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New to the fastener industry? The Fastener History section of GlobalFastenerNews.com includes hundreds of stories to give you both current knowledge and a background on the fastener industry.
Below are some articles available to you in FIN’s Fastener History to give you a career start:
2000 FIN – Book Review: Historical Search for The Father of the Screw
Author Witold Rybczynski chose the screwdriver as the “the best tool of the millennium” and began searching a thousand years of history for mentions of the earliest screwdriver, but found it difficult … so tough that the subject became a book.
Quotes from the 1997 FIN Calendar preserve at least a peek at materials lost in the 2003 Southern California wildfire that destroyed the fastener museum Mel Kirsner built.
1998 FIN – The Ubiquitous A325
This article points out how every steel building being erected in North America utilizes A325s. Even if you are handling paperwork rather than fasteners, here is one to know about.
1997 FIN – From Cradle to Grave – The Fasteners in Your Life
Before starting to work in the fastener industry, you may not have been aware of how many fasteners are in your life.
Another article showing the numbers of fasteners: 2005 FIN – Million-Fastener Jumbo Jet Unveiled
Dick Callahan founded FIN in 1979 and came out of retirement long enough in 1999 to summarize the fastener industry over the two decades.
1994 FIN – Why 99.9% Accuracy Fails In Quality Measurement
How important is doing your job right?
2000 FIN – What is a Fastener?
The majority of the fastener industry doesn’t consider adhesives to be a product of the industry.
2005 FIN – TFS Unveils Intelligent Fastener Technology
Never thought of fasteners as “hi tech”? This and other articles showing fastener industry advancements.
Three other examples: 1988 FIN – Dyson Introduces Traceable Bolts, 1997 FIN – Computer Simulator is Changing How Header Operators Are Trained and 2013 FIN – The Next Big Thing in the Fastener Industry
1997 FIN – Greenslade’s Required Fastener Reference Manuals
There is reading beyond FIN’s news articles about the industry. Joe Greenslade’s reading original 1997 list plus an updated 2013 list will give you important knowledge about your products.
2013 FIN – Werner, Swain & Wilson: How to Buy Fasteners
Advice from New England Fastener Distributors Association conference include ‘learning about products’, ‘learn the language’ and ‘communicate.’
2012 FIN – Sakhuja, Bialas & Owens: How to Buy Fasteners
Give information, ask questions and find supplier you can trust and emphasized at Southwestern Fastener Association Conference & Expo.
2011 FIN – Roseman, Gallo & Vodicka: How to Buy Fasteners
‘Total Cost,’ us domestic and ‘Know Your Product’ advice at New England Fastener Distributors Association session.
2011 FIN – Wishnew, Mallo & Vodicka: How to Buy Fasteners
Panelists counsel fastener buyers plus Linebarger, Unferth, Conte, Sullivan & Cohn offter tips.
Want to advance in the fastener industry? Each month of 2015 pick a year of history and browse the articles. By the end of 2015 you’ll have a sense of a dozen years of your new industry.
That will still leave you with more Fastener History articles to read during 2016 and beyond …
More history articles are added regularly. ©2015 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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