6 Distributor News
8 Fastener Selection — High Work Loads/
High Service Level
Bengt Blendulf
10 Stimulus Bill Aims to Loosen Up Credit
For Small Business
Jim Truesdell
12 Bringing an Existing Building up to
Current Standards
Robert B. Footlik, P.E.
14 Minneapolis Washer & Stamping, Inc.
The Evolution of a Domestic Stamping Business
16 Cover Story:
Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc.
28 Fastener Industry Deal-Making Activity
Declines Significantly
Richard P. Hagan
30 Fastener Industry Hosts First Presidential Visit
John Wolz
32 The Worker, Retiree & Employee Recovery
Act of 2008
Bart Basi, CPA & Marcus S. Renwick
34 Calculating Thread Strength
Joe Greenslade
38 Web 2.0-Enabled Press Releases: A Wider
Reach for Company News
Joe Dysart
40 Applied Bolting & Germanischer Lloyd Work
Together for Wind Turbine Tower Flange
Bolt Squirter® DTIs
Wayne Wallace
41 Zago Manufacturing Co., Inc.:
The Sealing Specialists
42 First Quarter Update
Jeff Thredgold
44 Great Lakes Parts: Not Just Wheel Nuts Anymore
48 Blind Rivets
Anthony Di Maio
50 Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association
Holds Economic Forecast Meeting
52 Learning as a Team
Joseph P. Sasso
54 Fastener Crossword Puzzle
58 Strategies For Surviving The Recession
Adam J. Fein
62 Cutting Back on Marketing in a Recession?
Don’t Even Think About it!
Jim Bannister
63 Laboratory Testing Celebrates 25 Years
64 National Industrial Fastener Show/West Reports
Encouraging Numbers; Adds New Features,
Hotel Rates
65 Durham Storage Products Answers the “5 S” Call
70 R&D Fasteners: Born in the USA
Ryan McCaffrey
74 RIVET KING® Purchases Assets of Celus
Fasteners Mfg. & Techform Fasteners Mfg.
74 Active Screw Awards “Vendor of the Year”
Award
79 Industrial Metal Finishing: A Philosophy
of Customer Service
82 Learning From Failure
Dave Kahle
84 Eight Ways to Get Serious About Making
Sales in Today’s Economy
John R. Graham |
85 Smalley Steel Ring Company Has Over
9,000 Rings & Springs Ready to Ship
88 Adversity Gives You Strength
John Boe
90 FIEG Bulletin: Mismarked Grade 5 Bolts
92 Customer Care = Cash!
George Hedley
93 Flange Advantage: “Our Service is
Your Advantage”
94 The Office Salad Dressing: Steps to Resolve
Workplace Conflicts
Shari Frisinger
98 Accurate Industrial Supply Co. Celebrates
60 Years
101 High Efficiency, High Production Riveting
Station From Gage Bilt Products
104 2010 SFA Spring Conference & Expo to be Held
April 8-11 in Dallas/Fort Worth
John Elsner
109 Ideal Supply Expands With New
Corporate Office
110 Fastener Tech ‘09: More Than Just a Show —
An Event by the Industry for the Industry
Nancy Rich
112 Fastener Tech ‘09 Schedule of Events
113 Fastener Word Search Puzzle
116 Southeastern Fastener Association Holds
Spring Meeting
Joanne Bialas
118 Sales Training Tips From the Trenches
Nick White
121 Bolt Bins and Electronic Workbenches
by Electra-Tec, Inc.
124 NAFCO Fastening Systems
129 Seastrom Manufacturing: Your Full
Service Manufacturer
132 IFI: Commerce Finds Unfair Dumping of Steel
Threaded Rod From People’s Republic of China
134 NEFDA Table Top Show Information and
Registration Form
137 Accurate Manufactured Products Group:
Changing Strategies for a Tough Economy
143 Delta Engineering Corp.: From Houses & Hotels
to Nuts & Bolts
147 North Coast Fastener Association Holds
Technical Meeting
Sarah Johnson
150 Fastener Word Links Puzzle
151 PAC FAS Celebrates 45th Anniversary
Rob Polasek
153 Subscription Form
161 Fastener Fair Stuttgart Smashes Through
400-Exhibitor Barrier
192 Sudoko Puzzle
195 John M. Sutherland Nominated to 2009
NEFDA Hall of Fame
198 Fastener Puzzle Solutions
199 Fastener Word Scramble Puzzle
203 In Memoriam: Robert Slass |
