Butcher and his wife, Linda Butcher, founded the distributorship in 1977 and managed it for 30 years.
NEWS BRIEFS
April 01
15:42
2019
The Industrial Fasteners Institute presented its Service Award to Richard Delawder, retired from SWD, Inc., for his efforts in environmental excellence and quality improvement. The Technology Award was given to engineer David Goss of Acument Global Technologies for his hallmark invention of the Torx Plus drive system issued in 1993.
April 01
15:25
2019
The second Fastener Poland trade show reported two-thirds of the 190 exhibitor companies came from outside Poland.
March 29
16:13
2019
“Fastener Fair Stuttgart 2019 was an absolute record event, in terms of exhibitor numbers and exhibition space as well as visitor numbers,” exhibition director Liljana Goszdziewski declared.
March 29
14:20
2019
The 88-year-old fastener manufacturing organization reports 73 company members and 50 associate members.
March 28
21:54
2019
Goggins was in the military for 21 years and has completed over 60 ultra-marathons, triathlons, and ultra-triathlons, setting new course records and regularly placing in the top five.
March 28
21:54
2019
Founded in 1952, Ballard Industrial distributes fasteners, adhesives, tools and variety of hardware to the aerospace, construction, energy, fishing, shipbuilding, machining and metal fabrication industries.
March 27
17:03
2019
“Increased export tax rebates will help lower costs for China-based exporters, many of whom have been hit by US tariffs and significant economic uncertainty,” ChinaFastener.Info reports.
March 26
15:57
2019
The annual meeting will be June 10-11, 2019, at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza – a National Historic Landmark hotel of 1930s French Art Deco design.
March 24
15:23
2019
75 exhibitors booked for June 4-6, 2019, biennial trade show in Rosemont, IL.
March 24
15:21
2019
Founded in 1974, Blume Supply distributes to construction and industrial industries.
March 24
15:20
2019
Founded in 1948, Auto Bolt is a privately-owned manufacturer of quality fasteners, specializing in low- and high-volume performance and commercial fasteners.
March 21
12:56
2019
The company said fastener segment sales reflected growth in each quarter, with much of that growth coming from non-automotive customers.
March 20
12:31
2019
North America sales rose 10.4% and sales in Europe grew 10.6%.
March 19
12:18
2019
Founded last year, Intuilize offers predictive analytics for midsize fastener distributors.
March 17
23:42
2019
Komar Screw was founded in 1969 as a full-line fastener distributor by Marvin “Marv” Kocian, who started in the fastener business in Chicago in 1961 by working for fastener distributor Carlton Screw.
March 14
18:24
2019
The Southwestern Fastener Association board has been struggling with direction, as most of the eight regional fastener associations have.
March 14
10:08
2019
Machinery from the closed AKKO Fastener Inc. plant in Middletown, OH, will be auctioned Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
March 14
08:42
2019
He was VP and a partner of Jay-Cee Sales & Rivet, where he started working in 1969.
March 12
11:38
2019
Facility in Florence, SC, to “support the southeast geography and growing customer base there.”
