Botticelli joins Century with over 30 years of executive leadership, business and sales development, and supply chain management experience in the aerospace, defense, industrial and commercial industries.
Metal fasteners are projected to record 4.3% CAGR and reach US$112.4 billion by the end of 2030, while growth in the plastic segment is estimated at 5.8% CAGR.
Germany accounted for 39.4% of sales. The companies outside Germany also posted a successful financial year with an increase in sales of 19.4%. Top performers included the U.S. and Europe.
“There are no major structural imbalances in the economy,” Dr. Chris Thornberg declared. “Everybody has cash on hand.”
“We have wanted Fastbolt as part of the AFC family for several years,” stated AFC Industries CEO Kevin Godin.
“Bill Derry lends the strategic direction that has played a significant role in Field’s 19% year-over-year growth for the past 30 years.”
SRC aims for a monthly capacity of 100 million rivets for the Thailand plant, and planning to increase to 300 million pieces of rivets in the future.
He was the youngest of three brothers who owned Mid-States Bolt and Screw Co. in Michigan.
The renovation project in Cincinnati added 32,000 sq ft of new office space for business operations staff, including executive, sales, marketing and administrative teams.
VisionLab can be used for first piece inspection, SPC sampling and final audits. It also performs 100% inspection using pick and place automation.
Milan-based Primat will leverage its proprietary line-automating technology at Curtis to become a high-quality, low-cost supplier to automotive customers.
It’s the first time a representative from the Italian fastener sector has led the European Industrial Fasteners Institute.
Prepare the next generation to be innovative. “Promote active experimentation,” Seredich said. “Embrace failure, identify multiple solutions and avoid micromanaging.”
David Peterson brings over 20 years of distribution experience and 12 years of fastener experience to DB Roberts, including years in the custom engineered and OEM fastener market.
Nedschroef Machinery announced Kriti Tools as its distributor for machine sales and services in India due to its broad experience in the metal forming industry, Fastener + Fixing Magazine reports.
“Slowing” was a consistent refrain in distributor responses as a normalizing supply chain brought lower pricing and margin pressure.
“Until now, the world has proven to be a wonderful spaceship for humanity, and it will continue to do so for a while to come,” stated chairman Reinhold Würth. “Nevertheless, we must not take sustainability lightly when protecting our planet.”
BUMAX model 88 fasteners have been selected to securely fasten the housing of a new payload on the International Space Station (ISS) called Granular Sound.
Nedschroef expects that sales and services outside Europe will exceed 65% of the total sales by 2030, prompting the Belgian company to pursue the East Asia market.

