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Three associations (Pacific-West Fastener Association, Southeastern Fastener Association and Southwestern Fastener Association) that had planned an October 2020 joint meeting in Texas will now conduct virtual programs during the last two weeks of October.
• Strandquist Unveils New Supply Chain Strategy For Optimas Solutions - “Manufacturing Solutions” aims to “deliver against an unstable manufacturing landscape affected by COVID-19 and other regional disturbances that have impacted the fastener industry.”
• Advance Components Distributing ARaymond Face Mask Comfort Straps - Advance Components has begun stocking and distributing a new kind of fastener that addresses the discomfort associated with face masks. Face mask comfort straps by ARaymond Industrial were created at a customer’s request.
Global Fastener News
Glebar is combining resources and technology with the acquisition earlier this year of electrochemical grinding technology companies Tridex Technology and Everite.
- ARaymond Closing Ohio Factory
- Chicago Rivet Fastener Sales Halved
- After June Gains, FDI Moderates in July
- Howmet Aerospace Fastener Sales Fall
- New Brankamp Website Includes Demo Videos
- NORMA Group Sales Drop 21%
- Bulten Moves & Expands Taiwan Facility
- Pac-West Sponsoring Webinar on USMCA
- TriMas Fastener Sales Drop
- R&R Engineering Expands Bolt Capacity
- COVID-19 Decimates ITW Fastener Sales
- Midwest Acquires Hy-Ko Products
- Sundstrom Succeeds Thramann at ND Industries
- SWK Fastening Revenue Falls 35%
- Century Fasteners Promotes Harding
This is the first time since IFE was founded in 1981 as the National Industrial Fastener Show & Conference in Columbus, OH, that the trade show has been cancelled.
Because of changing technologies and differing assembly needs, fasteners undergo changes every year. Here is Bossard’s predictions for fastener trends in the coming months.
The Covid-19 pandemic created a surge in global demand for medical equipment, with the subsequent knock-on effect of a huge demand for sheet metal fasteners.
Detroit’s big three automakers are to shut down all factories due to fears over the coronavirus.
