+ click to enlarge + click to enlarge April 25, 1980 FIN – Fastener manufacturers after a good first quarter
FASTENER HISTORY 1980
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Microdot Fastener Group has changed its name to Microdot Fastening Systems. The name change for the Troy, Michigan-based company reflects
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May 15, 1980 FIN – Albany, Pawtucket Fasteners Division is the new name for Albany Fasteners Inc. of South Norwalk,
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August 26, 1980 FIN – The International Trade Commission just ruled that domestic steel wire nail producers have not been
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August 26, 1980 FIN – Andrews Wire is adding a nail producing plant to its existing wire drawing facilities at
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August 4, 1980 FIN –The process, designed to impart uniform coating and to eliminate many of the problems associated with
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June 30, 1980 FIN – Douglas Ingersoll is opening a cold header training school. The California School of Cold Heading
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January 16, 1980 FIN – Flexalloy Inc., is the name of a new corporation which joins together Flexalloy Fasteners Inc.
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June 10, 1981 FIN – Richard E. Shanks, president of Fasteners Inc., Spokane, Washington, was recently named “Small Business Person
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FASTENER HISTORY September 17, 1980 FIN – Lamson & Sessions Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has made a number of moves intended
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March 4, 1980 FIN – Two California manufacturers of aircraft fasteners who have been faced with a shortage of
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August 4, 1980 FIN – The current issue of New York magazine (August 4, 1980 pages 16-22) has a cover story which
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+ click to enlarge December 21, 1980 FIN – Editor’s Note: Following are some forecasts for 1981 provided by
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April 25, 1980 FIN – Can you list three similarities shared by donuts and washers? If you can, you can
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By Dick Callahan March 15, 1980 FIN – There is increasingly strong emphasis in the U.S. on corrosion resistant
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By Dick Callahan March 15, 1980 FIN – There is increasingly strong emphasis in the U.S. on corrosion resistant coatings
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October 15, 1980 FIN – If someone were to ask you to name the largest hardware store in the world
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August 4, 1980 FIN – A special 18% countervailing duty was imposed July 21, 1980, on nine industrial fastener tariff
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FASTENER HISTORY Attendees registering for the first National Industrial Fastener Show in Columbus, Ohio, in 1981 (photo courtesy of NIFS).
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FASTENER HISTORY May 15, 1980 FIN – Representatives of eight trade associations, including the Industrial Fasteners Institute and one Ad
