Company trims 400 sales staff, mostly in branch and onsite personnel.
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Founded in 1947 as Borstlap & Sons, Netherlands-based Fabory employs 1,100 to supply fasteners to more than 60,000 customers in EU markets.

Founded in 1950, Everite provides electrochemical grinding technology to multiple industries, including the medical and aerospace markets.
DB Roberts’ customer service and supply chain management provide technology for Tech-Etch’s electromechanical customer base.

Headquartered in Brecksville, OH, EFG is a network of domestic specialty fastener manufacturers and metal finishers.

“The recent outbreak of the coronavirus has severely impacted global consumption, trade and investment,” Taiwan's China Steel Corp. stated.

The buyer is one of the largest raw material suppliers for fasteners in northern China.

The South African International Trade Administration Commission initiated a safeguarding investigation against increased imports of hexagon head steel bolts (tariff code 73181543), Fastener + Fixing Magazine reports.
He founded Darling Bolt in 1958 in Warren, MI. Upon selling it to a partner, he started Stanley Industries in 1967. Both businesses still exist today.

Industrial Threaded Products CEO Garrett Futrell: “The joining of our two established organizations… will allow customers to experience the expansive benefits provided across both networks.”
“Conditions remain very weak, but expectations for a gradual reopening of the economy have some participants leaning slightly more optimistic than previously,” R.W. Baird analyst David Manthey wrote.
“To be sure we provide quality events, we will put these events on hold until 2021 when we are able to meet safely.”
Vertex Distribution parent company Houston Wire & Cable Co. reported sales, including fasteners, dropped 2% in the first quarter.
Results “due to reduced demand for fastener segment parts, especially from automotive customers as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) took hold.”
The awards are presented annually to recognize those individuals and companies with specific innovative fasteners.

The 3rd Fastener Fair USA is now slated for March 23-25, 2021, at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, OH, returning to the city where the inaugural event was held in 2018.
Overall sales rose 6.7% to $491.5 million in April, while daily sales totaled $22.3 million during the month.

“By acquiring Atlanta Rod, we are doubling down on domestic fastener manufacturing in the southeast during the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated president Brad Tinney.
With its planned ESPS sessions during June in Minneapolis cancelled, the National Fastener Distributors Association scheduled a “Virtual Speaker Summit” on June 22-25.

James Ray Jr. started with Stanley Black & Decker in 2013 as president of the Industrial & Automotive Repair business.