Six companies have joined the Industrial Fasteners Institute in the past year:  Transvalor Americas Corporation, Loomis International Ltd., All Metals Processing of Orange County LLC, Atotech USA LLC, Risco Incorporated, and Industrial Rivet & Fastener.  

“The North American fastener industry continues to grow despite the challenges manufacturers are facing today,” managing director Dan Walker said. “The addition of these six companies to the institute’s ranks is evidence that producers of fasteners, and their suppliers, find tangible value in what the IFI is doing right now.

“IFI’s long history of technical leadership, as well as its commitment to keeping members up-to-date on the happenings in Washington, creates a tremendous amount of value for those that are members.”

IFI chairman Phil Johnson of Agrati commented that the organization’s member involvement allows creating things “that have real value to manufacturers. That’s why we continue to see this kind of growth in our numbers. We’re accomplishing amazing things in the areas of technical research, training, government relations and workforce development that no one company could do on its own.”

The IFI is a trade association of North American fastener manufacturers and suppliers of materials, machinery, equipment and/or engineered services. Founded in 1931, IFI members combine their resources to seek solutions that advance fastener application engineering. Web: IndFast.org