Officially, it was the “National Industrial Fastener Show & Conference” through most of its 22-year history. But to the industry the easier name and the term of endearment for the show held in the capital city of Ohio was simply “Columbus.”
FASTENER HISTORY 2002
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+ click to enlarge October 29, 2002 FIN – Media reports that an upcoming Massachusetts Institute of Technology study blames
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September 10, 2002 FIN – The boards of the Western Association of Fastener Distributors and the Los Angeles Fastener Association
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December 12, 2002 FIN – Alcoa Inc. completed the acquisition of the assets of Fairchild Fasteners from the Fairchild Corporation.
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+ click to enlarge December 12, 2002 FIN – Editor’s Note: NIFS Hall of Fame acceptance speeches tend to
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November 12, 2002 FIN – In the 1960s the fastener industry felt a shift toward production in Japan. In the
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2002 FIN Perspective: McIlhon: Metrics Led to IIP/Bossard Relationship June 11, 2002 FIN – Ed McIlhon of Iowa Industrial Products
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May 30, 2003 FIN – Fastener company mergers and acquisitions slowed to a crawl during 2002, Richard Hagan announced in
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June 28, 2002 FIN – The economic recession in the U.S. and much of the rest of the world slowed
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December 12, 2002 FIN – China will be the center of the $35 billion global fastener manufacturing market by 2010,
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Increases in military spending and orders from Europe’s Airbus are offsetting some of the aerospace decline for SPS Technologies Inc.,
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July 25, 2002 FIN – Aluminum giant Alcoa is expanding in the fastener industry by acquiring the Fairchild Fasteners division
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July 25, 2002 FIN – The Internet worries distributors because they are leery of manufacturers selling direct online, customers can
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FASTENER HISTORY 2002 FIN – Textron Fastening Announces Global Reorganization 2002 FIN ? New Textron Fastening Management Team • Threaded
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FASTENER HISTORY 2002 FIN – LAFA Promotes Training by Testing Members January 29, 2002 FIN – The Los Angeles Fastener
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FASTENER HISTORY 2002 FIN – Dudenhoeffer Adds Fasteners to Guitars + click to enlarge 2012 FIN ? EFC Promotes Dudenhoeffer
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October 29, 2002 FIN – “I never thought inventory would become a dirty word.” That commentary, made by Safety Socket
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February 21, 2002 FIN – Since a friend “dragged” her to an adult education class 20 years ago, Kathryn K. Sackheim has
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December 12, 2002 FIN – “I had a friend who worked at Fastenal, and I needed a job. It’s
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2002 FIN Anixter Acquires Pentacon September 20, 2002 FIN – Pentacon Inc. emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy following the
