Longtime Mid-West Fastener Association executive director Nancy Rich began her 40-year fastener career in 1983 as a young mother with a part-time job at Cronin Fasteners.
NEWS BRIEFS
December 21
20:37
2023
Doug Wilson joins the OEM division after working for Incora, Wesco Aircraft and ServTronics.
December 21
10:47
2023
BlackHawk Industrial has a fastener division that includes Big Red Fasteners, which it acquired in 2022.
December 20
11:19
2023
Founded in 2003, West Chicago-based CIF supplies fasteners for the heavy trucking, automotive, agricultural equipment, and wind and solar power industries.
December 20
08:50
2023
He joined the company in 1997, and has been serving as CEO of SPIROL International Corp. since 2010.
December 19
09:03
2023
The Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) added 14 companies to its membership roster in 2023.
December 19
08:59
2023
Koehl joined SPIROL in 1959 and became CEO in 1969, leading the company for 35 years before retiring in 2004.
December 19
07:01
2023
Total OEM usage of the steel fastener in the refrigerator model is over 2 million pieces annually.
December 19
06:26
2023
Founded in 1968, Semblex manufactures cold form products and assemblies for automotive, consumer electronics, farm equipment, heavy truck and motorcycle industries.
December 18
11:24
2023
Founded in 1912, Oregon-based Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Co. manufactures construction and industrial fasteners in an 85,000 sq ft facility.
December 15
11:40
2023
Buffalo-based Frontier Fastener has been “a Western New York fastener favorite” for over 50 years by specializing in fasteners designed to customer specifications.
December 15
11:05
2023
Located near key global carriers and transportation distribution hubs, the facility bolsters storage capacity.
December 14
16:08
2023
Contract with a major German automotive supplier reportedly is the biggest order for fuel cell vehicles NORMA Group has received, making its value at $40 million.
December 13
10:52
2023
The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association will conduct “Excellence in Distribution” training March 12-14 in Nashville.
December 13
10:48
2023
South Carolina-based Eurolink distributes metric fasteners from seven European countries.
December 11
10:36
2023
OPUS Aerospace selected screws from Swedish fastener manufacturer BUMAX for a new suborbital rocket and future vehicles designed to send satellites into space.
December 07
11:25
2023
New GM has held operating positions at aerospace companies Howmet Aerospace (previously a division of Arconic and Alcoa) and Consolidated Aerospace Mfg.
December 06
16:57
2023
November results continue a decline that began in May and was only interrupted by a 0.1% increase in September.
December 06
14:04
2023
The deal marks NEFCO’s 10th acquisition since 2017 and expands its branch network to 37 locations, including two in Texas – Dallas and Houston.
December 05
11:26
2023
Standing 18 feet tall and weighing 4,400 lbs, “Big Tex: The Incredible Hex” took a welding company six weeks to construct in hopes of breaking the world record currently held by a Slovenia fastener supplier.
