Fastenal Company FAST is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 results on Jan 17, before the opening bell. Increased installation of industrial vending machines is expected to boost sales and ...

Fastenal ( FAST) is emerging to be one of the most promising companies involved in the vending machine industry. While it sees itself as an industrial supplies company, Fastenal has over the last ...

Fastenal Company’s FAST industrial vending process has the potential to revolutionize the industrial distribution system and boost profits. Industrial vending is one of the primary growth drivers for ...

Bill Klare looks at the ledger sheet on his busy desk and can barely believe the numbers. In just a year’s time, Cargill Corp.’s 75-employee Indianapolis plant will save $12,000 on gloves, safety ...

Vending machines typically deliver snacks and sodas. Fastenal, a Winona, Minn.-based industrial supplier, is using them to deliver gloves and safety glasses, batteries, tools and anything else workers ...

Fasteners come in a variety of materials. Selecting a material should be based on such considerations as environment (corrosive or temperature extremes), weight, magnetic properties, stresses, ...