The 75th anniversary is part of the August 16-20 FSTNR Week, which includes a tabletop show, education sessions and golf.
February 04
10:45
2020
FTI has a total of 22 training sessions scheduled for 2020, with many of them leading toward the Certified Fastener Specialist designation.
December 31
15:42
2019
The FIN Fastener Stock Index gained 33.7% in 2019, besting a 24.4% increase by an index of related industrial stocks. EACO (Bisco Industries) achieved the highest percentage gain, improving 84% during the year.
September 16
17:18
2019
The International Fastener Expo, the fastener industry’s largest North American gathering, runs this week at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
May 20
23:06
2019
The FIN Review of Fastener Stocks covers the fastener portion of 19 public companies with fastener operations. Stock prices for all the corporations are easy – FIN digs for the fastener results within the annual reports, which frequently total hundreds of pages. A summary of each company’s results for the past 10 years is available to FIN Subscribers by clicking on the Fastener Stocks section of GlobalFastenerNews.com.
May 02
12:24
2019
Trion Coatings is partnering with KCH Services for the deployment of its Safe Chrome, an environmentally friendly chrome plating technology, according to Products Finishing. Nucor Fastener owns a minority equity position in Trion.
April 11
20:03
2019
A result of an insufficient fastener company website is that “in absence of information the customer leaves,” Earnest Machine CEO Kirk Zehnder explained.
March 20
10:23
2019
2019 biennial trade show totals 987 exhibiting companies from 45 countries.
March 04
23:05
2019
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said it would move to formally suspend a scheduled tariff increase on Chinese goods “until further notice,” Reuters reports.
January 07
12:10
2019
After two consecutive years of double-digit growth, the FIN Fastener Stock Index contracted in 2018, hampered by volatility that dominated the markets, making 2018 the worst year for stocks in a decade.
October 28
21:40
2018
International Fastener Expo events begin on Tuesday in Las Vegas. The trade show will be 9am to 4pm on Wednesday and Thursday.
August 09
22:57
2018
“The Commerce Department continues to be overwhelmed, the process is inconsistent at best, and tilted to steel industry at worst,” Industrial Fasteners Institute’s Washington representative Jennifer Baker Reid told GlobalFastenerNews.com.
May 10
10:21
2018
Southwestern Fastener Association panelists agreed U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs are not creating jobs – just price increases.
March 04
18:23
2018
While U.S. steelmakers and aluminum firms celebrated President Donald Trump’s announcement, other manufacturers expressed concern about higher raw-material costs, as well as the potential for disruptions to U.S. exports, according to the Wall Street Journal.
February 27
10:39
2018
“President Donald Trump said the U.S. plans to impose 25% tariffs on steel imports and 10% on aluminum, and expects to sign a formal order next week,” Bloomberg reports.
January 30
17:46
2018
“The new TX features 2,000 components exclusive to the project, so LEVC leaned on Optimas’ expertise due to a track record of providing a myriad of fastener solutions to OEM automotive manufacturers around the world.”
January 11
15:00
2018
Since 1979, the FIN Survey has monitored how the fastener industry is performing. The results are published annually to provide benchmarks to measure your company performance. All responses are confidential.
December 21
20:34
2017
Joe Smith of Metabo Power Tools / North America said “revolutionary technological innovation & development are driving the cordless trend.”
November 28
10:02
2017
Process gives overseas manufacturers an advantage both in buying less steel to produce the product and in less weight to ship the threaded rod.
