6 Distributor News
8 Lubrication of Fasteners
Bengt Blendulf
10 Understanding Stainless Steel
Guy Avellon
12 Lessons From The Farming Industry
Robert B. Footlik, P.E.
14 What’s Happening at The IFI?
Joe Greenslade
16 Cover Story: Metric & Multistandard Components
Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary
24 Quarterly Update
Jeff Thredgold
28 IFI Technical Bulletin
30 “Fair Pay Restoration Act” Leaves Employers
Hanging
Jim Truesdell
32 Aall American Fasteners Uses Technology to Increase
Customer Loyalty
34 Step One of Business Succession:
Choosing a Successor
Bart Basi & Marcus Renwick
36 Blind Rivets
Anthony (Tony) DiMaio
44 Review of The Fastener Company Acquisitions
Completed Over The Past Six Months
Richard P. Hagan
46 Do You Know Who You’re Selling To?
Alan G. Bayham
50 Squirters — Technology For a Modern World
Wayne Wallace
52 NIFS/East: Big City Business at Small Town Prices
56 Blanket Orders Can Smother Customer/Supplier
Relationship
58 IFI to Present Fastener Quality Seminar at
FASTENER TECH ‘09™
60 Peerless Hardware: The Best Kept Secret in the Industry
62 Tex Thread, Inc.: Need it Custom? Need it Fast?
Tex Thread Delivers
64 Fastener Crossword Puzzle
66 Northwestern Tools Gets Better All The Time
Bob Madewell
68 How to Use Print Advertising to Drive Your
Online Sales
Peter Koeppel
69 Fastener Word Search
72 SPIROL Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation
74 How to Choose The Right Pre-Applied Thread
Locking System
76 FIN Survey: North American Fastener Prices
Up in 2007; More Increases Ahead
John Wolz
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82 Tangled Up In Blue: Even For Non-Users, File
Sharing Services a Risk
Joe Dysart
84 Are There Best Practices For Salespeople?
Dave Kahle
85 Chambers Receives Mickey McClure Award
88 Craftline Doesn’t Make The Fasteners, They Make
Them Easy to Store and Organize
90 Davis, Rosser & Rodriguez Elected to SFA
Board of Directors
John Elsner
92 Northeast Fastener Distributors Association
2008 Factory Tour
Bill Wisk
94 Fastener Fair Coventry Offers Free Entry to
Pre-Registered Visitors
100 Traveling For Business or Pleasure? Tips to
Stay Healthy on The Go
Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly
102 Mid-West Fastener Association Holds Seminars
Nancy Rich
104 Can Your Company Afford to Be a Bank?
Paul Rauseo
104 Cryptic Fasteners Puzzle
114 Elgin Fastener Group: Providing The “Right Fastener
Right Now”
120 Las Vegas Fastener Expo Reports Strong Exhibit
Space Sales
122 J.W. Winco, Inc. Celebrates 30th Anniversary
124 Southeastern Fastener Association Holds Spring Meeting
Ernie Pine
131 Rods Indiana — An American Family’s Tradition
132 Fastener Technology & Bolted Joint Design
Seminar Dates
138 Distribution One: Vendor Managed Inventory
155 Subscription Form
176 WAFD Spring Conference Held in Tucson, Arizona
Maryann Marzocchi
187 Fastenersclearinghouse.com Surpasses 275,000 Lines
189 Durham Makes a Tagline Meaningful
198 Union Wishlist: November 2008
Woodruff Imberman
200 North Coast Fastener Association Charter Steel Event
Sarah Johnson & George Hunt
207 Fastener Word Scramble
210 Fastener Word Links
216 Sudoko Puzzle
229 Fastener Puzzle Solutions |
