2015 FIN – Lindstrom: Metric Intrigue Led to Founding Company
The start of Virgil W. Lindstrom’s career didn’t involve fasteners. He got interested in fasteners because he was a young American intrigued by the metric system.
FASTENER HISTORY 2015
2015 FIN – Bannister & McGuire Sell NIFMSE
They first met in 1980 when then 33-year-old McGuire called 44-year-old Bannister to suggest a national fastener trade show.
2015 FIN – West Coast Port Slowdown May Become Lockout
Average length of time from Asian ports to stateside warehouses “is running anywhere from six to seven-plus weeks,” Bill Giddins told FIN.
2015 FIN – U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Fastener Trademark Case
In B&B Hardware vs. Hargis Industries, the high court took up the issue of preclusion.
2015 FIN – Brighton-Best Acquiring EZ Sockets
March 10, 2015 FIN – Brighton-Best International acquired EZ Sockets Inc. in an asset sale. EZ Socket owners Ed Werner and Mildred Werner will retire in two months. New Jersey-based EZ Sockets supplies domestic and imported...
