News & Stories

What's Pull-to-Stroke and Pull-to-Force in Blind Riveting? Dual Features Explained

You’ve probably heard the terms “pull-to-stroke” and “pull-to-force” used to describe features of some blind rivet tools. If you’re not sure what these terms mean ...

Company News, General Manufacturing, Product News, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Cordless Freedom for Blind Rivet Nut Applications

Modern manufacturing professionals are demanding a cordless blind rivet nut tool that delivers rapid, high-volume placement capabilities from a highly mobile package that eradicates the ...

Product News, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Six Feet of Distance is Driving Transformation of the Assembly Process and Manufacturing Industry

It’s a shame that it sometimes takes an issue to learn a lesson. In America, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed many to the lack of ...

COVID-19, General Manufacturing, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Best Practices for Tool and Equipment Preventive Maintenance

The Why of Preventive Maintenance.

Reducing or eliminating the risk of unplanned downtime, manufacturing interruptions, and missing repair stock is an issue every manufacturing company focuses ...

Company News, General Manufacturing, Product News, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Is My Company Ready for Automation? What to Consider First

If your company is considering tool automation to improve quality and productivity, it is important to carefully consider which automation integrator/partner you choose for your ...

General Manufacturing, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

6 Things to Consider Before Automating Your Blind Riveting or Threaded Application

Investing in automating a tool equipment solution can be an intimidating process but has a number of benefits. There are several things you need ...

General Manufacturing, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Tool Cleaning to Reduce Health and Safety Issues

The global manufacturing slump due to the COVID-19 pandemic is showing signs of easing. As manufacturing and production work resumes or increasing operations, even in ...

COVID-19, General Manufacturing, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Innovating Creative New Designs That Solve Problems: A Profile of Maria Fedele

I am a Product Line Support Engineer at STANLEY Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker. My main responsibility is to determine the ...

Careers

A Truly Level Playing Field: A Profile of Ziyan Xu

Throughout my work in engineering, from my time in the classroom to my internship at STANLEY® Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, ...

Careers

How to Accelerate Custom Fastener Development with Rapid Prototyping

With a typical lead-time of up to 18 weeks for the development and production of a new or bespoke fastener, STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening's rapid prototyping ...

Automotive, Avdel, General Manufacturing, POP

Smart Technology Drives Performance and Reporting in New Cordless Rivet Tool

The high-performance BR12PP-8 Smart Rivet Tool from STANLEY^® Assembly Technologies, the global leader in precision fastening, allows manufacturers to reduce scrap, optimize the assembly area, ...

Product News, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Achieving Big Solar O&M Savings by Focusing on the Smallest Part

Fasteners are a key but often overlooked aspect of racking system installation and maintenance. NEXTracker, one of STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening’s premier customers, designs, manufactures, builds, ...

Anti-Vibration, Renewable Energy, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

Prevent Bolt Self-Loosening: Keep Torque in its Place

Loose bolts can be an irritating nuisance, but they can also lead to serious and even catastrophic results.

For example, in 2012, 432 barrels of synthetic ...

Anti-Vibration, Optia

Costs Drop but Challenges Increase for Solar and Wind Industries

Long-term projections predict substantial growth in alternative energy sourcing, especially solar. There are even projections that solar could comprise up to 30 percent of the ...

Optia, Renewable Energy, Spiralock , Sustainability

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening Announces Launch of New Brand Structure

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, is a global leader in precision fastening and assembly solutions. We recently announced the launch ...

Company News, Product News

Auto Manufacturers are Heavily Invested in Lightweighting

The current U.S. administration has plans to roll back increased vehicle standards and mileage rules set in place by the previous administration, but will it ...

Automotive, Lightweighting

60-Volt Cordless Nutrunner Optimizes High-Torque Fastening Applications

STANLEY^® Assembly Technologies, a brand of STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening, is extending its B-Series cordless tool line to include the B44L angle-lever cordless nutrunner. Thanks to ...

Construction & Infrastructure, Product News, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening Opens a Production Facility in Elyria, OH

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening has opened a production facility in Elyria, Ohio. STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening executives and local government officials celebrated the factory opening with a ...

Company News, Nelson

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 ...

Nelson, Shipbuilding

Decorah Facility Champions Corporate 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 sector, ...

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, STANLEY Assembly Technologies

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 ...

Diversity & Inclusion, 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, Nelson

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 his 176,000-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.  The ...

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