Written by R.W. Baird analyst David J. Manthey, CFA with Quinn Fredrickson, CFA 1/8/21 Key Takeaway: The seasonally adjusted Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) for December came in at 62.6, showing nice m/m improvement and signaling a strong end to the year. The sales index saw similar strength with about two thirds of respondents seeing better-than-seasonally […]
Written by R.W. Baird analyst David J. Manthey, CFA with Quinn Fredrickson, CFA 12/3/20 Key Takeaway: The seasonally adjusted Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) for November was 54.5, moderating slightly from last month but remaining in growth range. The sales index, however, showed some modest improvement m/m as sales were slightly above normal expectations for the […]
Written by R.W. Baird analyst David J. Manthey, CFA with Quinn Fredrickson, CFA 11/6/20 Key Takeaway: The seasonally adjusted Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) for October was 56.5, improving for the second consecutive month. Nearly all components of the FDI showed m/m improvement. Looking forward, the Forward-Looking Indicator (FLI) also showed nice improvement, reaching the highest […]
This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published July 21, 2020 as “ASME B18.16.6 nylon insert lock nuts” during episode 154 of Fully Threaded Radio. Today’s topic, like many of our topics came via an email question. Actually, it was a problem that a client had regarding the proper designation […]
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This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published January 12, 2017 as “The Wedge Tensile Test” during episode 112 of Fully Threaded Radio. Well, hello everyone, this is Carmen Vertullo with your Fastener Training Minute from the Fastener Training Institute and the Carver FACT Center here in El Cajon, California. […]
This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published April 22, 2016 as “books for your technical library” during episode 104 of Fully Threaded Radio. Well, hi everybody, this is Carmen Vertullo from the Fastener Training Institute bringing you the Fastener Training Minute from the Carver FACT Center here in beautiful […]
This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published February 18, 2016 as “Why did a Grade 8 Flange Head Bolt break?” during episode 102 of Fully Threaded Radio. Well hi everybody, I don’t know what time it is when you’re listening to this but it’s like zero dark thirty here […]
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This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published November 19, 2015 as “another war Story about socket set screws” during episode 99 of Fully Threaded Radio. Hi, everybody, this is Carmen Vertullo with the Fastener Training Minute brought to you by Fastener Training Institute and Carver Consulting. If you’ve been […]
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This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published October 29, 2015 as “another war Story about socket set screws” during episode 98 of Fully Threaded Radio. Hi everybody, this is Carmen Vertullo with the Fastener Training Minute brought to you by the Fastener Training Institute and my little place out […]
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This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published September 17, 2015 as “Do we really need to produce technical drawings?” during episode 97 of Fully Threaded Radio. Hi everybody, this is Carmen Vertullo from Carver Consulting with the Fastener Training Minute, and today I want to talk to you about […]
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