Has the effect of a sizzling hot summer been to cool the outlook for the fastener industry? Where can you go to find hard to get fasteners when you don’t know where to go? And exactly who built the successful businesses that make up the fastener industry?

Don “Solution Man” Shan

, of

Solution Industries

, chimes in and describes how a business about nothing is actually something you should know about (71:30).

BB&T Capital Markets

analyst,

Holden Lewis

, discusses the chilly

July FDI

results along with

Mike McNulty

on the

Fastener News Report

(45:49). Plus,

Specialty Bolt & Screw

and

NFDA

president,

Mr. Jay Queenin

, describes his view of business conditions abroad, and also exciting developments at the largest national fastener trade organization (24:20). Hosts Brian Musker and Eric Dudas celebrate a couple of important milestone birthdays, as they gratefully

build their own

successful business, one thread at a time. Run time: 01:54:51