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.
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.
As a result, SBS has transitioned to a global planning organization, placing operations closer to their key markets in Mexico and Taiwan.
Portland, OR-based industry veteran will “support the needs of the growing customer base out west.”
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.
Germany-based fastener manufacturer will deliver 1.4 million thermoplastic elastomer tubes for battery thermal management.
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.
Founded in 1987, Ohio-based Creative Assembly Systems is a value-added supplier of fasteners, C-parts, material management systems, and sequencing operations.
He began his fastener career in 1977 in production before being promoted to customer service/order process manager and then to production control manager.
Distribution Solutions Group will offer “high-touch, specialty distribution platform” with the convenience of branch locations across the country.
Sales “strongly influenced by the economic situation, which is particularly noticeable in the manufacturing units that supply to the automotive industry.”
Deal marks NEFCO’s eighth acquisition since 2022 and expands its branch network to 41 U.S. locations.
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.
New sales manager for Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia spent 15 years with Earnest Machine.
2024 scholarship winners are Alexis Phillips, Eurolink Fastener Service; and Victoria Weaver and Lindsey Weaver, both of Ken Forging.