challenge across the base of our membership. We all have high-earning jobs available, but we are struggling to find workers with the right technical skills to fill these lucrative positions.” The first five cold header operator students graduated in May.
July 10
22:15
2017
Acquired businesses, which include Whitesell Canada, will operate under the PENNAutomotive division.
July 10
22:15
2017
Accurate Fasteners president Peter Sullivan will remain with AFC to manage New England operations.
July 10
22:00
2017
Established in 1962, Space-Lok designs and manufactures internally and externally threaded fasteners and component mechanisms for all sectors of the aerospace industry.
July 10
21:45
2017
With the acquisition, Nedschroef hopes to transform itself into “a high-end engineering company capable of engaging in the development of early-stage automotive projects working jointly with OEMs.”
July 10
21:30
2017
Attendee registration up 20% for third trade show.
July 10
21:15
2017
The U.S. accounts for nearly a quarter of the world GDP. Global leading indicators are up for the OECD, five major Asian countries, Brazil, Canada, China and Japan. Mexico and India are down.
July 10
21:00
2017
ATF Inc. named Shannon Leonard industrial sales manager. Leonard will focus on expansion in the industrial market through distributors and OEM customers. Founded in 1946 as a supplier of WWII...
July 10
20:45
2017
Small increases add up: The average major league baseball player earns $1 million by batting .250 or three hits every 12 times at bat. The superstar, who gets paid millions of dollars, gets only one more hit every 12 times a bat.
July 10
20:30
2017
“Don’t use email to manage projects or tasks,” Bader told the NFDA and NEFDA joint meeting. “You frame a house before putting on the roof.”
June 13
22:42
2017
Global industrial fastener demand will grow 3% in 2017, a Freedonia Group researcher told the Fastener Industry Summit.
June 13
21:21
2017
“As a mechanical engineer, I used to take fasteners for granted,” DeCata told GlobalFastenerNews.com. “Now I don’t.”
June 13
18:33
2017
Despite uncertainties with the Trump Administration, the good news is that “manufacturing is a popular word again,” the Industrial Fastener Institute’s lobbyist told the Fastener Industry Summit.
June 13
10:31
2017
“At some point in your career, you have to reinvent yourself,” Michael Simpson advised the Women in the Fastener Industry.
June 13
09:04
2017
The $17.3 facility, which will include an engineering lab, is expected to add 71 jobs over a five-year period, according to the Detroit News.
June 13
08:33
2017
New facilities, which complement Bufab’s U.S. headquarters in New York, were opened to handle growth in North America.
June 13
07:47
2017
STAFDA will offer 50x50 island booths to “unclog aisles and break up the inline look for a cleaner show.”
June 13
06:50
2017
Ryan Waychoff joined Advance Components as a regional sales manager. Previously, Waychoff worked in field sales at Fastenal and in the construction industry. Waychoff holds a degree from Oklahoma State...
May 22
22:04
2017
Endries, founded in 1970 by Bob & Pat Endries in the basement of their Wisconsin home with $5,000 capital, was acquired by Ferguson in 2005.
