A shortage of fasteners that hold a commercial jetliner together is one of the reasons The Boeing Co.'s new 787 Dreamliner remains in the Everett factory more than two months after the plane was ...

Boeing has elected not to replace all the temporary fasteners on the first six 787 test aircraft because they are not in critical load areas. The manufacturer confirmed a Leeham Co. report stating ...

When The Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner finally takes flight for the first time, now expected in the second quarter this year, it will do so even though some pieces of the composite jet will be held ...

Was it a case of too much money, or too much information? The markets weren't initially receptive to the recent news that Bloomfield Hills-based TriMas Corp. (NYSE: TRS) was buying Allfast Fastening ...

Alcoa Fastening Systems says it is now keeping pace with demand for key parts in the assembly of Boeing 787s, and can meet any increase in Boeing's rate of production. But an earlier fasteners ...

TriMas Corporation’s TRS business unit — TriMas Aerospace — has secured multi-year contracts with Airbus of Toulouse, France. The contract is aimed at expanding the company’s fastener product sales ...

In the middle of the Machinists strike, Boeing inspectors in Everett discovered a new and serious problem with the manufacture of the first 787 Dreamliners. Boeing admitted Tuesday that about 3 ...

Fasteners hold aircraft like the Boeing 787 together. But it looks like incorrectly installed fasteners will further delay the rollout of the aircraft dubbed the Dreamliner. Fasteners hold aircraft ...

Alcoa, the world’s biggest maker of aerospace fasteners and a contractor on Boeing’s 787, said supplies of the rivets used to assemble the plane are tight and will get worse. Acquiring fasteners for ...

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriMas (NASDAQ: TRS) today announced that TriMas Aerospace has been awarded multi-year contracts with Airbus of Toulouse, France. TriMas Aerospace’s Monogram ...

Boeing has sold more than 900 787 Dreamliner commercial jets without ever having flown one, but with delays stacking up like holiday traffic over O'Hare you have to wonder if all those customers ...

SEATTLE, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner will be tested with some temporary and improperly installed fasteners, the U.S. aerospace giant says. Yvonne Leach, the company's chief ...