Since 2017 when the Section 232 tariffs were first considered, the Industrial Fasteners Institute has argued that tariffs on raw material imports harm downstream manufacturers and consumers, while only providing short-term relief to U.S. metals producers.
February 27
15:43
2025
A new 10% tax on all imports from China, together with the 10% duty ordered in February, will bring the total import fee on some Chinese goods to 45%.
February 23
23:49
2025
SPS Technologies reportedly faces a class-action lawsuit six days after a fire destroyed its aerospace fastener manufacturing facility north of Philadelphia.
February 13
15:13
2025
Latest levy order come three days after the U.S. president ordered a 25% tax on all imported steel and aluminum.
February 11
18:00
2025
Fastenal founder created an iconic fastener distribution giant in his hometown of Winona, MN.
January 29
12:46
2025
Würth Group plans to achieve an automation level of 75% in the companies with the highest sales volumes by 2030 using AI and robotics.
January 28
22:48
2025
Robotic arms provide a 3X multiplier on manual labor, improving worker safety, consistency and precision.
January 27
11:13
2025
Business owners and managers are concerned about widespread ICE raids underway in every U.S. state.
January 22
23:35
2025
The 89-year-old fastener industry titan handed over his position as Supervisory Board Chairman to his grandson Benjamin Würth.
January 12
23:43
2025
“Overall sentiment among participants leans cautiously optimistic heading into 2025, although some caution persists due to ongoing macroeconomic/inflation/rate uncertainties.”
December 16
10:27
2024
Laser welding collaboration between NASA and The Ohio State University aims to stimulate in-space manufacturing, which could eliminate the need to transport heavy fasteners for maintenance and repair.
November 27
14:55
2024
“This business takes guts. It always has,” third-generation distributor Andrew Hartman told the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association 2024 convention.
November 21
20:42
2024
“Pay is not the motivator,” Huyett HR Manager Brooklyn Wolters told the National Fastener Distributors Association. “It is the price for labor.”
November 14
15:56
2024
Initial Southwestern Fastener Association meeting took place in 1974 in Dallas attended by 27 persons representing 20 companies.
October 31
22:29
2024
Three “Leadership Development” panelists offered advice during the National Fastener Distributors Association 2024 executive summit.
October 30
14:03
2024
Customers need to know “we want to do business with you,” explained Kevin Chavis of Star Stainless Screw.
October 15
06:11
2024
“Of course, it all starts with threads,” writes Brighton-Best International technical sales manager Bill King for Design News.
October 03
18:57
2024
Würth Group patriarch began working at 14 for his father’s fledgling wholesale screw business in 1949 as its second employee and first apprentice.
September 18
17:25
2024
Smart facility will enable the Taiwan automotive fastener manufacturer to double its self-production rate to 30% by 2027, according to Fastener World.
September 12
10:39
2024
R.J. Leahy Co. supplied metal fasteners that “held together WWII-era ships, Disneyland art commissions, and historical renovations of restaurants, residences and San Francisco city hall.”
