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Fastener Roundup – Take 3

Fastco Fastener Roundup – Take 3 It’s time for yet another Fastco fastener roundup. Make sure to check out our first two roundups: here and here. Clinch Studs Also called self-clinching fasteners, or press-fit studs, these fasteners utilize a unique clinch feature below the head. These permanently mounted fixtures reduce costs and assembly time. They […]

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Department Spotlight

Engineering Update

Engineering Update & Achievements The greatest achievement to come out of engineering last year was the team brainstorm of getting a new, complicated part with an internal hex drive on the end to strip off of the extrude pin. We have lots of talented individuals that were able to combine their knowledge to get the […]

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Industry News

IATF Certification

Back in 2022, we put up a blog post on the International Automotive Task Force, or IATF, explaining what the task force is and why IATF 16969 certification is so essential to manufacturers. Well, it’s audit season again here at Fastco, which gives us a good reason to recap that post. What is IATF 16949 and […]

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Sales Update

2023 Sales Update In 2023, the Sales team won substantial new business awards, representing about 10% of our net sales. While this fell short of our robust new business award goal, it still puts us on solid footing for achieving our long-term strategic goal of growing Fastco’s business by 10% year over year. This is […]

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Intelligent Spending

Most people know the importance of intelligent spending. But how do companies “spend intelligently?” How to Spend Intelligently There a lot of ways to spend intelligently, including: Ensuring that you are buying what you need and what you will use within a reasonable timeframe, Finding the best value items (a combination of price and quality), […]

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Manufacturing

Fastener Coatings

Fastener Coatings A fastener’s job is to connect and secure objects to one another. It is essential that applications use the appropriate fastener for structural integrity. This includes taking into consideration a fastener’s coating. Coatings provide protection to the metal underneath. Since exposure to harsh environments or chemicals can drastically shorten a fastener’s life span, […]

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Quality Department Spotlight

Quality Department Spotlight For this Department Spotlight, we are highlighting the Quality Department’s progress in 2023. In 2023, the Quality Department’s greatest achievement was helping to lower the Cost of Poor Quality/Scrap by performing extra audits when needed in various areas to aid in this. While the end of the year’s COPQ was not ideal, […]