April 23, 2008 FIN – A program to revamp the U.S. Army’s CH-47 Chinook twin-rotor helicopters has led to a
FASTENER HISTORY
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June 6, 1995 FIN – Fifteen Ohio distributors, including Mid-State Bolt & Nut, Columbus, Ohio, formed iPower of Ohio to
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November 15, 2005 FIN – Media Spotlight – South African Fasteners Manufacturers Association chair Rob Pietersma told Engineering News the
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November 30, 2004 FIN – As head of East-West Logistics, Jim Taylor is often asked when manufacturing jobs will return
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November 18, 2003 FIN – The fires of Southern California destroyed Mell’s Fastener Museum.] “Every inch of it is gone,”
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on a news release and brochure from 3M. This and other Media Spotlight
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April 16, 2001 FIN – Distributors at the Southwestern, Southeastern and Western fastener association conferences this spring were told not
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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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January 26, 1987 FIN – Joseph Dyson & Sons, Inc., Painsville, Ohio, has been purchased by a group of 14
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April 25, 2011 FIN – The 180-year-old Bossard Group has a goal of doubling global sales by 2015 – an
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October 25, 2010 FIN – The Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association published a 249-page “Fastener Black Book.” The first edition of
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March 23, 2009 FIN – A Sales Systems Limited employee working on a recent Saturday downloaded music triggering a
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July 10, 2007 FIN – ASTM International published the 150-page STP 1487, Structural Integrity of Fasteners Including the Effects of
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Freedonia financial analyst Dean Peters told FIN he’s sticking to his forecast of 4.8% annual growth for the global fastener
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August 22, 2006 FIN – Doug Adams observed storms and construction incidents causing “interruptions” in electrical service in the area.
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2004 FIN Lone Star Team Opens Sigma Fasteners March 30, 2004 FIN – Six former LSS-Lone Star-Houston employees formed Sigma
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April 15, 2013 FIN – “The structure did far more than we could have asked,” fastener engineer David Sharp declared
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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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+ click to enlarge + click to enlarge “Allfast has the best machines in the industry,” Jim Randall declared
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July 6, 1994 FIN – Doing business in Mexico is now safer and more welcome with changes in investment policy
