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Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. supplies manufacturers with fasteners and components, as well as machines that install rivets. Fasteners account for most of its sales, with customers mainly in North American automobile and automotive-component manufacturing. It also sells to construction and electronics customers. Its smaller assembly-equipment business sells automatic rivet-setting machines, replacement parts and tools, mostly to customers outside the automotive industry.
The business depends heavily on automotive production and customer orders. TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC is its largest customer and accounts for a substantial share of revenue. Steel is its main raw material, and the company has not been able to fully offset increases in steel costs. Recurring operating losses, cash outflows and declining liquidity have also raised substantial doubt about its ability to continue operating; it is pursuing asset sales and financing measures, but their success is not assured.
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Watch Chicago Rivet customers TI Group Automotive Systems and Martinrea International: together they accounted for approximately 29% of its 2025 revenue.
Cooper Standard buys Chicago Rivet’s products—accounting for approximately 5% of its 2025 revenue—and both depend on automotive production. Cooper Standard sells sealing and fluid-handling systems to passenger-car and light-truck makers, so demand from those customers is a signal to watch for Chicago Rivet’s fastener sales.
NN Inc and Chicago Rivet sell machined components to overlapping automotive and industrial customers, exposing both to changes in those customers’ production volumes. Watch NN’s Mobile Solutions business, which serves automotive and general industrial customers as well as medical markets, for clues to demand in markets Chicago Rivet serves.
Durable Goods Orders MoM (Sep)
Durable goods orders track orders for long-lasting products and equipment; stronger orders could prompt Chicago Rivet’s automotive customers to make more vehicles and buy more fasteners, while more equipment orders could support its rivet-setting machine sales.
Expected0.2%Last release-0.1%
If it comes in above expectations
If the reading is above the 0.2% estimate, it is above the previous -0.1%. More orders could support production at Chicago Rivet’s automotive customers, lifting demand for its fasteners; stronger equipment demand could also help its sales of rivet-setting machines, though customer project timing may delay purchases.
If it comes in below expectations
Fewer orders could lead Chicago Rivet’s automotive customers to cut production and fastener purchases; cautious investment or project delays could also hold back its equipment sales.
Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. earningsCPS
Cooper-Standard’s report will show demand for its sealing and fluid-handling systems from passenger-car and light-truck makers, a signal of the vehicle production that drives Chicago Rivet’s fastener sales.
Watch whether Cooper-Standard’s sales to automakers strengthen or weaken, and whether Chicago Rivet’s revenue from Cooper-Standard moves with them. Stronger automotive business that lifts Cooper-Standard’s sales and supports Chicago Rivet’s fastener demand would point to firmer production at the automakers both depend on; weakness would leave Chicago Rivet’s automotive sales more exposed to lower output and the burden of fixed costs.
Industrial Production MoM (Oct)
Industrial production and capacity use track factory, mine and utility output and how much capacity is in use; because Chicago Rivet’s business is closely tied to U.S. industry and automotive manufacturing, they can affect customer purchases and how well its fixed-cost operations are used.
Rising production points to stronger potential demand from Chicago Rivet’s industrial and automotive customers and better use of its fixed-cost operations; falling production points to weaker purchases and greater pressure from those costs.
