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1994 FIN – Two Domestic Fastener Wire Producers Plan Improvements

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February 28, 1994 FIN –Two domestic producers of wire used for fastener fabrication are moving forward with plans to supply

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1989 FIN – American Socket Screw Relocating

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January 31, 1989 FIN – American Socket Screw Mfg. Co., Elk Grove Village, is relocating to a larger facility and

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1993 FIN – IFI Publishes Aerospace Fastener Glossary

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February 16, 1993 FIN – T­he Industrial Fasteners Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, has a new 56-page Glossary of Terms which defines

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1985 FIN – 49-Year-Old Co-Founder Tyson Retiring From House of Threads

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May 25, 1985 FIN – House of Threads announced the retirement of president and co-founder Paul Tyson. Tyson, 49, is

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1992 FIN – UZ Acquires State Products

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February 15, 1992 FIN – UZ Engineered Products Co., has acquired the assets of State Products Corp., a Norristown, Pennsylvania

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1983 FIN – Michigan Wire Expanding in Cold Heading

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November 25, 1983 FIN – Michigan Wire Processing Company, Inc. has expanded its capabilities to serve its customers in the

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1998 FIN – Hagan: Do Your Own Little Consolidation

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October 29, 1998 FIN – Small distributors wondering what the wave of acquisitions will do to them might respond by

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2008 FIN – Employees, Customers & Suppliers Tell the Porteous Story

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  February 20, 2008 FIN- Porteous Fastener Co. marked its 40th anniversary by publishing more than 100 company stories from

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1982 FIN – Non-Ferrous Converts Cold Nut Former to Hot Former

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March 18, 1982 FIN – Non-Ferrous has another innovation in development now.  It has converted an old Waterbury cold nut

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1998 FIN – Construction Washers Fool Parking Meters

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August 28, 1998 FIN – Montreal hardware stores reported a rush on construction washers after word spread that the washers

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1986 FIN – New Domestic Sources For Rod and Cold Heading Wire

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By Dick Callahan, FIN Editor   June 10, 1986 FIN – The U.S. is going to have a bug new

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1996 FIN – European Plants Near Capacity

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International News  July 17, 1996 FIN – The majority of European fastener manufacturers reported to the European Industrial Fasteners Institute

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1981 FIN – Industrial Fasteners Institute Will Not Just Be Fasteners Anymore

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FASTENER HISTORY October 2, 1981 FIN – In a restructuring expected to be fully operational by the February 1982 meeting

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2012 FIN – Orbitform’s Shirkey Reflects on 1st Year in State Legislature

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FASTENER HISTORY February 20, 2012 FIN – Even as a freshman among 110 state representatives, Orbitform Group owner Mike Shirkey finds he has made a

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1994 FIN – What to Do When Your Best Customer Requires You to Use Bar Coding

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  March 17, 1994 FIN – The day is coming when your best customer will deliver “a big brown envelope

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1985 FIN – Steel & Wire Division Adds 4 Annealing Furnaces

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  January 14, 1985 FIN – MNP Corporation added four new controlled atmosphere-annealing furnaces to provide increased capacity for its

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1993 FIN – New International Fastener Machinery Association Holds 1st Board Meeting

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  June 30, 1993 FIN – The International Fastener Machinery Association, a new group representing worldwide suppliers of machinery, equipment,

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1984 FIN – Dukes Acquires Hayes Bolt

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1989 FIN  Hayes Bolt Moves to Larger Facility December 18, 1989 FIN – Hayes Bolt & Supply moved a few

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1991 FIN – MacLean-Fogg Adds Everlock Operation

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April 17, 1991 FIN – MacLean-Fogg, Mundelein, Illinois, has acquired the assets of Everlock-Detroit, a part of Everlock Fastening Systems

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1994 FIN – Four Summer Typhoons Cut Taiwan Fastener Export

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  September 28, 1994 FIN – Four typhoons and resulting floods have temporarily cut the export of fasteners and other

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