Michelle Froese

DEWALT, a Stanley Black & Decker brand offering total job-site solutions, announced that it’s expanding its ATOMIC COMPACT SERIES with new hand tools. The hand tools series introduces several new design features into compact, highly portable measuring and layout tools to help improve worksite efficiency. The first lineup of hand tools to join the ATOMIC…

Master Bond‘s new UV17Med is a one-part, no-mix, UV curable system. It was specially formulated to provide excellent adhesion to many TPUs (thermoplastic polyurethanes), which are widely recognized as challenging substrates for bonding. This compound provides excellent toughness, with a high elongation of 50 to 60%, passing stringent ISO10993-5 cytotoxicity standards. UV17Med cures in 10…

  Did you know Goebel Fasteners offers a unique manual insert tool for rivetnuts? The GO-510-UN Heavy-duty Manual Threaded Insert Tool is a two-hand operating tool with a spindle for blind rivet nuts and bolts. The tool’s high-leverage design reduces grip-force pressure and increases the riveting power when installing blind rivets nuts. GO-510-UN’s capacity is…

  Festool, a manufacturer of durable, precision-engineered power tool solutions, is launching a new array of products this summer, built for professional tradespeople seeking to optimize efficiency. The PHC 18 charging station, Ratchet Systainer Set, and six-inch Abrasive Systainer Set enable tradespeople to save time and stay organized with well-rounded systems that can help tackle…

MSC Industrial Supply, a premier distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies to industrial customers throughout North America, recently announced that it acquired Engman-Taylor, a Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based distributor of metalworking tools and supplies. Under the agreement, Engman-Taylor will continue to do business under its current name after becoming an MSC company.…

Dymax, a global manufacturer of advanced rapid and light-curable adhesives and coatings, announced the purchase of a building in Monroe, North Carolina. The 100,000-square-foot shell building will be customized and built out with new equipment over the next few years. The Monroe Corporate Center is a Class A precision manufacturing industrial park, which is home…

~ Article courtesy of RotorClip It’s challenging to develop economical designs that reduce weight, size, raw materials, labor, and costs. Retaining rings hold components in place while accomplishing these goals. Retaining rings are metal fasteners that hold components or assemblies onto a shaft or in a housing or bore. Essentially, these devices keep parts in…

Threaded fasteners specialist, Packer Fastener, is opening a new branch to serve its Rockford and northern Illinois customers. The new facility, located just north of Rockford, joins a Chicago-area location in Addison, Illinois. “Once upon a time, Rockford, Illinois, manufactured tons of screws, bolts and fasteners, earning it the nickname ‘Screw City,’” the company stated in…

Construction demand and spending are strong with peak building season underway, and, particularly for homebuilders. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2021, total new housing starts rose more than 15% from 2020 to 1.60 million — the most since 2006. To this end, DEWALT, a Stanley Black & Decker brand, is sharing its top…

Registration is now open for the International Fastener Expo (IFE) 2022, the largest industrial fasteners, tooling, and machinery event in North America. This year, the event takes place from October 17th to 19th at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Typically, thousands of attendees from 30+ countries visit the International Fastener Expo to…