The $3.6 million investment at its 55,000 sq ft facility allows the midlands-based manufacturer to “substantially increase capability.”
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Aerosmith Fastening Systems president Don Kudlak will be the 2021 Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association general session associate state of the industry speaker.
New CEO and CFO have 26 years of combined service at Nedschroef.
Nearly every comment touched on supply chain constraints as importing material into the ports remains highly challenging amid congestion and container shortages.
NCFA is hoping the combination of vaccines, masks and hotel cleaning procedures will make guests comfortable.
“Growth in fastener products reflected further improvement in demand among traditional industrial and construction customers,” the company stated.
Founded in 1956, Gage Bilt manufactures rivet and lockbolt installation tools and components, including pneudraulic, hydraulic and pneumatic tools.
It took firefighters about two and a half hours to extinguish the blaze, which reportedly burned throughout Midwest Acorn Nut Company’s facility on Executive Drive, one of two locations the company operates in Troy.
The Southeastern Fastener Association will meet May 3-5 at the Sandestin Resort in Miramar Beach, FL.
The online training is produced by the Fastener Training Institute and Industrial Fasteners Institute and will be from noon to 2pm (EST) on April 28.
Bryan, OH-based ABC US supplies Spax, TruFast and TruFast Wall fasteners.
Würth will modernize its Erstein logistics hub, increasing the facility’s size by 6,000 square meters and building an automated high-bay warehouse.
Applications include computers, business machines, communication equipment, industrial controls, vending machines, automotive and other precision fabricated metal products.
The Pacific-West Fastener Association will conduct a virtual 2021 spring conference June 8-10.

Harms will be responsible for Optimas’ distribution center operations in the U.S., along with sourcing and the company’s supply chain.

New U.S. company incorporated in Delaware to provide expanded 3D printing products and services, including financing and rental options on equipment.
The combined company results in a national wire and cable redistribution industry leader that “will maximize OmniCable’s and HWCC’s highly complementary businesses, products and national footprint to better meet the needs of both companies’ customers.”
In other news, CEO Jörgen Rosengren intends to leave the company by September for a similar role in another industry, Bufab reports.
Seven fastener companies were recognized with the 2021 Fastener Innovation Award.
Al Bate named national sales manager and Danielle Maze as northeast regional account manager.