The latest issue of FIN is now available online. Read about the latest acquisitions changing the industry. Discover which fastener company is setting up in Silicon Valley. And learn how fastener stocks performed in the opening months of 2017.
May 22
01:11
2017
TR Fastenings Norway, part of Trifast PLC, will supply rivets and tools for a Radar Imager for the new NASA Mars Exploration Rover, which launches in 2020.
May 16
12:05
2017
Dejian Zeng spent 60-hour weeks screwing tiny fasteners into iPhone casings in China for about $450 a month.
May 09
15:20
2017
“We just don’t know” how the new administration will handle the economy, economist Bill Strauss told the joint meeting of the Southeastern Fastener Association and Southwestern Fastener Association.
May 03
12:35
2017
During Fastener Fair Stuttgart 2017, fastener leaders from the European Union expressed the need for global trade to be fair for everyone involved.
April 27
17:31
2017
Panelists at the spring 2017 joint conference with the Southeastern Fastener Association and Southwestern Fastener Association in New Orleans say they are still cold calling.
April 24
11:03
2017
In conjunction with 2017 Fastener Fair Stuttgart, NFDA toured the Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. facilities in Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
April 11
03:08
2017
“The favorable location and preferential policies of Liaoning, one of China’s northeastern rust belt provinces, offered many development opportunities for investors,” said Larry Stevens, CEO of Wurth China.
April 05
00:24
2017
There were 895 exhibiting companies from 46 countries at biennial trade show last month in Germany.
April 04
15:33
2017
After posting a 20% increase in 2016, the FIN Fastener Stock Index rose only 9.1% in the opening quarter of 2017, compared to an 5.1% gain by an index of related industrial stocks during the period.
March 21
14:38
2017
Senate resolution honors 16 million women who worked or volunteered for the U.S. war effort, including many who toiled for the American Red Cross, hospitals, rationing boards and other non-factory settings.
March 21
00:00
2017
Officially, it was the “National Industrial Fastener Show & Conference” through most of its 22-year history. But to the industry the easier name and the term of endearment for the show held in the capital city of Ohio was simply “Columbus.”
March 16
23:21
2017
“Everything is going to be the same right now as it was last year,” consultant Lawrence Heim told participants of a webinar conducted by the Pacific-West Fastener Association.
March 12
14:41
2017
The Fastener spring trade show season for 2017 is beginning with 13 events around the world in March through June.
February 22
02:58
2017
An Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) advanced inspection robotics research project has developed “a flexible, robotic snake-arm tool” that reaches into confined areas to perform required aircraft inspections.
February 17
00:01
2017
Automakers are reducing weight and improving fuel efficiency by pushing the limits of high strength steels, according to Salim Brahimi, Director of Engineering Technology at the Industrial Fasteners Institute.
February 13
14:12
2017
In the past two months, the Dow has gained about 10% in value. But fastener stocks have done better than that.
February 09
17:28
2017
Speeding-up the airframe assembly process is important for Airbus, which has partnered with Polytech University in Saint Petersburg for more than a decade to help solve this issue.
February 03
00:01
2017
The Fastener Industry Coalition will sponsor four sessions during its first Fastener Industry Summit following Fastener Tech 2017.
January 31
10:39
2017
A 52% majority of End of 2016 FIN Survey participants indicated “Moderate” confidence in the North American economy; 27% pegged it at “High”; and 21% expressed “Low” confidence.
