December 18, 2006 FIN – “I was going to work for a year and make a few dollars and then go on to school,” Tom Barrett recalled of the start of his 50-year career with Earnest Machine Products. So he began delivering fasteners...
September 19, 2006 FIN – Fastener Tech 07 will replace the industry wide Fastener Week held in 2005 in Chicago with several fastener associations and publications participating. Fastener Tech will include a trade show,...
December 18, 2006 FIN – The top 10% of outside sales people are “intrinsically motivated” and “maniacs on a mission,” consultant Tom Reilly found in studying the most successful sales staff. In a study...
China isn’t just about supplying fasteners to North America, Joel Roseman told the National Fastener Distributors Association autumn meeting. “There is a growing trend of being told you need to be there,” said...
May 24, 2006 FIN – The $300 million acquisition of PennEngineering topped the list of fastener acquisition as 2005 yielded “a strong pace” of deals, Richard Hagan found in compiling his ninth annual “Top Ten Fastener...
