Episodes
Aug. 22, 2013
Episode #69 - Probable Cause
You may not like it, want it, or need it, but the government is coming to help you. And it wouldn’t want anything bad to happen, so it’s watching very closely. Meanwhile, industry veteran, Mr. Don Haggerty , of Stelfast , i...
Aug. 8, 2013
Episode #68 - Dubious Soup
What’s behind the latest moves at Porteous Fastener Company ? How is additive manufacturing and 3D printing impacting the fastener industry in today’s market? And what is the significance of the FDI and PMI divergence in Jul...
July 11, 2013
Episode #67 - Back From The Bush
As summer temperatures rise, is the fastener industry heating up along with them? What new anti-dumping claim has the NFDA speaking out? And who is the “other” Jim Sullivan? Industry oracle, Mr. Andy Cohn , of Duncan Bolt ...
June 20, 2013
Episode #66 - Who Took My Burger?
The analysts speak of slow but steady growth (21:19). Meanwhile, the mood is tentatively positive as the summer’s largest fastener event comes to a successful conclusion, but evidence suggests earth-shattering changes on the...
June 3, 2013
Episode #65 - Printing Progress
Progress comes in many forms, and it seems to be accelerating in exponential fashion. Fastener Tech ’13 is right around the corner, and Team FCH prepares to expound on this and related ideas during their multimedia break-out ...
May 16, 2013
Episode #64 - I Began as a Janitor
From meager beginnings, superior situations sometimes arise. Such is the case as hosts Brian Musker and Eric Dudas return from their wide-ranging travels to welcome Jackie Hunter and Jim Overlin , of Stelfast , who see impro...
April 25, 2013
Episode #63 - Grade 7 Fastener Radio
Special guest hosts John Butler , of K & L Sales , and Andy Pels , of ScrewCrew.com , welcome globetrotting fastener industry pundit, Rob Lucas , of Fidelis Fasteners . With fresh insights from the Taiwan Fastener Show , the ...
April 11, 2013
Episode #62 - Farewell Baroness
Something is fishy under the new Bay Bridge, and it isn’t fish. Master fastener consultant , Mr. Carmen Vertullo , discusses what could have caused bolts to fail even before the project has been completed (19:02). Industry b...
March 28, 2013
Episode #61 - Tacos & Cigars
Fastener road warriors approach their travels in different ways, but those who listen to the fastener industry's top on-demand radio show will learn what's keeping the financial system afloat, as Federal Reserve economist, Mr...
March 7, 2013
Episode #60 - We Have Assumed Control
Assuming anything can be risky, especially when control is the object. Turn-around artist, Vince Chiappone , describes his experience taking the helm at The Richard Manno Company (85:41). Kind of a “big deal” in the fastene...
Feb. 21, 2013
Episode #59 - Start Shrugging
How will the fastener industry react to the influx of overbearing government attacks against business at every level? Is the answer to be found in the newest website release by the fastener industry's biggest player? And who ...
Feb. 7, 2013
Episode #58 - Gunsolidation
What's driving recent rapid fire fastener company acquisitions? Was the explosive FDI rebound triggered by legitimate market growth? And what would happen in the event of a total ban on threaded fasteners? Stelfast president ...
Jan. 24, 2013
Episode #57 - Thanks, Hoss
The legendary Cartwright family made its mark on the old west, just as some have made theirs on the fastener industry. Dan Zehnder welcomes industry magnate, Mr. Ed McIlhon , of Assembled Products , to the latest installment ...
Jan. 10, 2013
Episode #56 - Narrowly Averted
With world annihilation averted, the FTR boys convene a semi-all star panel to explore the future of the fastener industry after reviewing the year gone by. John Butler , of K&L Sales , the iPhone-toting Andy Pels , of ScrewC...
Dec. 12, 2012
Episode #55 - Cliff Jumpers
Back away from the cliff! Fastener talk radio triumphantly returns with Mr. Charlie Kerr , of Kerr Lakeside , to discuss the possible impact of the fiscal cliff on family operated fastener companies (80:19). Mike McNulty’s Fa...
Nov. 15, 2012
Episode #54 - No Business Like Bolt Business
As a brave new fastener world emerges, Mr. Dan Zehnder , of Trinity Hardware Headquarters , reunites legendary industry brothers, Jim and John Zehnder , during a historic interview covering the origins and times of Earnest Ma...
Oct. 18, 2012
Episode #53 - Inner Sanctum
The Vegas fastener show is over for another year. Who lost their shirt, and who picked up a colorful new one? Which big names made the biggest splash, and where were the big splashes made during after-hours activities? Indust...
Sept. 27, 2012
Episode #52 - Alphabetical Order
How will the fastener industry weigh in at the polls this November, and does the question belong on fastener talk radio in the first place? What new capability has been developed by the FCH Sourcing Network to connect the ind...
Sept. 13, 2012
Episode #51 - Frosty Malted Fastener Radio
The fastener industry rebounds amid news of new alliances and free flowing beverages. John Wachman , of Desert Distribution , describes his experience working with members of the fastener “rat pack” during his quest for faste...
Aug. 23, 2012
Episode #50 - The New 35
From Sparta to Los Angeles, the world depends on industrial fasteners. Industry legend, Mr. Ron Sackheim , carries the torch for the fastener industry, and shares his thoughts after a lifetime in the business during an encore...
Aug. 9, 2012
Episode #49 - Grateful Thread
Has the effect of a sizzling hot summer been to cool the outlook for the fastener industry? Where can you go to find hard to get fasteners when you don’t know where to go? And exactly who built the successful businesses that...
July 12, 2012
Episode #48 - Do Beavers Have Ears?
Brian and Eric encounter a large mammal swimming across the lake during their latest northwoods adventure . Was it a foreshadowing of softening markets, or of the recent droll headline out of Moscow? Despite lackluster GPS pe...
June 14, 2012
Episode #47 - Doing Fine
Industry consolidation, successful association events, and rising industry index numbers point to a sector that’s doing fine. Or is it? Mr. Charlie Kerr , of Kerr Lakeside , discusses his view of the fastener world and beyond...
May 24, 2012
Episode #46 - Not Like the Others
When anti-NATO protesters from around the world arrive in Chicago to cause havoc, the Fully Threaded boys naturally think of anti-corrosive fastener materials. Mark Alperin and Mark Klosek , of Vertex Distribution , share the...