Florness: “The problem is there’s such scale in Asia with fastener production, with steel production and by extension fastener production.”
April 11
11:27
2025
Strong fastener sales growth in March drove first quarter fastener sales to 1.1% growth after seven consecutive flat or declining quarters.
April 10
11:29
2025
Amid escalating trade tensions, some Chinese exporters are ditching shipments mid-voyage and surrendering containers to shipping companies to avoid crushing tariff costs.
April 09
18:17
2025
Aerospace fastener manufacturer joins Lockheed Martin to shape the future of manufacturing.
April 09
17:51
2025
New Executive VP joined ASF in January 2025 from Fastenal, where he worked for 17 years, including the past 11 years as VP.
April 09
11:35
2025
“Major improvements (produce)... a modern, agile, and efficient facility, perfectly aligned with our operational excellence standards.”
April 08
19:59
2025
“Tariff/trade war headlines continue to dominate the news cycle and lead to anxiety over rising recession risk.”
April 08
14:09
2025
Kaohsiung officials want Taiwan’s fastener manufacturing sector designated as an “impacted industry” for special government assistance to reduce impacts of new U.S. tariffs.
April 07
16:31
2025
“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.
April 07
14:14
2025
“Howmet will be excused from supplying any products or services that are impacted by this declared national emergency and/or the tariff executive order,” the Pittsburgh-based company reportedly told customers.
April 03
16:56
2025
Features military-spec fasteners, advanced RFID technology for real-time inventory monitoring, and a powerful product locator.
April 03
16:40
2025
New hire brings “national expertise and deep industry knowledge” to the position, according to AFC Industries.
April 02
17:59
2025
35-year fastener industry veteran has worked for Würth Industry North America and Supply Technologies.
April 02
16:14
2025
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.
April 02
15:51
2025
Conservationist, geophysicist and mountaineer Pasquale Scaturro to keynote the 2025 Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association convention.
April 01
18:22
2025
In the final quarter of 2024, fastener segment sales fell 40%, led by a 44% drop in sales to automotive customers.
March 31
18:10
2025
Huyett: “These hats are a lighthearted but meaningful way to voice concerns about the unintended consequences of protectionist trade measures.”
March 31
12:05
2025
“The tariffs have set off a hunt to find domestic supplies of some of manufacturing’s smallest components,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
March 27
12:30
2025
“Like Optimas, all suppliers must take action to minimize or eliminate tariffs within your supply chain,” the fastener manufacturer stated.
March 26
18:05
2025
Since 2017 when the Section 232 tariffs were first considered, the Industrial Fasteners Institute has argued that tariffs on raw material imports harm downstream manufacturers and consumers, while only providing short-term relief to U.S. metals producers.
