He founded Lufasco Inc. (Lubker Fastener Company) in 1967 and led the company until it was sold in 1998.
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Semblex Corp., which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018, announced that Jinsoo Kim will succeed Don Cunningham as president.
Founded in 1954, Header Die & Tool manufactures cold forming tooling and specialty manufactured parts.

Surveyed exhibitors reported overall success at 2018 trade show in Las Vegas, but they were unanimous in finding no value in longer second day.
Lighter automobiles among uses for Henkel adhesives. Germany-based Henkel reports 130,000 adhesives customers in 800 industrial areas worldwide.
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.
ASG, a division of specialty fastener manufacturer Jergens Inc., has opened a warehouse in Limerick, Ireland.

Rockford subsidiary of Cleveland-based Freeway Corporation manufactures 4 million automotive washers daily.

Danboro, PA-based fastener manufacturer signed an agreement with Irwin Industrial to distribute PEM fasteners in Canada.
“We also succeeded in achieving growth without a corresponding increase in operating expenses,” stated CEO Jörgen Rosengren.
Company to relocate and grow Chinese operation in the coming months, Fastener + Fixing Magazine reports.

Johan Sandberg has held executive positions in large industrial companies, including Volvo Powertrain and Volvo Aero.
Women in the Fastener Industry scholarship honors the late Joanne Goodman Sherman of Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co.

“The automotive and equipment associations work hard,” stated Vanessa Sciarra, VP for legal affairs and Trade & Investment Policy for the National Foreign Trade Council. “They are your best friends.”
First held in 2010, the sixth Taiwan International Fastener Show will be April 21-23, 2020, in Kaohsiung.
Sean Baird, president and owner of Hampton Roads Fastener & Construction Supply Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA, is the new president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association.
Linquan Precision is a PennEngineering authorized distributor with experience in fastening technology for the electronics, tele- and data-communication, automotive, and medical equipment markets.

Offsite construction is on the rise and Bill Sisto predicted to the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association that contractors will partner with prefab companies.
The primary focus of AIM is consultation, training and testing of fasteners and related products.
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