Mike McGuire, President of Worldwide Fastener Sources.com is pleased to announce the 2020 Class of Fastener Innovation Award winners. The awards are presented annually to recognize those individuals and companies where their specific fasteners are innovative in assemblies today and that they will be tomorrow’s standard.
Fastener innovation is so strong and ongoing, it is called a “Technology Trend” in the fastener industry. In fastening application engineering today, the engineers and designers now dictate that fasteners are an important part of product design and assembly and are now thought of “first” in specifying fastening applications, not an afterthought of how to assemble the product. Our philosophy is continuous improvement with innovative solutions for customers’ fastening applications.
Introducing the second class of honorees 2020:
Gesipa® PolyBulb®
Hilti USA “Smart Bolt”
KATO Fastening Systems LockOne®
Leland Industries Thermal Expansion Fasteners
Nord-Lock® “Original Wedge-Locking Technology”
Nylok® NyShield™
Smalley “Edgewinding” Process
Twister™ Fastener Coil Washer Design
Valley Forge & Bolt Load Indicating Fasteners
The Certificate of Recognition and the unique innovative model design Reploge Crystal Marquise globe will be delivered to each award winner.
The Fastener Innovation Award is an ongoing, year around project and will accept nominations at any time. We look forward to hearing from fastener innovators around the world.
Worldwide Fastener Sources.com
11305 E. Monument Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85262-4746
WOW! Miss information and just some guess work by John. It takes some time in our evaluation process and yes some are a few years old, like the Nord-Lock Wedge System which is now available from a few other companies, but Nord-Lock was the innovator and we wanted to recognize their work. We are always looking for NEW items to evaluate, so please send them our way.
Regards,
Mark,
Sorry if you felt slighted, unintended Sir. Not sure how my statements would be considered “Guess Work”….
Statements
1. INDUSTRY & BLOG THOUGHT PROVOKING…truth
2. SOME INNOVATIONS ARE VERY OLD & SOME NEW…truth
3. AWARDS & POSTS GIVE ADVERT & RECOGN TO MFG AND POSTING FIRM ..truth
Interesting……
Our industry and your blog is always thought provoking….some of the innovations are very old and some are newer…the announcement of an award does give advertisement and recognition to the companies…and to Mark’s venture…the products are/were innovative and provide fastening solutions to joining issues, so kudos to those that innovate…if you find yourself interested in the Nord-Lock Washer System The Olander Company has them in stock and the Twister was viewed at the AVK Industrial Products booth during last year’s IFE show, just sayin’…call me! (inserted shameless plug)
It’s not a plug if you add something to the conversations…and you always do!
TS, Our industry thanks you and Mike McGuire for recognizing and promoting the these positive influencers in the fastener community.!
These awards are all Mike’s doing. You can agree, you can argue but I think it is a good thing that these innovations are recognized and honored in some way. Many of these innovators do not get recognized because they do not show up at fastener shows or join associations, yet their contributions are extremely important to the industry.
Awesome! The innovative fasteners that move the industry forward!