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1997 FIN – NFDA Selects Merrifield as New Executive

January 15
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  January 2, 1997 FIN – He has been directing an international professional associations with 3,000 members and a staff

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2013 FIN – Jay-Cee Marking 65th Anniversary

January 13
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May 8, 2013 FIN – Jay-Cee Sales & Rivet Inc. is marking its 65th year in business, manager Allan Weitzman announced. Jay-Cee Sales

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1988 FIN – BF Goodrich to Fund Rivnut Engineered Upgrades at Indiana Plant

January 10
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  March 7, 1988 FIN – Rivnut Engineered Fasteners, a unit of B.F. Goodrich Aerospace & Defense Division, will receive

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2013 FIN – Aztech ISO Energy Saving Total 8% of Payroll

January 06
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  + click to enlarge February 20, 2013 FIN – Aztech Locknut Company is probably the first fastener manufacturer to

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2012 FIN – Domestic Fastener Demand Boosting Birmingham Sales; ‘Buy America Act’ Has "Altered the Market"

January 03
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September 24, 2012 FIN – Sales for early 2012 rose 20% for Birmingham Fastener’s manufacturing and distribution operations, and a

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1984 FIN – Northwest Sells Microdot to Investor Group

January 01
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January 5, 1984 FIN – The Microdot Inc. unit of Northwest Industries Inc. has been sold for $121 million to

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2011 FIN – Precision Castparts Fastener Products Poised for Growth

December 16
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June 14, 2011 FIN – Precision Castparts is catching lots of attention from industry analysts lately, in part due to

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1990 FIN – Keen Screw Expanding Two Plants

December 16
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December 19, 1990 FIN – Keen Screw Products Inc. is expanding operations at two locations. Mark Kramer announced a 15,000

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2002 FIN – Taylor & Darling: China Production Growing

December 11
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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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2009 FIN – FIEG: Pull Mismarked Thailand Grade 5 Bolts

December 04
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March 23, 2009 FIN – The Fastener Industry Education Group warned distributors to immediately quarantine mismarked Grade 5 cap screw

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1979 FIN – Update on High Strength Structural Bolts, Nuts & Washers

December 04
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By Frederick Graves, P.E. F.E. Graves Associates December 27, 1979 FIN – Over the past 18 months there have been

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2010 FIN – Devers: Economic Uncertainty is the Current Problem

November 30
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  + click to enlarge November 22, 2010 FIN – Uncertainty about the economic recovery and the U.S. housing industry

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1997 FIN – Nash: Number of Distributors Declining

November 27
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  November 21, 1997 FIN – “The economy is in super shape, unemployment is down, interest rates are stable, many

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1980 FIN – 3M Shows New Mechanical Galvanizing Process

November 18
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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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2006 FIN – Bostitch Unveils Hurricane Nail

November 08
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December 18, 2006 FIN – Bostitch fastener engineer Ed Sutt has designed a nail that could save lives and homes

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2005 FIN – Fasteners Make Journey to Saturn’s Largest Moon

October 31
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February 15, 2005 FIN – After a seven-year, two billion mile journey strapped to the side of the Cassini orbiter,

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2002 FIN – SPS’ Thompson: Aircraft Rollouts Down 19%

October 21
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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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2006 FIN – Platinum Equity Sees Long-Term Growth for TFS

October 11
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June 28, 2006 FIN – A new name and brand image seem to be the biggest changes facing Textron Fastening

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1995 FIN – NFDA Gives Manufacturers Voting Rights

October 02
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May 3, 1995 FIN – The National Fastener Distributors Association is giving full voting rights to its manufacturing associate members,

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1981 FIN – Bethlehem Fastener Division Reorganizing

September 27
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June 22, 1981 FIN – The new Bethlehem Industrial Fastener Division hopes to be able to attract customers with competitive

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