“Reciprocal” tariffs do not apply to the company’s fastener and wire products, which are subject to a 232 tariff of 25% announced in March.
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New hire brings “national expertise and deep industry knowledge” to the position, according to AFC Industries.

35-year fastener industry veteran has worked for Würth Industry North America and Supply Technologies.

U.S. President Donald Trump imposed steep 'reciprocal' tariff rates, including 34% on China, 32% on Taiwan, 46% on Vietnam, 25% on South Korea, 24% on Japan, and 20% on the EU.

Conservationist, geophysicist and mountaineer Pasquale Scaturro to keynote the 2025 Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association convention.

In the final quarter of 2024, fastener segment sales fell 40%, led by a 44% drop in sales to automotive customers.

“The tariffs have set off a hunt to find domestic supplies of some of manufacturing’s smallest components,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Like Optimas, all suppliers must take action to minimize or eliminate tariffs within your supply chain,” the fastener manufacturer stated.

GM Chase Watson: “This space gives us the room to better organize and scale our shipping, assembly, and manufacturing operations.”

Decision to open second headquarters in Plano, TX, driven by region’s strong labor market and proximity to Simpson’s nearby factory.

After 37 years, Brainard Rivet Co. GM Joseph “Joe” Lamanna is retiring.

Würth Industry North America will pay $42.5 million for a distribution center in Columbus, OH, previously owned by MSC Industrial Supply.

Aerospace supplier TriMas appoints current board member after CFO Scott Mell left the aerospace supplier.

Acquired last October, the 17,100 sq ft facility increases service in Kentucky and southern Indiana.

Fastener supplier Alabama Aerospace is one of six companies currently on a trade mission to Poland for high-level negotiations with military and business leaders.

Aerospace fastener manufacturer reports strong demand from Boeing and other top aerospace companies to replace capacity destroyed when a fire gutted an SPS Technologies factory in February.

International Fastener Expo owner Emerald X appoints new show director, replacing Morgan Wilson, who led the show for four years.

Decision to lay off 250 workers comes weeks after a fire gutted SPS Technologies' Pennsylvania aerospace fastener factory, complicating Boeing production.

While tariffs are cited by U.S. President Donald Trump as a tool to boost domestic manufacturing, analysts say the market picture is more complicated.