WINTER 2023

In the Winter

In the Winter 2023 issue of 6 DISTRIBUTOR NEWS 8 FASTENER SCIENCE: SALT SPRAY TESTING PER ASTM B117 Rob LaPointe 10 RETAINING RINGS Laurence Claus 12 WHAT DISTRIBUTORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JOINT STRENGTH Guy Avellon 14 THREAD FORMING SCREWS FOR COST-EFFICIENT FASTENING IN METAL AND PLASTIC Bruno Marbacher 16 [COVER FEATURE] BRIKKSEN: GO BEYOND 26 COMPUTER INSIGHTS & THOMASNET STRATEGIC ALLIANCE Dennis Cowhey 28 WE LIVE IN AN INTERESTING TIME Chris Donnell 30 ROTOR CLIP MEETS APPLICATION NEEDS WITH SMALL DIAMETER WAVE SPRINGS 32 PHILLIPS SCREW COMPANY: WHAT IS HEXSTIX®? Chris Gallant 34 ABSOLUTE GRINDING & MFG: CENTERLESS GRINDING FOR THE FASTENER INDUSTRY 36 IF YOUR PRODUCT DOES NOT PASS THROUGH A GO THREAD RING GAGE, NO PROBLEM Larry Borowski 38 PIVOT POINT INC. COMPLETES FACTORY EXPANSION 40 CHOOSING THE RIGHT FASTENER FOR CASTINGS AND SOFT METALS Michael J. Rossi 42 ARE YOU READY FOR THE COMING STORM? Robert Footlik 44 FASTENER FAIR USA HEADS TO NASHVILLE IN MAY 46 CLASS C COMPONENTS: DISTRIBUTION EXPERTS TAKE THE HEADACHE OUT OF SOURCING Dennis Cowhey 48 MWFA AWARDS ,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS Nancy Rich 49 MWFA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PHOTOS 50 DADDY – WHERE DO WASHERS COME FROM? Carmen Vertullo 52 AUTO-TRANSCRIPTION OF VIDEO MEETINGS Joe Dysart 54 ‘QUIET QUITTING’ MAY NOT BE NEW BUT ITS SEEMING APPROVAL IS! Jim Truesdell 56 FASTENER TRAINING INSTITUTE PRESENTS 2023 TRAINING SCHEDULE Jo Morris 58 SETKO FASTENERS: RE-INVENTING THE HOLIDAY TRADITION Kelly Poholarz 60 BLIND FASTENERS ARE A UNIVERSAL FASTENER Anthony Di Maio 62 GROWERMETAL SPA: GREENMETAL PROJECT – THE SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY FOR A LONG-TERM GROWTH 64 MFDA’S GOLF OUTING RETURNS AFTER THE PANDEMIC Rob Rundle 65 MFDA GOLF OUTING PHOTOS 66 INTERNATIONAL FASTENER EXPO SEES OUTSTANDING ATTENDANCE AT 2022 EVENT 67 IFE 2022 WELCOME RECEPTION PHOTOS 68 HOW ROCKSTAR CFOS SOLVE THE INFLATION PUZZLE Nelson Valderrama 70 SPIROL: CHOOSING THE PROPER FASTENER WHEN AUTOMATING Christie Jones 72 SUNSET ON SAN DIEGO: STAFDA’S 46th ANNUAL CONVENTION & TRADE SHOW Georgia H. Foley, CEO

volume 46 // issue #1 73 STAFDA 2022 CONVENTION & TRADE SHOW PHOTOS 74 DESTEFANO: DISTRIBUTOR WEBSITES NEED B2C COMFORT WITH B2B STRENGTH John Wolz 76 NCFA’S YEAR OF EVENTS TO REMEMBER Marty Nolan 77 NCFA HOLIDAY PARTY PHOTOS 78 MFDA’S TABLE TOP SHOW A GREAT SUCCESS Rob Rundle 79 UNICORP OFFERS CUSTOM PARTS AND SERVICES 80 IMSM LTD: ISO’S ROLE IN QUALITY MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE FASTENER INDUSTRY Scott Mersch 84 2022 INTERNATIONAL FASTENER EXPO MAKES DONATION TO FASTENER EDUCATION FOUNDATION 88 MWFA NEW 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EVENT SCHEDULE Nancy Rich 92 BRIGHTON BEST 2022 VEGAS PARTY PHOTOS 99 LAURA MURPHY NEW ADMINISTRATOR FOR NEFDA 103 SUBSCRIPTION FORM 109 NFDA EXECUTIVE SUMMIT PHOTOS 124 LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MAFDA Bill Bankoske 124 DON’T MISS OUT ON THE 2023 PAC-WEST EVENTS Amy Nijjar 140 SEFA ANNOUNCES 2023 CONFERENCE DESTINATION Nancy Rich 145 INTERNATIONAL FASTENER EXPO 2022 SHOW PHOTOS 149 NFDA LOOKS AHEAD TO 2023 Amy Nijjar 175 DON’T MISS OUR BIG SPRING ISSUE – RESERVE TODAY!