Optimistic fastener companies are driving ahead with aggressive new programs, as strong sales continue, and extreme Internet censorship provisions have been momentarily averted.

Special guest, Mr. Mike Wrenn

, discusses his experience during the collapse of

Heads and Threads

, and also his current mission to improve value for fastener distributors (57:35).

Joe Peplinski, of Beacon Fasteners

, presents his view of strong market conditions, and suggests that his marketing team may have gone insane, resulting in deep discounts for new customers (20:50).

Mike McNulty’s Fastener News Report

rounds up industry headlines, and features a discussion on the FIN annual fastener industry survey with

Jason Sandefur, of GlobalFastenerNews.com

(37:35). Hosts Brian Musker and Eric Dudas decide against wearing their Guy Fawkes masks as they consider their good fortune for having a secure place to host their website for the time being, and engage in broadly fastener-related conversation. Run time: 01:36:14