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Barren email servers are in the news. In contrast, online fastener talk radio is brimming with useful information, as industry legend,

Mr. Bruce Darling

, joins raconteurs and Trinity Hardware chief,

Dan Zehnder

, during a landmark interview (1:14:27).

Don Nowak

, of Falcon Fastening Solutions, explains

National Manufacturing Day

, and urges fastener companies to participate (:40).

Mike McNulty

presents industry headlines on the Fastener News Report, and welcomes Würth Group EVP,

Marc Strandquist

, to analyze July's sobering FDI numbers (41:00). Also,

Heidi Volltrauer

, of Volt Industrial Plastics, previews the upcoming All American Fastener Show in Nashville (26:20). Below the fold, but equally content-rich, BMB Fasteners'

Jay Minichino

delivers the FIC report (59:48), and industry educator and consultant,

Carmen Vertullo

, has the FTI Fastener Training Minute (1:07:12). Brian and Eric recount a server-related meltdown of their own, and describe their first tangible encounter with “net neutrality”.

Run time: 01:53:45