Nominations Sought for Fastener Technical Achievement Awards

John Wolz

Nominations are being accepted through November 14, 2008, for the annual Fastener Technology International magazine’s Technical Achievement Awards.

The awards have been given since 2005 to individuals responsible for major technical developments in improving how fasteners are made, perform or sold and distributed. The achievement may be recent or decades ago.

Send nominations to FTI editor Mike McNulty. E-mail: mcnulty@fastenertech.com

Last year’s winner were: Ralph Shoberg, RS Technologies Ltd.; Tom Haig, Magni Industries; and Jason van Gent, Faster Fasteners Ltd. 2006: Brian Faucher, Reed Machinery Inc.; and Michael Garver, MAThread Inc. 2005: Stanley Johnson, Johnson Thread-View Systems LLC; David Wiesenfeld, Videx Machine Engineering Ltd.; Richard Duffy, Nylok Corp., and Robert Zankl, Miami Rivet Co. �2008 FastenerNews.com