Aerosmith Fastening Systems president Don Kudlak will be the 2021 Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association general session associate state of the industry speaker.
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New CEO and CFO have 26 years of combined service at Nedschroef.
NCFA is hoping the combination of vaccines, masks and hotel cleaning procedures will make guests comfortable.
Founded in 1956, Gage Bilt manufactures rivet and lockbolt installation tools and components, including pneudraulic, hydraulic and pneumatic tools.
It took firefighters about two and a half hours to extinguish the blaze, which reportedly burned throughout Midwest Acorn Nut Company’s facility on Executive Drive, one of two locations the company operates in Troy.
The Southeastern Fastener Association will meet May 3-5 at the Sandestin Resort in Miramar Beach, FL.
The online training is produced by the Fastener Training Institute and Industrial Fasteners Institute and will be from noon to 2pm (EST) on April 28.
Bryan, OH-based ABC US supplies Spax, TruFast and TruFast Wall fasteners.
Applications include computers, business machines, communication equipment, industrial controls, vending machines, automotive and other precision fabricated metal products.
The Pacific-West Fastener Association will conduct a virtual 2021 spring conference June 8-10.
Harms will be responsible for Optimas’ distribution center operations in the U.S., along with sourcing and the company’s supply chain.
In other news, CEO Jörgen Rosengren intends to leave the company by September for a similar role in another industry, Bufab reports.
Seven fastener companies were recognized with the 2021 Fastener Innovation Award.
Al Bate named national sales manager and Danielle Maze as northeast regional account manager.
Contact infections with viruses, fungi and bacteria were already a problem even before the pandemic – and JW Winco is expanding its Sanline range of antibacterial products.
The fastener manufacturing organization was founded in 1931 in Cleveland.
The move “will cut costs and improve operational efficiencies as internal teams and talent will be better positioned in the best interests of business,” Optimas stated.
The Zoom panel includes DB Roberts GM Charlie Gerry, Fall River Manufacturing president Dave Monti, and SB&W sales manager Rob White.
Topics include the history of electroplating standards, why fastener-specific standards are need, the mechanics of electroplating and expected improvements in standards.
National Concrete Accessories Canada will combine with White Cap Supply Canada, which is comprised of Brafasco and Brock White Canada, to form a single business.