FALL 2022

in the Fall

in the Fall 2022 issue of 6 DISTRIBUTOR NEWS 8 WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THREAD FORMING SCREWS FOR PLASTIC Laurence Claus 10 THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE LOGISTICS WORLD! Chris Donnell 12 WIRELESS WAREHOUSE: DO MORE, IN LESS TIME, WITH FEWER PEOPLE Dennis Cowhey 14 REGISTER EARLY FOR NORTH AMERICA’S MOST EXTENSIVE FASTENER TRADE SHOW 16 [COVER FEATURE] ADVANCE COMPONENTS – WHAT’S NEXT? 26 PROCUREMENT IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD Rob LaPointe 28 ASSEMBLY LINE WALKS TO SEARCH FOR COST SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES Bruno Marbacher 30 ROTOR CLIP COMPANY: EVERY RING, EVERY STYLE – ONE MANUFACTURER 32 NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: FUNDAMENTALS OF THREADED FASTENER AND JOINT DESIGN 34 WHAT DISTRIBUTORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SAE VS ASTM FASTENERS Guy Avellon 36 INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD LEADERSHIP Dan Walker 38 STAFDA’S 46TH ANNUAL CONVENTION & TRADE SHOW JUST WEEKS AWAY Georgia H. Foley, CEO 40 HYPER-PERSONALIZING MARKETING NEWSLETTERS WITH ALL-SEEING DATABASES Joe Dysart 44 EXPLAINING THE MYSTERY OF THE SAGGING FDI Eric Dudas 46 A LITTLE HISTORY AND UPDATE WITH TOM BUDDENBOHN, BUDD SALES CO. 48 IS IT TIME TO OUTSOURCE TRAINING? Jo Morris 50 EPCO SALES: HERE TO HELP YOU SUCCEED Dennis Cowhey 54 SMARTCERT ® BY ARAMID: WHERE ARE YOU ON THE PATH TO PAPERLESS? Lonni Kieffer, Co-Founder 56 ZIGGING WHEN OTHERS ARE ZAGGING Robert Footlik 58 WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACTS THE WORKPLACE Jim Truesdell 60 MWFA’S FSTNR WEEK ’22: A HUGE SUCCESS Nancy Rich 62 SELECTING THE CORRECT BLIND RIVET FOR YOUR APPLICATION Anthony Di Maio 64 NEW BUDGETING & FORECASTING TOOLS TO MANAGE VOLATILITY Nelson Valderamma 65 BRAINARD RIVET IS UPGRADING – NEW DRILLER ARRIVING SPRING 2023 66 BUSINESS VALUATIONS Roman Basi 68 MENTORING FASTENER EXPERTS - AN OPPORTUNITY Carmen Vertullo 70 NFDA PANELISTS: SUPPLY CHAIN FACES ‘BUMPS’ John Wolz 72 BRIGHTON-BEST PROVIDES SAFETY GEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY CROSSING GUARDS ACROSS AMERICA 74 PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS FOR THREADED INSERTS IN PLASTIC ASSEMBLIES Tara Meinck 78 MWFA FSTNR WEEK SHOW PHOTOS 80 FASTENER ADVISORY BOARD: CHEERS FOR PEERS Timothy O’Keefe 82 DISTRIBUTION ONE: EARNING REPEAT CUSTOMERS THROUGH ERP-INTEGRATED E-COMMERCE 84 CRESCENT HIRES MANUFACTURING REPS 84 FASTENER FAIR USA IS HEADING TO NASHVILLE IN 2023 88 PERFECTION CHAIN: OUR CHAIN, YOUR WAY 88 NICK RUETZ ELECTED 2022-2023 NFDA PRESIDENT Amy Nijjar 90 NORTH EAST FASTENER CORP: NEW HIRE, PROMOTIONS & NEW EQUIPMENT

volume 45 // issue #4 92 KEYS TO EVALUATING THREADED INSERTS FOR PLASTIC Mike Eichinger 94 STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT FROM BATCHING SYSTEMS 96 ECONOMIST TELLS NFDA: “DON’T SEE A RECESSION” John Wolz 100 NEFDA 33RD SCHOLARSHIP GOLF OUTING Nancy Rich 103 UNICORP HIRES 2 MANUFACTURERS SALES REPS 104 NFDA ON CYBERSECURITY: THE NEW NORMAL John Wolz 105 MWCOMPONENTS.COM: NOT JUST STOCK & CUSTOM FASTENERS 108 A LEGENDARY CAREER IN FASTENERS – AFTER 68 YEARS, RON HARENBERG RETIRES Kevin Weidinger, President, Great Lakes Fasteners 110 GOEBEL FASTENERS NEW FACILITY EXPANSION 112 NCFA’S NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK & PHOTOS Marty Nolan 114 VOLT INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS 30TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTOS 116 NFDA/YFP MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Amy Nijjar 124 NEFDA SCHOLARSHIP GOLF OUTING PHOTOS 129 INTERNATIONAL FASTENERS: THE QUALITY BEHIND THE QR CODE 130 DON’T MISS THE PAC-WEST FALL EVENTS Amy Nijjar 136 SEFA ANNOUNCES 2023 CONFERENCE DESTINATION Nancy Rich 154 FASTENER WEBSITE LINKS 164 MFDA TO HOST TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE THIS WINTER Rob Rundle 166 FTI ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS 183 MWFA 69TH ANNUAL GOLF OUTING PHOTOS 197 MWFA SHP BED BUILDING CHALLENGE PHOTOS 202 7 REASONS NOT TO SHARE OWNERSHIP WITH KEY EMPLOYEES Patrick Ungashick 203 MWFA FASTENER BASH PHOTOS 215 ADVERTISE IN OUR FIRST ISSUE OF THE NEW YEAR!