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Expect the unexpected. This will be a very different year. First off we are still mired in one of the deepest recessions of all time with the slowest recovery as well. Therefore it will still be a tough year for those of us in the industrial sector. We continue to look at other opportunities yet it seems the economy will not respond. We hope that the general election will bring us a new president and thus a new direction away form the miserable failures of the past 3 years. One can only hope!

Greg Wiener
Owner
Quickscrews

Over the past 20 years we have seen the development of an entire industry. 20 years ago the choices for screws for cabinet and furniture makers was extremely limited. You were either buying a tapping screw or a drywall screw, neither of which were intended for use in wood. Although those types of screws worked the products themselves were not intended or designed for those woodworking applications. As the woodworking industry evolved so did the use of varied and different materials. The introduction and expansion of man made materials such as MDF and particle board, along with the expansion of a large variety of soft and hardwoods, required different thinking when it came to fastening products for the industry. The fasteners on the marketplace had to change. The introduction of heat treated coarse threaded screws was a major improvement. Woodworkers would finally be introduced to a quality product line that met their demanding needs in the area of joint fastening and cabinet construction. The next evolution surrounded the need to insure that all hardware being used would or could have an appropriate fastener to attach to again a wide variety of man made and wood species. Another difficulty that still remains today is the fact that hardware manufacturers have not standardized the holes in hardware which have identical purposes, thus the need for a larger selection with multiple head styles of screws. (more…)