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Well, what a year! The acquisition into PennEngineering® at the beginning of the year made quite a bit of noise and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Behind the scenes, the transition has been smooth as we continue to migrate into our parent company’s systems and processes. In the front of the house, the most important things have not changed — continuously working to improve all of our fastening products, and the attentiveness to our customers’ needs. Those two pillars will never waver as we move forward into 2025 and beyond. Let’s take a closer look at Sherex’s 2024.
PennEngineering Acquires Sherex Fastening Solutions
Obviously the biggest news of the year happened just a few days into January when it was announced that PennEngineering® had acquired Sherex Fastening Solutions, and Penn was moving its ATLAS brand of rivet nuts under Sherex. The acquisition was a surprise at the time, but looking back on it, not very surprising. PennEngineering has a variety of top-class fastening companies under its umbrella, including PEM®, Profil®, Haeger®, and SI®, and with the growth and success of Sherex in the rivet nut and mechanically attached fastener space, bringing in Sherex made a lot of sense. The move will continue to help Sherex grow on the manufacturing and sales side.
With the combined Sherex-ATLAS brand, Sherex is now the largest manufacturer of rivet nuts in North America and continues to establish itself globally as a premier company of rivet nut technology – something we pride ourselves in and something we will continue to prove in 2025 and beyond. Our messaging is clear: If you are interested in rivet nut technology and the benefits of rivet nuts, there’s not a better company that can help make your application easier to assemble, while decreasing waste and cost than Sherex Fastening Solutions.
Optisert® Continues to Impress
Optisert is the best round body rivet nut on the market
The best performing round body rivet nut is making more waves as several automotive and general industry assembly projects began to use Optisert in 2024. More customers are beginning to understand not only the improvement to spin-out Optisert has over other round body rivet nuts, but this rivet nut can also serve as fastener to discharge electrical current in electrified applications. Lots of conversions are taking place and if you have a project with softer materials like aluminum, fiberglass, or plastics, Optisert is a perfect fastener for these applications.
Sherex-Penn Marketing Integration
With the integration of Sherex into the PennEngineering ecosystem, Penn has integrated us into a variety of different marketing campaigns and tradeshow exhibitions, including FABTECH, The Battery Show USA, EuroBLECH and The Battery Show Europe.
PennEngineering’s eMobility Solutions is a campaign that showcases Sherex and the rest of Penn’s fastening capabilities in electrified applications like electric vehicles, charging stations and battery storage facilities. Optisert and other Sherex fasteners, including rivet nut studs, play a role in this campaign and there will be more instances where the entire PennEngineering portfolio can play a vital role in fastening the entire application.
ATLAS Products at the New Sherex Warehouse
ATLAS rivet nut products are officially being shipped out of the new Sherex warehouse in Buffalo, NY, further cementing the integration process. ATLAS product was moved into the new warehouse in September and shipments began shortly after.
Soon, ATLAS products will be migrated onto Sherex.com, into a new printed catalog, and customers using the Sherex portal will soon be able to view current inventory and pricing of ATLAS products.
New Sherex warehouse up and running
New Sherex Sample Plates
New sample plates showcasing both Sherex and ATLAS products
The new Sherex Sample Plates are here, and they are pretty! Showcasing the best of what Sherex and ATLAS has to offer in its standard catalog, these sample plates make a great discussion piece for distributors or design engineers looking explain the different styles of standard rivet nuts Sherex has to offer.
Want a few? Contact eneuhaus@sherex.com or ask your Sherex regional sales manager or Sherex representative!
TEC Series sales record!
TEC Series products continue to grow
Sherex’s reusable wedge locking washer brand of products, TEC Series, hit a record sales number for the year before December! More and more customers are learning about the benefits of wedge locking washers and how TEC Series offers the same technology and performance as other similar-styled competitor washers at oftentimes a 20 percent savings.
If you’re using a wedge locking washer to combat vibration in automotive, heavy truck, renewables, or really any kind of application, but not using TEC Series or Disc-Lock products, you’re losing money! Both TEC Series and Disc-Lock wedge locking products have plenty of sizes and styles in stock and ready to deliver!
Bring on 2025!
As always, more innovations are in the works for 2025 from all three of Sherex’s core products: Rivet Nuts and Mechanically Attached Fasteners, Fastener Tooling and Automation, and Vibrational Loosening Prevention through our TEC Series and Disc-Lock wedge locking washer and nut products. We’re looking forward to some 2025 product releases!
Hope you all had a great 2024 and we hope all of our friends, customers, and those who use Sherex products have a prosperous 2025!
To Our Valued Customers,
On the morning of April 3, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the western side of Taiwan in rural Hualien County, approximately 93 miles from the capital of Taipei.
Sherex Taiwan, situated in Chungli City in the northwestern part of the country, experienced no damage, and all employees are safe. Sherex Taiwan is currently operating as usual, and we will promptly advise if any issues arise.
