CVR

The company operates through two primary segments. Its Fastener segment is responsible for producing a range of metal fastening components, including rivets, cold-formed parts, and screw machine products. These are essential hardware items used to join materials in manufactured goods. The Assembly Equipment segment designs and builds the specialized machinery used to install these fasteners, such as automatic rivet setting machines, and also supplies replacement parts and tools for this equipment.

Chicago Rivet sells its products largely to the automotive industry, utilizing a network of independent sales representatives to reach its customers. Its operations involve both the manufacture of the consumable fasteners and the machines that apply them, serving the broader industrial manufacturing sector. The company’s history reflects its sustained focus on this niche within industrial components and production equipment.