FALL 2022

6 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

6 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK On December 6-8 2022, Matrix Engineering Consultants and NNi Training and Consulting Inc. will be conducting the inaugural training session Fundamentals of Threaded Fastener and Joint Design. The course will provide participants with an in-depth explanation of fastener terminology, technology, and threaded fastener joint design calculations and strategies. Participants may choose to attend in-person or via a live on-line stream. The course will be taught be Laurence Claus, President of NNi Training and Consulting Inc. and Jon Ness P.E., Principal Engineer of Matrix Engineering Consultants. The course will be conducted from the training facilities of Matrix Engineering Consultants, 12986 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344. Mr. Claus has over 35 years of fastener industry experience, serves as the Director of Training and Education for the Industrial Fasteners Institute, is Chairman of the SAE Fastener Committee, Vice Chairman of the ASTM Fastener Committee F16, and Subcommittee Chairman for both ASTM F16 and ASME B18. Mr. Ness is a licensed professional engineer with over 32 years of engineering and design experience related to the development of on and off-road vehicles. He has technical expertise in the design and validation of bolted joints and has led multiple root cause investigations of bolted joint failures. Participants can earn up to 24 Professional Development Hours with this course. Register before November 6, 2022 for an early-bird discount. For more information or to register for the course, go to www.matrixengrg.com/fundamentalsof-threaded-fasteners-and-joint-design. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lindfast Solutions Group, a leading master distributor of specialty fasteners in North America, today announced the completion of its purchase of Star Stainless Screw Company (Star). Together LSG and Star will be even more effective at meeting the needs of their diverse customer base, ranging from stainless to inch, to metric, to value-added services, and more. “We believe the combination of LSG and Star will give our collective customers unparalleled ability to meet all of their fastener needs with one company,” said LindFast CEO Bill Niketas. “With Star’s 14 branches and distribution centers across North America and the 16 locations we have, this collective footprint will allow our customers to access product even more efficiently than in the past.” As with other recent acquisitions by LindFast, little change is expected in the near term from a customer perspective. LSG’s goal is to maintain the exceptional Star brand name in the market. For the foreseeable future, Star will continue to operate out of its existing facilities, will remain on the same ERP system, and will extend the same policies currently in place. LSG is pleased to welcome Star Stainless to the LindFast team, confident that this combination will be a powerful force to better serve all customers involved. LindFast provides an important link in the fastener supply chain by offering a deep inventory as a “virtual warehouse” of approximately 130,000 low volume, slow moving SKUs that distribution customers need quickly but are noneconomical to inventory and source ourselves. In addition LindFast provides our distribution customers a range of value-added services such as break bulk, packaging, kitting, plating, coating, and guaranteed stock programs, among others. For more information, contact Lindfast Solutions Groups at 2950 100th Court NE, Blaine, MN 55449. Tel: 1-800-328-2430, Email: sales@lindfastgrp.com or visit them online at www.lindfastgrp.com.