TIMco raises £4,500 for Claire House Children’s Hospice
A group of employees from Nantwich based TIMco, one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of screws, fasteners and fixings, have raised more than £4,500 Claire House Children’s Hospice by completing a 50-mile Chester bike ride. The team, made up of more than twenty employees as well as friends and family, met early morning on […]
‘Q2 felt more like Fastenal’ says fastener distributor boss
Net sales have risen for Fastenal, which has now published its latest financials, covering the first half of 2017 and Q2. Q2 net sales were up 10.6% to $1,121.5m, with profit up 11.3% to $558.5m. First half 2017 net sales reached 2,169.2m, up 8.4% , while profit rose 8.4% to 1,076.5. Higher unit sales drove […]
Perry launches new reusable Twistie
The Twistie is a new product from A Perry – an extremely durable, very bendy, steel core strip coated in bright blue plastic. Coming in three lengths (15, 45 and 80cm), the Twisties are packaged onto attractive retail display cards in two sizes. One has 4 x 45cm Twisties and the larger has a set of […]
STAFDA sees ‘overwhelming demand’ for 2017 Convention & Show
US-based Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association (STAFDA) has seen unprecedented demand for its 2017 Annual Convention & Trade Show, which takes place in Austin, November 12-14. On opening day of registration, numbers were 45% ahead of last year’s 2016 Atlanta Convention opening day. Thanks to the overwhelming demand, assigning booths has been a slow […]
Bombardier wins £900 million contract
A contract worth around £895 million (€1 billion) has been secured by Bombardier – the largest ever single contract globally for AVENTRA trains. The trains, including 750 carriages, are for operation on the UK’s South Western franchise. The trains will first come into operation in 2019 and will all be in place by the end […]
MEMFast rivet nut hand tool now approved by NATO
The RNHT48 Rivet Nut Hand Tool, launched by MEMFast (Make Ends Meet Limited) in 2011, and which has been approved for use by all NATO affiliated organisations worldwide for the last two years, has finally gained the NSN (NATO Stock Number) 1025-01-659-6693. This very robust tool, made in the UK, offers flexibility – it installs […]
Rightway Fasteners employees tackle ‘armed and dangerous’ intruder
Employees from Rightway Fasteners apprehended an ‘armed and dangerous’ man outside the company factory in Columbus, Indiana, according to The Republic. Two staff members held down the suspect as Bartholomew County sheriff’s deputies arrived in the early hours of Thursday 29 June 2017. The company was on lockdown following reports that the suspect was in the […]
GESIPA forms Solid Riveting Business Unit
GESIPA® fills us in on its new Business Unit and how it produces solid rivets with value-added features for its customer base… The former W+O Solid Riveting has been integrated into the GESIPA® group as a new Business Unit – Solid Riveting. Based in Olpe, Germany, Solid Riveting develops bespoke solutions for demanding solid rivet applications in the general industry, […]
BIAFD SPRING MEETING: ‘ONWARDS AND UPWARDS’
Spring General Meeting sees record attendance with expectations that the next meeting will grow again – and the industry reports on a positive start to 2017… The British & Irish Association of Fastener Distributors welcomed a record number of members to its Spring General Meeting on 18 May in Stratford upon Avon. Seventy-five representatives from Irish and UK fastener distributors […]
HECO expands wood screws range with combined hex head
HECO is expanding its range of wood screws with the tried-and-tested TOPIX screws which are now also available with a combined hexagon head. The screw head combines the T-Drive with a classic external hexagon, so users can work with the new wood screws in a particularly versatile way – with open-ended and ring spanners as well […]