Like the climate in general, the weather outside is chilling, but the year's first installment of predominantly fastener-related talk radio warms the hearts of threaded fastening aficionados, as
Stelfast
president,
Simmi
, presents her optimistic view of the fastener world to launch the 2014 season (1:08:52). Also,
NFDA
and
Hodell-Natco
president,
Kevin Reidl
, previews upcoming industry conferences and the latest developments with the recently revived
Fastener Industry Coalition
(18:22). On the
Fastener News Report
,
Mike McNulty
delivers top industry headlines, and reviews the
FDI
reading for December with
BB&T
analyst,
Holden Lewis
(41:06). Eric oddly claims the sun impacts Earth's weather, while Brian dons an electric winter jacket, just in case. Run time: 01:37:54