Recently added articles from American Fastener Journal:
Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co. Inc. Opens Chicago Area Warehouse to Stock the RivetKing® Product Line in the Midwest
Nov 01, 2008; ... Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co., Inc., a leading supplier of blind rivets and engi- neered permanent fastening products, announced it has partnered with B. Finder Associates, Inc. of Wood Dale, Illinois, to stock RivetKing® branded fasteners. Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co., Inc ....
PROCESS AUTOMATION IS REDEFINING HOW fastener parts ARE HEAT TREATED
Nov 01, 2008; ... Today, fastener manufacturers want controlled uniformity in the mechanical properties of their heat-treated parts. The major challenge has always been in maintaining the process requirements as the parts move through continuous furnace applications. The manual methods of controlling multiple ...
National Rivet Achieves AS9100B Certification Through SAI Global
Nov 01, 2008; ... National Rivet & Manufacturing Company has achieved AS9100B certification through quality management registrar SAI Global. AS9100B certification enables the company to pursue critical airframe-related applications for its rivets. National Rivet serves a broad cross section of industries, ...
Who Will Have the Greatest Opportunity for Export?
Nov 01, 2008; ... "The most successful exporters in the industrial fastener marketplace will be ones who: Never ship non-conforming product. Recognize and manage non-product costs. Manage the production floor based on what customers want to buy, as opposed to what is the easiest to make," said Timothy O'Keeffe, ...
Few avenues of escape for consumers and businesses
Nov 01, 2008; ... Storm warnings for the U.S. economy are still in effect, and the areas of impact are widening. The current combination of accelerated foreclosure rates, falling home prices, constricted lending requirements, weak retail sales and inflation above 5.0% means there are few avenues of escape for ...
EZ Sockets, Inc.: PROFILE
Nov 01, 2008; ... PROFILE OF A SOCKET SPECIALIST EZ Sockets, Inc. EZ Sockets is one of the highly focused, highly successful specialists that is succeeding so well in our highly competitive industry. Need totally reliable standard and special-sized socket head cap screws, socket set screws, flat ...
Simple Changes to Improve SCREW THREAD STRENGTH AND REUSABILITY
Nov 01, 2008; ... It is not surprising that today's engineers and designers need optimum performance from every component in a product design. This includes an often-overlooked, but essential, component: fasteners. The most common fasteners used today are screw-threaded components such as nuts, bolts, ...
Lee Johnson: LEE S. JOHNSON ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 01, 2008; ... covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey~ Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and New York "As the company celebrates its 25th anniversary, and as I reflect back on my past 1 7 years with the company, I am overwhelmed with feelings of gratitude, humbleness and a touch of sadness," said Lee S. Johnson, ...
Jay-Cee Sales & Rivet Inc.: Generating customer satisfaction through four generations
Nov 01, 2008; ... If family pride relates to the dedication, integrity, and success of succeeding generations, then Jack Clinton (Jay-Cee) has much to be proud of. If the success of a business is measured by the companies it keeps (both customer and supplier companies), then Jack Clinton can be doubly proud of ...
Much Anticipated FCH 2.0 Features New "Distributors Only" Section
Nov 01, 2008; ... Fastener distributors will soon notice big changes and exciting new features at FastenersClearingHouse.com (FCH). Since its launch nearly two years ago, FCH has become the largest and fastest growing fastener database of its kind. The new release, dubbed "FCH 2.0," is scheduled for ...
Stocks Buoyant on Jobs and GDP
Nov 01, 2008; ... Wall Street ended on the upswing as our trading session closed August 29, 2008, ahead of the Labor Day holiday. Trading was thin and remained volatile as investors pulled into the last week of summer with their hands in their pockets. There was other news to digest, too, as tropical storm Gustav ...
PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. Purchases Assets of Compass International
Nov 01, 2008; ... Deal Adds Marker® and Darts® Lines to Pro-Twist® Family PrimeSource Building Products, Inc., the country's largest full-service wholesale distributor of building materials and purveyor of construction fasteners worldwide, is purchasing the assets of Compass International, Inc. Compass ...
Powers Tapper+ Screw Anchor Has New Thread Design, Lower Torque
Nov 01, 2008; ... Tested to Meet Tougher Building Code IBC Requirements With a new thread design and lower installation torque, the new Tapper+ line of screw anchors from Powers Fasteners, Inc. can handle virtually any light to medium duty fastening application in concrete, block and brick base material ....
Driv-Lok Receives IMA Award
Nov 01, 2008; ... The Illinois Manufacturer's Association (IMA) honored Driv-Lok for 50 years of participation. The IMA is the oldest and largest state manufacturing trade association in the country. Representing nearly 4,000 companies and plants that operate in Illinois, the IMA is a leading advocate for ...
Boker's Adds 800 New Washer Sizes
Nov 01, 2008; ... Boker's, a manufacturer with 90 years of experience in washers and stampings, has added 800 sizes to its expansive product offering. With this addition, non-standard washers and spacers are now available without tooling charge in more than 22,800 sizes. There is a choice of more than 2,000 ...
Sherex Fastening Solutions, LLC launches RIV-FLOAT(TM)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Sherex Fastening Solutions, an industry leader in the manufacture and distribution of blind rivet nuts and brass inserts, has introduced the next generation of fastening technology, a patent-pending rivet nut with internally floating threads called RIVFLOAT(TM). "The vision here at ...
Rise and Fall
Nov 01, 2008; ... I originally thought headers were pipes you put on your engine to make it flow the exhaust gages more efficiently. When I first got to work around cold headers, I thought, and still do, that the cold heading process was incredibly cool. It was also about this time that Mike McGuire and I crossed ...
NEF Has New Product Offering: UNJC and UNJF Threads
Nov 01, 2008; ... North East Fasteners (NEF) is pleased to announce it is tooled up to begin manufacturing UNJC and UNJF threads for aerospace standards such as the NAS 514 and 600 series and may already be shipping product when this article is in print. New materials, such as 8740, have been added to the raw ...
Advance Components Wins Award
Nov 01, 2008; ... Advance Components, the distributor's source for specialty fasteners, was recently ranked 35th among the top-earning companies owned by women in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex by the Dallas Business Journal. With 2006-2007 total revenues of more than $10 million, co-owners Suzanne Berry ...
AFJ Expands Relationship with International Fastener Press
Nov 01, 2008; ... The American fastener Journal is pleased to announce it has again increased circulation and readership in the Russian market by developing a relationship with the Russian fastener press. The Saint Petersburg, Russia, magazine Fasteners, Adhesives, Tools. ..has selected American Fastener ...