FASTENER HISTORY
Randall Credits Machinery & People for Allfast’s Aerospace Fastener Success

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Jim Randall, who acquired Allfast Fastening Systems in 1971, got started in the fastener industry when he had an opportunity to buy 20,000 pounds of rivets from a bankrupt company. 
“I didn’t know what rivets were,” he recalled.

That purchase put him in the distribution business. He sold rivets to well-known airlines and aircraft manufacturers, including Western Airlines, Pan Am Airlines, Braniff Airways, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing. 

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