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Distributor's Link Magazine Fall Issue 2016 / Vol 39 No4

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6 DISTRIBUTOR NEWS 8 SHARING TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT FASTENER USE Bengt Blendulf 10 NIFMSE CONTINUES TO DISPLAY STRONG STANDING AND A BETTER SHOW EXPERIENCE Susan Hurley 12 CONTENT MARKETING: HOW FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS MAKE IT PAY WITH THE RIGHT SEO Joe Dysart 14 WHAT FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHOOSING A TESTING LABORATORY Guy Avellon 16 [COVER STORY] CABLE TIE EXPRESS: GET ON BOARD! 24 FUNDAMENTALS OF THREAD FORMING SCREWS – PART 1: WHY A DISTRIBUTOR SHOULD EMBRACE THESE FASTENERS Laurence Claus 26 HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT FASTENER FAILURE INVESTIGATION – WHAT THE SUPPLIER MUST KNOW Carmen Vertullo 28 COUNTERFEIT COMPONENTS – MITIGATING RISK BEYOND THE FQA Michael Mowins 30 ISO 9001:2015 OVERVIEW Lorri Hunt 34 HAVE YOU CONSIDERED… Robert Footlik 36 FASTENER COMPANY ACQUISITIONS COMPLETED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2016 Richard Hagan 39 WYANDOTTE INDUSTRIES – EVOLVING WITH THE TIMES 40 MAKING SURE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES ARE ‘REAL’ PARTNERS Jim Truesdell 42 COPPER STATE – WE’RE NOT JUST A BOLT COMPANY ANYMORE! 46 AIS: COMBINING FORCES FOR A GREATER SUM Jim Ruetz 48 FASTENERS FACE A LIGHTER FUTURE Jason Sandefur 50 RAMCO SPECIALITIES – PROVIDING QUALITY AND SERVICE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS 50 SEFA AND SFA PLAN JOINT CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS Nancy Rich 52 COMPUTER INSIGHTS: TAKE YOUR BUSINESS ON THE ROAD 54 SPIROL: HOW TO DESIGN ASSEMBLIES THAT USE COILED PINS FOR LOCATING AND ALIGNMENT Christie L. Jones 56 ADVANCE COMPONENTS: SAVE TIME AND MONEY WITH THE AMAZING REUSABLE SCREW Doug Warren 58 AVOIDING AN INEVITABLE FAMILY FEUD Bart Basi 64 INDUSTRIAL RIVET: STANDING OUT IN A CROWDED FIELD Steven Sherman 66 FALCON FASTENING SOLUTIONS: A COMMITMENT TO AMERICAN MANUFACTURING Michelle Safrit 67 SEMS AND SPECIALS: THERE’S MORE TO OUR NAME! 70 2016 MWFA TABLE TOP SHOW RECEIVES GREAT REVIEWS Nancy Rich 72 SETTING BLIND RIVETS Anthony Di Maio 73 UNICORP EXPANDS NAS/MS INVENTORY 76 FASTENER TRAINING IS COMING TO YOU! Jo Morris 78 BAY SUPPLY LAUNCHES NEW DISTRIBUTOR WEBSITE 80 FASTENER NEWS DESK AND THE FIC CELEBRATE FASTENER INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING DAY EVENTS 82 RC FASTENERS & COMPONENTS: MAKING A DIFFERENCE 86 ROTOR CLIP FREE E-BOOK NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD 87 WALKER BOLT: AN INDUSTRY LEGACY IS BACK AT THE FOREFRONT 88 MARC STRANDQUIST ELECTED NFDA PRESIDENT FOR 2016-2017 Vickie Lester 90 MWFA 35TH ANNUAL TABLE TOP SHOW PHOTOS 92 BUY FROM BEACON: GOING BEYOND OUR CORE PRODUCTS 96 THE FIVE-M SOFTWARE SYSTEMS STORY 96 YOUNG FASTENER PROS: THE ONLY FORMAL NETWORKING EVENT AT NIFMSE 2016

98 NEW RELEASE FROM BATCHING SYSTEMS 102 GREENSLADE & CO: PROPER INSPECTION OF SLOTTED RECCESSES IN SCREW HEADS Larry Borowski 104 IT’S A LUCKY #7 EVENT FOR WIFI IN VEGAS! 106 NCFA ‘NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK’ PHOTOS 109 GROOV-PIN MARKS 90 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING INNOVATION 112 DAVIDSON, JAMES & SMITH SELECTED FOR SFA BOARD John Elsner 116 ZAGO MANUFACTURING: FROM MS TO NASM (AND BACK AGAIN) Gail R. Friedberg 116 WORD SCRAMBLE 135 SUBSCRIPTION FORM 142 EXPANDING THE PAC-WEST COMMUNITY THROUGH NEW REGIONAL EVENT Vickie Lester 143 WORD SEARCH 152 MWFA GOLF OUTING WAS THE PERFECT FOLLOW UP TO THE TABLE TOP SHOW Nancy Rich 157 MFDA’S END OF YEAR SOCIAL/NETWORKING EVENTS Nancy Rich 160 MWFA 64TH ANNUAL GOLF OUTING PHOTOS 165 CROSSWORD PUZZLE 172 FASTENER INDUSTRY WEBSITE DIRECTORY 189 PUZZLE SOLUTIONS 190 NEFDA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nancy Rich 194 NFDA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & ESPS SESSIONS PHOTOS 195 PWFA AND NFDA JOINT CONFERENCE APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Vickie Lester 220 HOW UPDATED ‘WHITE COLLAR’ FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) REGULATIONS IMPACT YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS Shawn Newman 231 2017 IS ALMOST HERE… AND IT’S A BIG YEAR FOR US!

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