Great Lakes Fasteners & Supply was acquired during 2016 by the New York-based private equity company High Road Capital Partners. In 2012 High Road acquired Minnesota-based distributor Accurate Components & Fasteners and in 2013 the Wisconsin-based All Tool Sales. The three state divisions are being integrated into a new corporate structure under the AIS / All Integrated Solutions name, with Jim Ruetz as CEO.
Editor’s Note: Great Lakes Fasteners has locations in Grand Rapids in Western Michigan and Traverse City in the northern Lower Peninsula. Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas are connected by the Mackinaw Bridge, which was constructed in the 1950s with 4,851,700 rivets and 1,016,600 bolts.
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Young Fastener Professionals’ 2017 meetings slated for June 6 in Chicago and October 17 in Las Vegas.
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12/1/2015 11:23:00 PM HEADLINES The Taiwan Fastener Trading Association has informed its members that the Taiwanese Bureau of Foreign Trade has implemented strict examination on the application for certificate of origin...
November 12
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12/1/2015 10:02:00 PM HEADLINES + click to enlarge Bannister and McGuire (courtesy LINK Magazine + click to enlarge Emerald VP: Quality Attendance Foremost “We have a team of experts that...
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11/2/2015 1:58:00 PM HEADLINES Fastener results at Fastenal For the third time in 11 months, Fastenal has a new CEO. The company’s board elected CFO Daniel Florness as president and...
November 02
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11/2/2015 HEADLINES FDI Shows Flat Sales & Stagnant Pricing For the third consecutive month, the seasonally adjusted September Fastener Distribution Index fell below 50 (47.5), consistent with the tough...
November 02
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11/2/2015 12:01:00 PM HEADLINES The global industrial fasteners market is gaining momentum from the rise in construction and maintenance activities across the globe, according to a new report by...
October 16
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11/2/2015 12:32:00 AM HEADLINES + click to enlarge Threaded nylon fasteners manufacturer Micro Plastics Inc. plans to invest $2.4 million to locate a facility in Melbourne, AR, Arkansas Business reports....
October 07
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10/7/2015 HEADLINES + click to enlarge + click to enlarge The global industrial fasteners market is expected to reach US $104.32 billion by 2020, according to a new report published...
October 07
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10/7/2015 HEADLINES + click to enlarge The Women in the Fastener Industry announced Gloria Medina of Interstate Threaded Products and Nora Hluz, of Brighton Best International are their 2015 scholarship...
October 07
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10/7/2015 1:37:00 AM HEADLINES + click to enlarge (L-R) Barry MacLean and Duncan MacLean Duncan A. L. MacLean was named president of MacLean-Fogg, CEO Barry MacLean announced. Duncan MacLean is...
October 07
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10/7/2015 HEADLINES + 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...
October 07
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10/7/2015 3:20:00 AM HEADLINES + click to enlarge (l-r) Kevin Chavis, Dallas Puckett and MaryEllen Dinicola (courtesy Pac-West) Kevin Chavis of Star Stainless Screw was elected president of the Pacific-West Fastener...
October 07
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10/7/2015 12:59:00 PM HEADLINES + click to enlarge Alcoa Fastening Systems and Rings signed an approximately $1 billion contract with Airbus for high-tech, multi-material aerospace fastening systems. The deal is...
October 07
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10/7/2015 7:04:00 PM HEADLINES Superior Washer & Gasket Corp., Bay State Cable Ties and American Fasteners Co. Ltd. have announced expansion of fastener manufacturing in the U.S. • Superior Washer...
October 07
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11/2/2015 HEADLINES + click to enlarge Fastenal Co. agreed to acquire certain assets of Fasteners, Inc. a regional industrial and construction supply distributor with store locations in the states of...
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10/7/2015 HEADLINES + click to enlarge The state agency in charge of the Oakland Bay Bridge is ending its relationship with the structure’s main contractor and plans to seek damages...
September 14
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9/14/2015 10:27:00 AM HEADLINES Women in the Fastener Industry announced a partnership with Women in Manufacturing to “advance their mutual interests.” Cleveland-based Women in Manufacturing is a 500+ member...
September 14
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9/14/2015 12:16:00 AM HEADLINES + click to enlarge Dokka Fasteners Inc. is closing it’s four-year-old Michigan plant due to uncertainty in the wind energy industry, CEO Louis Vasilevski announced. Norway-based...
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9/14/2015 1:07:00 AM HEADLINES + click to enlarge Jerome de Truchis Company History Align Aerospace traces its company history to the 1972 founding of Alatec Products Inc. in Chatsworth. In...
