In the battle for fastener industry success, it's important to make the right choices, which are sometimes not the same for everyone. Reluctant industry legend and 2016 Fastener Hall of Fame inductee,

Bruce Wheeler

of Star Stainless makes this case during a landmark interview (1:12:42). The FDI ticks up, and

Mike McNulty

explores the reasons why, along with BB&T Capital Markets analyst,

Charles Redding

on the Fastener News Report (50:54). The MWFA table top show and golf outing were great successes again this year, as described by

Bob "GQ" Baer

,

Nancy Rich

,

Ruth Dowling

,

Steve Greenberg

and more (14:12). Plus, Beacon Fasteners sales manager,

Kameron Dorsey

drops in with updates from the FIC (39:43). Also, fastener guru

Carmen Vertullo

presents the Fastener Training Minute (103:43). Brian and Eric discuss a glitch with FCH SourceFinder and 3-D printed airplane parts, then choose to spend the rest of the month on the lake. Run time: 01:47:28