A hundred years after the Titanic sank, a new article in Physics World titled “The Perfect Storm” lends credence to
FASTENER HISTORY
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November 19, 2012 FIN – What issues do Taiwan fastener manufacturers face? During FIN interviews, four manufacturers in Kaohsiung mentioned
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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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July 16, 2013 FIN – After two high-profile company acquisitions this spring, Elgin Fastener Group LLC’s CEO Jeff Liter has
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December 9, 1996 FIN – The National Fastener Distributors Association will move into a new office adjacent to the Industrial
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January 30, 2013 FIN – Porteous Fastener Co. is consolidating its two Southern California locations into one new 204,000 sq
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May 8, 2013 FIN – John Sutherland will retire and close his New England-based rep agency, Sutherland Industrial Sales, at the end
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January 31, 1989 FIN – A&G Engineering II Inc. has purchased 13 acres in Lake Elsinore, California, as a site
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January 30, 2013 FIN – Don Westby sold his Wisconsin fastener distributorship to Dave Schmitting. Westby hired Schmitting as general
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January 7, 2013 FIN – MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – AlphaUSA marked its 55th anniversary in its suburban Detroit manufacturing plant. The
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January 27, 1988 FIN – NIFAST Corp. has acquired the operations and assets of the N-I Fastener Group Inc. Nifast
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Kirsner Dumped Customers With Unlisted Telephone Number March 15, 1995 FIN – Twenty years ago when Mel Kirsner, now
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MFDA Sets Up Disaster Fund November 19, 2012 FIN – In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Metropolitan Fastener Distributors
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Distributor Russ Doran of Timberline Fasteners noted, “You can’t just take 5% out of costs year after year. Eventually it
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January 1, 1992 FIN – Wisconsin-baed Wrought Washer Mfg. Inc. has been designated as recipient of the Ford Motor Co.’s
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June 22, 1981 FIN – Joseph Fuller & Co. (Chicago) unveils its strategy for how a major importer can cope
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December 9, 2013 FIN – As three emigrants from Czechoslovakia sailed toward the Statute of Liberty in New York Harbor
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Deccmber 12, 2012 FIN – Aerospace and defense fastener and assembly hardware supplier Herndon Products Inc. made its first corporate
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+ click to enlarge February 18, 2014 FIN – In her role as president of the American Small Business
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May 6, 1987 FIN – RB&W Corporation, Mentor, Ohio, has named Siegfried Molnar, 46, president and chief operating officer.
