Pentair PLC will pay $1.8 billion for Ohio electrical and fastener maker Erico Global Co. in a deal that greatly expands its electrical offerings and diversifies an income stream that some worried was ...

Induction heating is a loosening technique that preserves costly electrical terminals and fasteners during teardown operations. Stubborn fasteners are an unpleasant fact of automotive life. But ...

Self-clinching fasteners were designed almost 70 years ago as way to attach components to thin sheet metal and ensure the connection would withstand hard tugs and torque loads. They are also useful ...