FastenMaster turns 25
Agawam, Massachusetts-based FastenMaster, a division of OMG, Inc., is celebrating 25 years of business, “providing pros with products and fastening solutions,” said the company.
Established in 1998, FastenMaster said it, “created the category of structural wood-to-wood screws with the introduction of TimberLOK, a heavy-duty wood screw designed to eliminate the need to predrill when attaching two pieces of wood together.”
Since that beginning, FastenMaster said it has produced several “breakthrough products,” including:
- TrapEase, the industry’s first non-mushrooming fastener designed specifically for composite decking;
- Cortex hidden fastening system, the first “through board” hidden system utilizing plugs and screws;
- HeadLOK, the industry’s first flat headed structural fastener;
- ThruLOK, the first fastener to eliminate through-bolts by using a unique self-tightening nut to make connections in a fraction of the time;
- TrussLOK (later replaced by FlatLOK), the first fastener to connect multiple beams of LVL single sided, up to 4-ply;
- Tiger claw TC-G hidden deck clip, the industry’s first stainless steel hidden decking clip for grooved boards; and,
- TrussBrace, the first truss bracing solution that includes both lateral and diagonal support in one connection.
“By actively listening to our pros, FastenMaster has helped contractors achieve great success by offering them the very best solutions on the market,” said Web Shaffer, senior vice president and general manager.
“Developing productivity solutions through innovation has been our north star during the past 25 years and we expect to deliver even more new and innovative solutions to the market in the next 25 years,” said Shaffer.
FastenMaster has more than 600 employees globally, and more than 400 in Western Massachusetts. In addition, OMG operates manufacturing plants in Agawam; Addison, Illinois; and Rockford, Minnesota, and said it, “produces more than one billion fasteners each year.”
