“For the year, our auto fastener growth was 6%, over 600 basis points ahead of global production,” stated CFO Donald Allan.
NEWS BRIEFS
January 10
16:28
2019
“The holistic commitment of the Würth Group to strengthening the participation and equality of people with disabilities is so impressive because they are based on examples of good international practice in the world of work and not limited to one country,” the award jury stated.
January 10
09:00
2019
Registration has opened for the second Fastener Fair USA, set for May 22-23, 2019, at the Cobo Center in Detroit.
January 09
11:02
2019
Deborah Mann will concentrate on new markets for both Ironclad Performance Wear and Proferred Tools.
January 08
17:34
2019
There will be five primarily distribution-oriented trade shows in the U.S. during 2019. Plus there is a re-branded machinery show.
January 04
16:40
2019
Founded in 1965, Mountz provides torque tool solutions and metric fasteners to the aerospace, automotive, electronics, energy, medical and packaging industries.
January 03
17:51
2019
Carroll comes to Grainger from First Midwest Bank, where she served as Executive Vice President and CHRO. Prior to that, he held leadership positions with Aon Corp., Sprint, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
December 31
10:01
2018
He was active in the National Fastener Distributors Association and was a Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association board member.
December 27
20:46
2018
Gehle Loomis founding Tool Engineering Industries as a metalworking engineering and sales business in October 1979 in the basement of his home.
December 21
01:49
2018
He joined the Indiana company in 2005 and has been general manager and director of product development.
December 21
00:01
2018
During his career he started seven corporations in manufacturing, R&D, hospitality and international trade.
December 19
10:53
2018
The tariffs imposed by U.S. president Donald Trump dominated the front page of Fastener Industry News for 2018. But other articles included acquisitions, the FIN Fastener Stock Index, court battles, 50th anniversaries for two companies, new fastener leaders and key policy issues.
December 19
00:52
2018
In 2003, Dan Zehnder founded Trinity Logistics Corporation, which was acquired by Agrisolutions earlier this year. Zehnder is NFDA vice president.
December 18
15:22
2018
He founded Lufasco Inc. (Lubker Fastener Company) in 1967 and led the company until it was sold in 1998.
December 18
12:09
2018
Semblex Corp., which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018, announced that Jinsoo Kim will succeed Don Cunningham as president.
December 18
08:18
2018
Founded in 1954, Header Die & Tool manufactures cold forming tooling and specialty manufactured parts.
December 13
22:56
2018
Surveyed exhibitors reported overall success at 2018 trade show in Las Vegas, but they were unanimous in finding no value in longer second day.
December 12
01:22
2018
Lighter automobiles among uses for Henkel adhesives. Germany-based Henkel reports 130,000 adhesives customers in 800 industrial areas worldwide.
December 11
01:01
2018
Nucor called POK “a natural fit” for its existing cold finish businesses, including Nucor Fastener and Nucor’s recently acquired cold finish facility in Monterrey.
December 06
12:29
2018
ASG, a division of specialty fastener manufacturer Jergens Inc., has opened a warehouse in Limerick, Ireland.
