Todd McRoberts, sales VP at Auto Bolt Company, announced his retirement after 36 years in the fastener industry.
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O'Keeffe: “Both have excellent leadership skills and industry expertise and have been preparing to take on these new positions from the start.”
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He founded Copper State Bolt & Nut Co. in 1972 and grew the company to more than 600 employees at 30 facilities.
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Acquisition of the French Aero Negoce International Group makes Bossard a significant provider of fasteners and logistics services in the European aerospace industry.
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Axel Berntsson, 44, “has solid experience from several global industrial companies and has great experience of change management.”
Find out what's new with stainless steel and carbon fasteners - and what to expect from suppliers in the months ahead - at Pacific-West Fastener Association's autumn meeting.
The National Fastener Distributors Association Executive Summit will be October 16-18 in San Diego.
Socket supplier seeks an experienced individual with a BA in business, marketing, or a related field with proficiency in SEO, social media management, and more.
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As a result, SBS has transitioned to a global planning organization, placing operations closer to their key markets in Mexico and Taiwan.
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Portland, OR-based industry veteran will “support the needs of the growing customer base out west.”
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Ultra Fastener Co. co-founder started his fastener career at 16 with cold threaded parts manufacturer Fastron, where his mother Pauline worked as a secretary to the company president.
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Germany-based fastener manufacturer will deliver 1.4 million thermoplastic elastomer tubes for battery thermal management.
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Michele Zaret of Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co. can now attend a class at the Fastener Training Institute.
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) predicts more than 2.1 million U.S. manufacturing jobs could go unfilled by 2030.
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Founded in 1987, Ohio-based Creative Assembly Systems is a value-added supplier of fasteners, C-parts, material management systems, and sequencing operations.
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He began his fastener career in 1977 in production before being promoted to customer service/order process manager and then to production control manager.
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Distribution Solutions Group will offer “high-touch, specialty distribution platform” with the convenience of branch locations across the country.
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Sales “strongly influenced by the economic situation, which is particularly noticeable in the manufacturing units that supply to the automotive industry.”
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Deal marks NEFCO’s eighth acquisition since 2022 and expands its branch network to 41 U.S. locations.
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Cleveland-based legacy fastener manufacturer can now produce custom cold-formed long and large-diameter fasteners, in addition to its range of cold-formed internally threaded fasteners.