What's driving recent rapid fire fastener company acquisitions? Was the explosive

FDI

rebound triggered by legitimate market growth? And what would happen in the event of a total ban on threaded fasteners?

Stelfast

president and industry rock star,

Simmi

, fires off with her perspective (74:00).

Mike McNulty

and

BB&T

analyst,

Holden Lewis

, unload with the latest FDI results (46:25).

MWFA

president,

Mr. Matt Delawder

, shares his thoughts on current market conditions, and describes exciting plans for Fastener Tech '13 (21:32).

Bonus:

Imagine no threaded fasteners (70:34)! Hosts Brian Musker and Eric Dudas keep their powder dry while considering a trip to Stuttgart. Run time: 01:54:38