Rivet nuts are designed to provide strong load-bearing threaded connections in thin gauge materials, or ‘skins,’ when threading is not an option.
NEWS BRIEFS
November 25
15:25
2019
In some ways, small distributors are similar to the original 13 colonies, according to STAFDA President Sean Baird.
November 21
16:44
2019
Weaker demand was particularly noticeable in Sweden, Eastern Europe, and China due to lower production among many customers, as well as customer destocking.
November 21
16:07
2019
Have a customs broker? It isn’t cover for you if U.S. Customs arrives at your office, Danielle Riggs cautioned the National Fastener Distributors Association. “One hundred percent is on the importer,” explained the director of international compliance for Würth Industry North America.
November 20
23:21
2019
Shearman has been a Trifast director and chair of the remuneration committee. His career includes investment fund management, stockbroking, investment banking and charitable foundations.
November 19
16:40
2019
Dale MacLean became Tree Island CEO in July 2011 and held the position for eight years and five months, according to his LinkedIn account.
November 19
03:18
2019
Sales hurt by “particularly weak” sales to automotive customers “due to the global economic slowdown impacting many foreign countries.”
November 18
01:48
2019
More tariffs could be coming: The October 5% increase is ‘still pending’ and December could bring determination on threaded rod and stud tariffs.
November 14
15:02
2019
“Sales trends were slightly improved on an unadjusted basis, but the seasonal-adjustment factor drove the sales index down (month-to-month),” according to R.W. Baird analyst David Manthey.
November 13
15:08
2019
1Shot, Böllhoff, Bryce, Grabber, ITW, MaThread, Penn Engineering, Simpson Strong-Tie and Stanley Engineered Fastening were honored with the 2019 Fastener Innovation Award.
October 31
09:16
2019
Optimas Solutions credited outgoing CEO Anesa Chaibi with leading “significant change throughout the company and created a strong culture of mutual respect, collaboration and innovation with employees, customers and our supply partners.”
October 29
13:13
2019
Sales in North America rose 10.7% due to “increased sales volume and higher average product prices.”
October 27
16:22
2019
MSC Industry Supply Co. reported sales, including fasteners, rose 0.6% to $842.7 million in the fiscal 2019 fourth quarter ended September 1.
October 25
15:04
2019
“While the demand environment continued to moderate across a broad cross section of our portfolio, we delivered another solid quarter with excellent operational execution,” stated CEO E. Scott Santi.
October 24
19:47
2019
Highly respected in the fastener industry, Greenslade began his 45-year fastener career in 1970 working for various fastener manufacturers before founding dimensional measuring devices manufacturer Greenslade and Co. in 1978. He sold the company in 2007 and began working as technical director for the Industrial Fasteners Institute, a position he called his “dream job.”
October 24
14:28
2019
The company said “fastener share gains were offset by inventory reductions and lower production levels within automotive and industrial customers.”
October 23
14:34
2019
”With China now taking the essential steps needed to master its pollution crisis, our technical expertise will be a tremendous help for China in accelerating its ongoing progress."
October 23
11:54
2019
Founded in 1948, Earnest Machine is a global importer, distributor and manufacturer of large diameter and hard-to-find fasteners.
October 22
11:57
2019
Nucor Corp. reported cold finished steel sales, including results from Nucor Fastener, fell 18% to 116,000 tons in the third quarter of 2019.
October 22
11:38
2019
Sherex Fastening Solutions LLC named G.L. Huyett a master distributor of Sherex Blind Rivet Nut Inserts and Rivet Nut Installation tools to “enrich the supply chain of the OEM fastener distribution market.”
