It's a veritable deluge of fastener industry insight as

Mike McNulty's Fastener News Report

covers

the Grainger / Fabory deal

, including insider observations by

BB&T Capital Markets analyst, Holden Lewis (15:17). Russ Doran, of Timberline Fasteners

, describes the industry from the Rocky Mountain region point of view, and previews the upcoming Pac-West fall conference (38:35). Industry sage,

Bruce Darling

, wraps up his summary of market conditions in the second of a two part series (64:47). Plus,

Beacon Fasteners and Components quality manager, Jerry Stoczanskyj

, discusses his recent elevation to three ASME standards committees (34:13). Hosts Brian Musker and Eric Dudas welcome title sponsor,

Stelfast

, and think there should be a replacement for the descriptor

flash mob

. They also explain the stormy demise of a mislaid and moistened iPhone. Run time: 01:40:18