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Stainless Steel Rivet Nuts

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Sherex offers has a variety of stainless steel rivet nuts options for assembly in stainless steel and composite materials. Assemblers and manufacturers use stainless steel blind rivet nuts help battle corrosion across various industries, from construction and agriculture equipment, to heavy trucks and automotive applications. These fasteners are designed to provide strong, threaded connections in […]

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Sherex Adds Desert Distribution Sales as a Manufacturers Sales Representative

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Sherex Fastening Solutions®, a PennEngineering® Company and global leader in engineered fasteners, tooling, and automation, is proud to announce its relationship with Desert Distribution Sales as its new sales representative in the Southwest United States. Desert Distribution Sales is a professional manufacturer’s representative for engineered fastener and component manufacturers and suppliers for the southwestern United […]

Sherex’s Jake Glaser Awarded Young Fastener Professional of the Year

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Sherex Fastening Solutions’ Jake Glaser will be awarded the Young Fastener Professional of the Year at the International Fastener Expo Awards Ceremony, held on September 10 at the Expo Session Stage. This award “celebrates exceptional contributions to the fastener industry and recognize individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, innovation, and dedication.” Jake’s resume speaks for […]

Sherex Statement on April 3 Earthquake in Taiwan

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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 […]

Sherex Announces Southeast Sales & Engineering as New Sales Rep

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Sherex Fastening Solutions®, a PennEngineering® Company and global leader in engineered fasteners, tooling, and automation, is proud to announce its relationship with Southeast Sales & Engineering as its new sales representative. Southeast Sales & Engineering is a professional manufacturer’s representative specializing in the transportation and industrial markets in the southeastern United States, including Georgia, Florida, […]

Optisert Receives 2023 Fastener Innovation Award!

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Sherex Fastening Solutions’ Optisert, the best performing round body rivet nut on the market, was recently awarded as a winner of the 2023 Fastener Innovation Awards by WorldwideFastenerSources.com. The innovative Optisert was chosen as a winner because of its incredible performance against spin-out. Its proprietary combination of an engineered knurled body and underhead wedge design […]

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Sherex Fastening Solutions Year in Review 2023!

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Hi all! This year seemed to be the year when the COVID pandemic was clearly in the rearview mirror. We launched the best-performing round body rivet nut, Optisert (which customers love), traveled to see our great customers more than ever, and came up with some great solutions for our customers to solve difficult fastening problems. […]

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Compression Limiting Rivet Nuts

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In our last blog post, we discussed compression limiters, their usage, and their benefits. However, there is an even simpler solution available: combining a compression limiter with a rivet nut to create a compression limiting rivet nut. A compression limiting rivet nut integrates both a rivet nut and a compression limiter into a single piece […]

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What are Compression Limiters?

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Compression limiters are typically cylindrical components made of steel, stainless steel, brass, or aluminum that prevent overstressing of usually plastic or composite material and fastener clamp load loss during fastener installation. They can be used integrated with a fastener, such as a rivet nut, to provide metal to metal transfer of forces during the joint […]

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