News & Stories

Problem-Solving Was Ted Nelson's First Love

Eighty years ago, many rural homes weren’t electrified, nor did they have indoor plumbing. Glenn Miller and Billie Holiday were at the top of the ...

Company News, Nelson, Shipbuilding

Decorah Facility Champions Stanley Engineered Fastening Global Sustainability Initiative

Stanley^® Engineered Fastening and its parent company Stanley Black & Decker have pledged their corporate offices, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities around the world will ...

Company News, Sustainability

One Seafaring Legend Lends a Hand to Others

Rejuvenating a 100-plus-year-old, 27,000-ton cornerstone of seafaring history back to her former glory is no small job, and neither is restoring the tight spaces of ...

Nelson, Shipbuilding

Global Week of Service 2018 was Bigger, Broader, and Better

The second-annual STANLEY Engineered Fastening Global Week of Service dramatically surpassed the inaugural event in employee participation, organizations served, communities reached, and overall impact.

Victoria Bowles, ...

Company News

How STANLEY Engineered Fastening Helps Drive Electric Vehicle Production

Half of almost 1,000 automotive industry decision makers surveyed in Europe, Asia, and the Americas believe battery electric vehicles are the No. 1 trend in their ...

Electric Mobility, Lightweighting

STANLEY Assembly Technologies Introduces High-Speed Cordless Nutrunner

STANLEY Assembly Technologies, a brand of STANLEY Engineered Fastening, is extending its B-Series cordless torque tool product line to include the B33L angle-lever cordless nutrunner. ...

Company News, Construction & Infrastructure, Nelson

Manufacturing's Latest Evolution: Its People

Today’s factories are more Minority Report than Dickens novel. The real and cyber worlds are merging, thanks to automation, connectivity, Big Data, and screen technology.

“The ...

General Manufacturing

Danbury Facility Makes Advances in Energy Savings

Rich Ciardi was a man on a mission.

As the Maintenance Manager at the STANLEY Engineered Fastening plant in Danbury, Connecticut, Ciardi – along with his ...

Company News, Sustainability

STANLEY^® Signs on as Official Partner of the DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. and LONDON, UK, April 27, 2018

Company News, Electric Mobility

Stanley Black & Decker Acquires Nelson Fastener Systems' Industrial Business

On Monday, April 2, Stanley Black & Decker completed the purchase of the industrial business of Nelson Fastener Systems, which excludes Nelson’s automotive stud welding ...

Company News

Virtual Control Room Adds Dimension to Data for STANLEY Warrington Team

When Plant General Manager Lee Birchall needs to know the status of any element within the walls of his176,000-square foot factory in Warrington, northwest England, ...

Company News

From One of a Kind to Leader of the Pack: A Profile of Bettina Fischermanns

In the beginning of my career, when I would show up at a customer’s site, they would smile a little bit, not expecting a woman ...

Careers

STEM Candidate Branches Out: A Profile of Carla Mills

As a Human Resource (HR) Generalist I touch just about every aspect of the function – recruiting, compensation and benefits, employee engagement, organizational design, and ...

Careers

Nelson's Stud Welding Supports Aussie Rules Football in Perth

The city of Perth in Western Australia is home to the newest mega-structure in Nelson's résumé; Optus Stadium. This 60,000 seat oval is a world-class ...

Company News, Construction & Infrastructure, Nelson

From Flint to Frankfurt: A Profile of Paul Gianferrara

As an engineering student at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan I worked a co-op job as part of my required curriculum. At Kettering, students go ...

Careers

Stepping Up, Even When It’s ‘Not Your Job’: A Profile of Elizabeth Walker

If you asked me one year ago where I would be today, I would never have imagined it would be living across the country because ...

Careers

Be Successful at Whatever You Put Your Mind to Achieve: A Profile of Tony Prueitt

When I first started with Stanley Black & Decker, I never imagined I’d have a 27-year career with the same company, but it has more ...

Careers

Growth and Development Isn't Always a Straight Path: A Profile of Noah Forrest

I have a passion for putting a team together and watching people grow and develop. I look for opportunities to coach others. This passion currently ...

Careers

STANLEY Engineered Fastening Employees Worldwide Embody Corporate Mission

When Stanley Black & Decker adopted the purpose statement "For those who make the world™," the company made it clear that the intent behind the ...

Company News

B-Series Cordless Line Adds Right Angle and Inline Torque Tools

Many of today’s high-performing vehicles are a challenge at the point of assembly: their aerodynamic designs result in incredibly tight spaces for interior installations, and, as ...

Company News

Helping Automakers Meet the Challenge of Lightweighting Vehicles

For years, automakers have been pursuing ways to take weight out of the vehicle — seeking lower emissions and higher mileage without sacrificing safety, reliability ...

Lightweighting

POP^® Avdel^® Introduces NeoBolt^® Lockbolt Fastener System

In 2015, STANLEY Engineered Fastening, the largest blind rivet supplier in the industry, introduced Avdel^® NeoBolt^®, a non-breakstem lockbolt fastening system for heavy-duty structural applications. ...

Avdel, Company News

STANLEY Engineered Fastening Receives General Motors Quality Award

2014 was yet another banner year for STANLEY Engineered Fastening, with three separate General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Awards. Three years ago, GM initiated a ...

Company News

Versatile Spiralock^® Thread Form Available in Stainless

STANLEY Engineered Fastening offers its unique self-locking Spiralock^® thread form – which is highly resistant to shock, vibration, and temperature induced loosening – in a ...

Company News