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Fully Threaded Radio
Jan. 26, 2012

Episode #38 - Soapapeepa

Episode #38 - Soapapeepa
Optimistic fastener companies are driving ahead with aggressive new programs, as strong sales continue, and extreme Internet censorship provisions have been momentarily averted. Special guest, Mr. Mike Wrenn, discusses his experience during the collapse of Heads and Threads, and also his current mission to improve value for fastener distributors (57:35). Joe Peplinski, of Beacon Fasteners, presents his view of strong market conditions, and suggests that his marketing team may have gone insane, resulting in deep discounts for new customers (20:50). Mike McNulty’s Fastener News Report rounds up industry headlines, and features a discussion on the FIN annual fastener industry survey with Jason Sandefur, of GlobalFastenerNews.com (37:35). Hosts Brian Musker and Eric Dudas decide against wearing their Guy Fawkes masks as they consider their good fortune for having a secure place to host their website for the time being, and engage in broadly fastener-related conversation. Run time: 01:36:14

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