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Fastener News Now February 2022
February
Fastener Training Institute’s Jo Morris Named WIFI 2021 Woman in Business
The Fastener Training Institute (FTI) is proud to announce Marketing Director Jo Morris has been
named the “2021 Woman in Business” by Women in the Fastener Industry (WIFI).
FCH Sourcing Network Releases Fastener Distributor Index for January 2022
News from Brighton Best International
Kimberly Arnold, branch manager of Brighton-Best International Cleveland, has been
nominated and elected secretary of the 2022 executive board of Women in the Fastener
Industry (WIFI).
Applications Open for Gilchrist Foundation Scholarship
Applications will be accepted through May 31 for the 2022 Gilchrist Foundation Fastener
Scholarship.
Register Now for “Fundamentals of Cold Forging” March 16-17
Metal Forming Systems, Inc. (MFSI) has trained hundreds of engineers, operators and personnel
on the “Fundamentals of Cold Forging.”
Auxo Investment Partners Announces Acquisition of Securit Metal Products
Private investment firm Auxo Investment Partners announced that it has acquired Securit Metal
Products, a 70-year-old manufacturer of solid and semi-tubular rivets based in Dowagiac, Mich.
New Tapered Section Retaining Ring (Circlip) Series Released
When you are in need of a quick and economical heavy-duty ring, Smalley’s newest standard
series of Tapered Section Retaining Rings (Circlips) is here to secure your assembly!
AFC Industries Acquires Oregon Bolt
AFC Industries has acquired Tigard, Oregon-based Oregon Bolt, Inc. (OBI) at the end of 2021.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Volt Industrial Plastics Breaks Ground on Expansion
Volt Industrial Plastics held a groundbreaking ceremony on January 7, 2022, for an all-new
36,000-square-foot expansion.
AllState Fastener Corporation Receives General Motors Supplier of the Year Overdrive
Award
All State Fastener Corporation (ASF) is proud to announce we are the recipient of the General
Motors Supplier of the Year Overdrive Award. General Motors’ 29th Annual Supplier of the
Year Awards were given out to 122 suppliers from 16 different countries.
Register Now for Southwestern Fastener Association Golf Outing
The SFA Golf Outing will be held Tuesday, March 29, at Texas Rangers Golf Club, 701 Brown
Blvd., in Arlington, Texas.
2022 NFDA Annual Meeting and ESPS® (Executive Sales Planning Sessions®)
Save the date and join us for the 2022 Annual Meeting and ESPS®.
The event will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Downtown, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, June 21 - 23, 2022.
Remembering Kimberly Ann Braid
We at American Fastener Journal offer our deepest condolences to Guy Avellon of GT
Technical Consultants, Ltd., and his family, after the loss of his daughter, Kimberly.