Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co., also known as RivetKing, won Product of the Year in the fastening category at the ASSEMBLY Show in 2025, Assembly Magazine reports.

The new MTC tool controller provides process control and data collection for the company’s full line of FreeSet cordless tools, including the RK-777C for blind rivets, RK-787C for rivet-nuts, and RK-797C for lock bolts.

“With the MTC controller, we can count the number of fasteners installed, and give guidance to assemblers when they need it to ensure that they’re not missing any fasteners,” engineering VP Steven Sherman told Assembly Magazine.

Sherman said there are new fasteners coming out that will bring RivetKing back into its legacy infrastructure applications.

“We are developing lock bolts and structural fasteners for solar farms and AI data centers.”

Rivets are getting bigger, he noted, indicating that “there are plenty of new applications that are coming.”

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