The companies will install new equipment at an Antwerp facility to produce thermal diffusion coatings well suited for fasteners.
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Santa Fe Springs, CA-based Hi-Q Fasteners supplies a line of Sems, thread forming and machine screws (inch, metric, steel and stainless), along with other hardware.
New co-presidents Rob Reynolds and Brandi Bertoia will manage fastener distribution software provider INxSQL “as a team.”
Longtime Mid-West Fastener Association executive director Nancy Rich began her 40-year fastener career in 1983 as a young mother with a part-time job at Cronin Fasteners.
Doug Wilson joins the OEM division after working for Incora, Wesco Aircraft and ServTronics.
BlackHawk Industrial has a fastener division that includes Big Red Fasteners, which it acquired in 2022.
Founded in 2003, West Chicago-based CIF supplies fasteners for the heavy trucking, automotive, agricultural equipment, and wind and solar power industries.
He joined the company in 1997, and has been serving as CEO of SPIROL International Corp. since 2010.
The Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) added 14 companies to its membership roster in 2023.
Koehl joined SPIROL in 1959 and became CEO in 1969, leading the company for 35 years before retiring in 2004.
Total OEM usage of the steel fastener in the refrigerator model is over 2 million pieces annually.
Founded in 1968, Semblex manufactures cold form products and assemblies for automotive, consumer electronics, farm equipment, heavy truck and motorcycle industries.
Founded in 1912, Oregon-based Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Co. manufactures construction and industrial fasteners in an 85,000 sq ft facility.
Buffalo-based Frontier Fastener has been “a Western New York fastener favorite” for over 50 years by specializing in fasteners designed to customer specifications.
Located near key global carriers and transportation distribution hubs, the facility bolsters storage capacity.
Contract with a major German automotive supplier reportedly is the biggest order for fuel cell vehicles NORMA Group has received, making its value at $40 million.
The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association will conduct “Excellence in Distribution” training March 12-14 in Nashville.
South Carolina-based Eurolink distributes metric fasteners from seven European countries.
OPUS Aerospace selected screws from Swedish fastener manufacturer BUMAX for a new suborbital rocket and future vehicles designed to send satellites into space.