Ruggles, CEO / owner of Alabama-based Martin Fastening Solutions, succeeds Kelly Cole of Hayes Bolt & Supply.
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July 10
21:14
2019
China fastener exports climbed 4.4% in the first four months of 2019, while the export value grew 3.2%, ChinaFastener.Info reports.
July 10
20:41
2019
The 81-year-old Irish-American businessman was nominated in October 2018 by U.S. President Donald Trump. Both of Crawford's parents hail from Co. Cork in Ireland.
July 10
19:09
2019
Exhibitors expressed mixed verdicts on the two recent fastener trade shows in Chicago and Detroit and the upcoming event in Las Vegas.
July 10
18:58
2019
CEO: “Both Safran and Sonaca are key aerospace Tier 1 suppliers, and are major users of blind fasteners of which TriMas Aerospace is a market leader.”
July 10
15:26
2019
Essentra, listed on the London Stock Exchange, is a global manufacturer and distributor of plastic and metal components.
July 10
14:21
2019
Founded in 1967, Boysen distributes fasteners to an international customer base, employing 54 people at facilities in Munich, Hamburg and Irving, TX.
July 10
13:14
2019
“While we successfully raised prices as one element of our strategy to offset tariffs placed to date on products sourced from China, those increases were not sufficient to also counter general inflation in the marketplace.”
July 10
12:21
2019
Fastener associations Southeastern, Southwestern and Pac-West to meet in Texas.
July 10
10:17
2019
The Böllhoff Group opened a new fastener logistics center in Wuxi, China, responding to “steady” growth in the Chinese market, the group announced. The building, which opened April 1, provides...
June 10
17:05
2019
Brighton-Best International president Jun Xu told GlobalFastenerNews.com that his company has taken a “hybrid” approach to address tariffs.
June 10
16:24
2019
The Department of Defense and Department of Energy are “looking hard again at the fastener industry due to questions about counterfeit fasteners,” Mowins said.
June 10
12:43
2019
Since 2012, robots have been increasing 20% to 30% annually, John Touhy of Fanuc America told a 2019 Fastener Fair USA conference. Robots are “consistently repeatable and reliable” as long as maintained, and they “never talk back.”
June 10
12:04
2019
Current indications are that the U.S. economy will remain strong, William Strauss, senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, told a 2019 Fastener Tech conference.
June 10
07:56
2019
One distributor said they are “hearing about signs of a future downturn” but noted more stable backlog trends, while another predicted slightly slower sales this fall/winter due to an expected “mild recession.”
June 10
06:14
2019
Insteel Industries Inc. CEO H.O. Woltz suggested changes to “obsolete” U.S. trade laws, including the “antique” definitions of steel production and downstream steel production.
June 10
05:18
2019
In light of the trade war between the U.S. and China, "it may be the best timing for Taiwanese fastener companies to enhance their order intake,” according to Fastener World.
June 10
04:56
2019
Founded in 1982, Oxford, MI-based Quality Fastener distributes industrial fasteners and ancillary products to blue-chip customers and local businesses.
June 10
04:56
2019
The IFE Hall of Fame and Young Fastener Professional awards are administered by an International Fastener Expo selection committee.
June 10
03:53
2019
The third Fastener Fair USA will be May 20-21, 2020, in Charlotte, NC.
