Latest Fastener Podcast Episodes
Freight and Raw Material News
Fastener Talk - April 25, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutesIn this episode we focus on the freight and raw material markets and the potential impacts for fastener companies. Firstly, there is an interview with Geoff Yates, commercial director at Espace Europe, about the situation in sea and road freight over the last six months. The second part of th...
Episode #187 - More Wining
Fully Threaded Radio - April 18, 2023 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLike a skilled sommelier, Threaded Fasteners CEO Billy Duren uncorks The Nuts and Bolts of Leadership, a new podcast designed to inspire, instruct and inform budding leaders (1:36:26). With his nose for success in the fastener game, John "Cool Hand" Butler avoids any sediment build-up after his ...
Episode #186 - Like a Glove
Fully Threaded Radio - March 16, 2023 22:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs the fastener market adapts to unsettled circumstances, Endries International president and CEO Michael Knight engineers a strategy for continued growth (1:44:56). Distributors report mostly positive sales last month, as Brighton Best president Jun Xu and news editor Mike McNulty dissect the ...
March Fastener Industry Review
Fastener Talk - March 08, 2023 15:00 - 8 minutesIn this episode Content Director Will Lowry reviews the March issue of Fastener + Fixing Magazine and discusses a variety of topics including the latest financial reports and challenges within the nickel market, as well as the Brazilian fastener manufacturing, construction regulations, and headi...
Episode #185 - Not The End
Fully Threaded Radio - February 17, 2023 02:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIFI Director of Training and senior fastener consultant, Laurence Claus describes a key challenge facing all fastener companies, the standards process, and his approach to bringing perspective to the industry (1:43:17). Great Lakes Fasteners COO Brian Potasiewicz explains his rapid climb up the...
FastenerTalk: Fredrik Meuller, CEO at Nord-Lock Group
Fastener Talk - February 14, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutesFor the second time Fredrik Meuller, CEO at Nord-Lock Group, joins Fastener Talk and discusses a range of topics including sustainability, the role of regulations and requirements, challenges within the end user markets, as well as the role of innovation within Nord-Lock Group and how it plans t...
January Fastener Industry Review
Fastener Talk - January 18, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutesIn this episode Content Director Will Lowry reviews the January issue of Fastener + Fixing Magazine and discusses a variety of topics including regulations and compliance requirements, digitisation, sustainability, as well as the Fastener Fair Global show in Stuttgart, Germany. Want to get inv...
Episode #184 - Resolutions
Fully Threaded Radio - January 17, 2023 02:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPremium locknut supplier J Lanfranco sees big opportunities appearing, as the cosmopolitan Jason Baines leads their North American push (1:47:01). Likewise, hard charger Matt Boyd is helping to guide Parker Fasteners forge ahead toward their vision of continued expansion and growth (28:28). In ...
Episode #183 - Down Hill
Fully Threaded Radio - December 15, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLike a bobsled down a frozen precipice, the fastener industry streaks to the close of another blazing fast year. Fresh off the slopes, Mr. Charlie Kerr of Kerr Lakeside discovers a vexing industry development, and shares his approach to achieving top speed on skis (1:39:54). Metric supplier Eur...
Episode #182 - Asking For It
Fully Threaded Radio - November 18, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSelling fasteners begins by asking for the order, as Tim "Action" Jackson proved during an illustrious career in the thread game (1:30:37). Newly appointed Marine Fasteners CEO Dee Ward asks his team for their best whenever he takes the field (15:31). Fastener newsman Mike McNulty asks about th...
November Fastener Industry Review
Fastener Talk - November 09, 2022 10:00 - 8 minutesIn this podcast, Will Lowry, content director and Claire Aldridge, deputy editor reviews the November edition of Fastener + Fixing Magazine and discuss a variety of topics such as sustainability, investments in European manufacturing, as well as a focus on the Italian fastener market - with excl...
Episode #181 - The No Show Show
Fully Threaded Radio - October 27, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIFE is like no other show in the fastener industry, and this year's edition seemed a lot like "the good old days" without the carpeting. The lovely and talented Lynn Dempsey took her mic to the show floor and spoke to attendees from every part of the thread biz (9:34, 1:03:52). Fastener Techno...
Fasteners and... Cold Forming
Fastener Talk - October 26, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutesDeputy Editor Claire Aldridge speaks to Derek Barnes at Cold Forging Solutions, to discuss how cold forming has developed and why it's pivotal to provide proper training to machine setters in the fastener and fixing industry.
Special Report: Strandquist Sells
Fully Threaded Radio - October 07, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIndustry veteran Marc Strandquist announces a new mission with Sellside Group, helping fastener companies navigate the challenges of a market in flux. David Kerr of Metal Resource Solutions warns of coming price hikes on European steel. Plus: Jake "Valdez" Davis of BTM Manufacturing is quitting...
Episode #180 - Trainageddon?
Fully Threaded Radio - September 22, 2022 13:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHas tragedy been narrowly averted or is the supply disruption train still racing down the track, set to impact business across the country? Scanwell Logistics freight forwarding expert Chris Donnell shares his view (16:31). On the other race front, Rugged Maniac team veterans Jake "Valdez" Davis...
September Fastener Industry Review
Fastener Talk - September 15, 2022 16:00 - 10 minutesIn this podcast, Claire Aldridge, deputy editor reviews the September edition of Fastener + Fixing Magazine and discuss a variety of topics such as European manufacturing, anti-dumping, investments in personnel, as well as the Construction Products Regulation - with exclusive insight from leadin...
Special Report: MWFA FSTNR Week '22
Fully Threaded Radio - September 07, 2022 15:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Mid-West Fastener Association annual FSTNR Week and table top show, golf tournament and lead up events were wildly successful again this year. TJ McFarland, Don "Tex" Carr, Mike Robinson, Jake "Valdez" Davis, Erica Strandquist, Bob "GQ" Baer, Kam Dorsey, Ashley Parker, Wayne "Captain Smoo...
An update on freight and raw materials developments
Fastener Talk - August 31, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutesBack by popular demand, we once again look at developments within the freight and raw material markets and the potential impacts for fastener companies. Firstly, there is an interview with Kelly Vasey, head of sales and marketing at Espace Europe, about the situation in sea and road freight ove...
Episode #179 - Big Fastener
Fully Threaded Radio - August 19, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhen big fastener companies acquire other big fastener companies, and people who know big fasteners talk about it, you have the makings of an aptly titled podcast. Star Stainless president, Tim Roberto Jr. discusses the recent big headlines involving the acquisition of his company by Lindfast So...
Episode #178 - Thread Pilled
Fully Threaded Radio - July 22, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStrong sales and ongoing supply challenges remain the top themes as the fastener industry keeps its optimism heading into a hot summer. On the water, at the bar or while making his podcast debut, Jason Baines of J. Lanfranco makes a big splash wherever he goes (13:49). Prepping for the Rugged ...
July Fastener Industry Review
Fastener Talk - July 15, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutesIn this podcast we review the July edition of Fastener + Fixing Magazine and discuss a variety of topics such as fastener distribution, anti-dumping, raw materials, inflation, freight and sustainability - with exclusive insight from leading players within the sector. Have some news you want to ...
An interview with Anders Karlsson, president at EIFI
Fastener Talk - June 15, 2022 09:00 - 13 minutesFor this podcast we have an interview with Anders Karlsson, president of the European Industrial Fasteners Institute (known as EIFI). We chatted about a wide range of topics and challenges facing European fastener manufacturers, such as energy and raw material prices and the potential effects of...
Episode #177 - The Other Show
Fully Threaded Radio - June 14, 2022 19:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe lovely and talented Lynn Dempsey hit the floor at Fastener Fair USA with mic in hand. Her interviews with show attendees reveal steady progress along with a vague yet persistent uncertainty (1:41:04). Less ambiguous, Würth Construction Services CEO Alex Mikros describes the clear path he see...
Episode #176 - The Next Episode
Fully Threaded Radio - May 17, 2022 02:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs Brian returns from down under, and with the Detroit show just around the corner, the FDI cools and the fastener world reconsiders its supply chain. Industry veteran Preston Boyd of the Industrial Fasteners Institute describes how his organization is reaching out to distributors to reintroduc...
May Fastener Industry Review
Fastener Talk - May 16, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutesIn this episode of Fastener Talk, Content Director Will Lowry and Deputy Editor Claire Aldridge take you through the May edition of Fastener + Fixing Magazine and the latest developments within the market. Topics include the wire Düsseldorf show and the latest developments within fastener mach...
Episode #175 - Once You're In...
Fully Threaded Radio - April 19, 2022 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe old adage about people not leaving the fastener industry proves true again as reluctant highway pilot Tim "Action" Jackson returns. Back from an extended RV misadventure to report on the recent Pac-West conference, he sees the industry with the eye of an outsider coming back in (1:33:50). ...
What is happening with freight and raw materials?
Fastener Talk - April 06, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutesFor this podcast we have two interviews both focusing on crucial topics impacting not only fastener companies, but a variety of sectors. Firstly, there is an interview with Geoff Yates, head of commercial development at Espace Europe, about the situation in sea and road freight since the begin...
An interview with Jesus Herrera, general manager at Fast Trade
Fastener Talk - March 18, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutesIn this podcast Content Director Will Lowry speaks to Jesus Herrera, general manager at Fast Trade - part of the Fontana Group, about how the company has developed since being founded in March 2020 and how it has adapted to meet the challenges of the market.
Episode #174 - Hyper Threaded
Fully Threaded Radio - March 17, 2022 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThere’s no hyperbole suggesting the fastener industry is moving at a hyperbolic rate, as world events impact supply and pricing at a dizzying pace. Star Stainless president, Tim Roberto Jr. describes “Rusty Monday”, shocking developments in the nickle and stainless markets (51:38). Counseling a ...
March 2022 Magazine Preview
Fastener Talk - March 07, 2022 11:00 - 10 minutesIn this episode of Fastener Talk, Editor Will Lowry and Deputy Editor Claire Aldridge take you through what to expect in the March edition of Fastener + Fixing Magazine. Topics include the announcement of the anti-dumping duties, Fabory Group celebrating its 75th anniversary, insights into Euro...
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