Our thoughts are with those who were impacted by this severe earthquake.
Sherex Taiwan Earthquake Statement 4-3
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Renewable energy projects are booming all over the world. Wind and solar lead the way as more and more countries are turning toward these cleaner energies for power.
While both solar and wind don’t require manual operation to create power unlike a traditional gas- or coal-fired power plants, solar and wind farms do feature critical components that require maintenance.
Sherex’s line of wedge locking washers and nuts can help decrease maintenance costs by securing the joints that loosen over time due to vibration.
Both solar and wind farms are exposed to the elements throughout their entire life. Rain, snow, ice, and wind can cause critical joints to loosen over time. Solar farms around the United States rely on TEC Series and Disc-Lock products to strengthen racking system and ensure it won’t loosen due to vibration. Both Disc-Lock and TEC Series washers and nuts ensure installers that the racking system won’t be comprised.
It’s quite obvious that wind turbines have lots of vibration. Not only are the blades constantly spinning when the wind blows, but like a solar farm, it’s also exposed to the elements. Disc-Lock washers and locking nuts can be used to help secure critical joints on a wind turbine. Whether it’s at the base or actually inside the turbine itself.
These small but critical washers and nuts save on maintenance costs and they ensure safety since components won’t loosen or become compromised.
Here are our product profiles in the 2021 North American Clean Energy Solar Buyers Guide and the 2021 North American Clean Energy Wind Buyers Guide.
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May 18, 2020 (Tonawanda, NY) – Sherex Fastening Solutions, a global leader in engineered fasteners, tooling, and automation, is excited to announce the release of its Hand Tool Calibration Unit.
The Hand Tool Calibration Unit measures the pulling force for both pneumatic and hydro-pneumatic rivet nut tools to ensure the tool is meeting the required setting force to install into the application.
With the ability to measure the pulling force of a tool before performing an install, operators are assured the tool is calibrated correctly for a perfect install. This will help manufactures and operators improve the quality of their rivet nut installations in real time.
“The development of the Hand Tool Calibration Unit is a direct result from feedback from our customers and manufactures,” said Sherex president, Adam Pratt. “Our customers wanted a tool that could show the pulling force of both pneumatic and hydro-pneumatic tools, and get results in real time. Manufacturers and operators will see an increase in quality, and will be able to better determine if their spin-spin or spin-pull tools need to be calibrated or require maintenance.”
Improving the quality of rivet nut installations has trickle-down benefits that will help manufactures save money, schedule maintenance, and decrease waste.
“This is more than just a calibration unit, it’s a tool to ensure quality,” Pratt said. “Every manufacture that uses pneumatic or hydro-pneumatic tools to install rivet nuts should have this asset at their work station.”
Watch a demo of the tool here: https://youtu.be/jL_u8qqj0qg
The Hand Tool Calibration Unit is available now. Visit www.sherex.com/calibration-unit for videos, resources and more information.
About Sherex Fastening Solutions:
Sherex Fastening Solutions is a leading manufacturer of fasteners for thin sheet material applications in steel, aluminum, and composite materials. Sherex manufactures rivet nuts, clinch nuts, inserts for composite, stud and nut plates, and through the acquisition of Disc-Lock®, wedge-locking washers and nuts. Sherex, headquartered in Buffalo, NY, with offices in the UK and Mexico, has two strategic production facilities: Sherex Taiwan, located in Chungli, Taiwan, is certified to IATF 16949:2016, ISO 14001 and has an ISO 17025 accredited lab, and Sherex Akron, located in Akron, Ohio, is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and AS 9100. Sherex has grown to 200 employees and services a wide-range of industries, including automotive, general manufacturing, energy, agricultural, and aerospace and defense.
For more information, contact Erich Neuhaus, 716-332-4869.
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We are so proud that our own, Jake Glaser, has been announced as the 2020 Young Fastener Professionals President.
As a Regional Sales Manager at Sherex Fastening Solutions, Jake is focused on helping clients improve their products through fastening innovations. He has worked at Sherex since 2014, working his way from inside sales to outside sales and becoming an important influence at the company.
While working at Sherex, Jake’s dedication to the fastening industry has only grew, becoming a member of YFP in 2019, culminating with his appointment as the president of the Young Fastener Professionals this year.
“We are very proud of Jake,” said Sherex president Adam Pratt. “He’s learned and grown so much over the last six years and he’s earned this leadership role at YFP.”
“I’m very excited,” Jake said. “YFP is great organization and a great way to get involved in the fastener industry.”
The Young Fastener Professionals is an organization “that provides empowerment and career development by providing resources and support to future leaders,” according to its website.
Professional development, celebrating success, networking events, and collaboration are some of the YFP’s core competencies and Jake hopes to continue to spread the word about the positive impact YFP can have.
“We want to continue to build and grow, and play a bigger role in not only influencing young people in the fastener industry, but in the fastener industry in general.” Jake said.
