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
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