First held in 1982, the International Fastener Expo HoF has honored 107 fastener individuals. The 2020 honorees were Tim O’Keefe of G.L. Huyett and John Washman of Desert Distribution. Jessi Solt of G.L. Huyett was named the 2020 Young Fastener Professional.
June 15
12:03
2021
Located in Montbrison, France, SNEP S. A. manufactures specialty fasteners and machined components for aerospace and industrial markets.
June 01
11:38
2021
European Fastener Distributor Association (EFDA) president Dr. Volker Lederer denounced the European Commission’s likely imposition of provisional antidumping duties on iron and steel fasteners from China, saying such a move would imperil fastener supply to the European Union, Fastener + Fixing Magazine reports.
May 28
00:31
2021
French start-up company Urban Canopee and ARaymond connected in 2017 to design fasteners for plant canopies over cities to help combat heat, restore urban biodiversity, fight air pollution and thus improve the quality of life.
May 25
11:33
2021
“Social concerns remained an important issue during 2020 and we reaffirmed our commitment to employee and community safety in light of the pandemic as well as focused on diversity, equity and inclusion,” stated co-CEO John C. Plant.
May 21
02:01
2021
Employers can have a “voluntary” vaccine policy leaving the decision to employees, or employers can institute a “deferred” policy allowing employees to wait until the vaccines have “permanent” approval. But employers also can issue a “mandatory” vaccine policy for all employees.
May 03
12:53
2021
In 1971, David McCormick handed Mike Smith an industrial directory and a Hagstrom map. Smith headed to the Bronx and found a place to park his Triumph Spitfire. “Ignorance was bliss,” Smith looked back at his early sales calls.
April 23
00:53
2021
A minor change in Boeing’s 737 MAX manufacturing process that was insufficiently vetted caused an electrical system problem that temporarily grounded more than 60 of the aircraft.
April 20
11:39
2021
“The ARBURG Plastic Freeforming (APF) technology allows us to tap into a whole new range of options for industrial additive manufacturing,” stated Würth Additive Group CEO AJ Strandquist.
March 18
17:51
2021
“Culture is the fire,” stated Tim O’Keeffe of Kansas-based fastener manufacturer G.L. Huyett. “It is no longer about management and leadership, it’s about the culture.”
March 10
00:13
2021
The Mario Cuomo Bridge, which replaced the rickety and heavily-trafficked Tappan Zee Bridge in 2017, has snapping bolts that create “structural safety” issues that could lead to its collapse, the Albany Times Union reported.
March 01
14:28
2021
Covid-19 rebound is SEFA, SFA & Pac-West joint conference topic.
October 26
17:13
2020
Temporary suspensions of mines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the advancement of Indonesia’s export ban, are expected to be major contributors to decline, according to GlobalData.
April 28
12:47
2020
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.
April 04
14:26
2020
Brighton-Best Socket Screw Mfg. co-founder Perry Rosenstein, 94, died April 3 from COVID-19, the New Jersey Globe reports.
April 02
21:09
2020
44-year-old Pasquale Gallace of Agrati logistics in Italy died March 27 of COVID-19, according to Agrati CEO Paolo Pozzi. His father had died a few days earlier.
March 01
18:25
2020
The market correction prompted by the outbreak of the coronavirus caused U.S. industrial stock indexes to lose 11.8% in value since February 21. In contrast, the FIN Fastener Stock Index faired better, losing only 9.8% of its value during the same period.
February 24
00:33
2020
Chinese fastener factories were returning to work after the “enforced extension of the Chinese New Year holiday as part of the containment of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak,” Fastener & Fixing Magazine editor emeritus Phil Matten reported.
February 10
20:00
2020
Taiwan exported 1.6 million metric tons of fasteners totaling US$4.6 billion in 2018. The April 21-23 trade show includes one-on-one procurement meetings.
February 06
16:56
2020
In 2019, COPA established its own smart factory in Taiwan and fitted all of its machines with SMB intelligent devices to improve product quality and work efficiency, Fastener World reports.
