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2010 – History of Western Wire Products

September 21
00:00 2010

Western Wire Products Company has been a “family business” even before its 1914 incorporation in St. Louis, Missouri. Its origins

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1982 FIN – Bockhaus Bullish on Aerospace Fasteners

September 17
00:00 2010

By Dick Callahan May 1, 1982 FIN – “I am possibly more bullish than most about he long-term outlook for

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1991 FIN – Towne Robinson to Close

September 12
00:00 2010

By Dick Callahan February 15, 1991 FIN – Towne Robinson, Inc., a long time supplier of fasteners to the automotive

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1985 FIN – Japan’s O&K Acquires Wire Sales of Chicago

September 09
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By Dick Callahan October 8, 1985 FIN – Wire Sales Co. of Chicago, Illinois, has been acquired by O&K Co.

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1999 FIN – Graef: South American Fastener Technology Advancing

September 06
00:00 2010

June 4, 1999 FIN – “Talking about technology, we may say that the South American – mainly Brazilian – fastener

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1992 FIN – Missouri Threaded Products Marks 25th Anniversary

September 03
00:00 2010

May 8, 1992 FIN – Missouri Threaded Products Inc. is celebrating its 25thanniversary in business this year. Located in St.

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1986 FIN – Mud Slowing Construction of Nucor Fastener Plant in Indiana

September 01
00:00 2010

By Dick Callahan January 15, 1986 FIN – Nucor Corp., Charlotte, North Carolina, despite some setbacks in its schedule due

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1982 FIN – Italy’s Fontana Opens U.S. Warehouse

August 28
00:00 2010

By Dick Callahan January 27, 1982 FIN – Italy’s Fontana Luigi Spa is mounting a strong fastener marketing effort in

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1997 FIN – Quality Engineers: Going, Going, Gone

August 26
00:00 2010

October 24, 1997 FIN – Jennifer Dropauergraduated with a degree in industrial engineering from State University of New York/Buffalo in

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2010 – Southwestern Fastener Association History & Officers

August 25
00:00 2010
  2010 – Southwestern Fastener Association History & Officers

  A Brief History of the Southwestern Fastener Association In its early stages the Southwestern Fastener Association was known as

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1988 FIN – TriMas Corp. to be New Parent Company of Fastener Manufacturers

August 24
00:00 2010

  By Dick Callahan August 16, 1988 FIN – Eskay Screw Products, located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and Lake

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1993 FIN – TRW Plans to Sell Palnut Fastener Unit to TransTechnology Corp.; The Origins of Thompson-Ramo Woolridge

August 22
00:00 2010

June 11, 1993 FIN – TransTechnology Corporation and TRW on June 7 announced that TransTechnology Corporation has agreed to acquire

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1986 FIN – Fastener Women’s Network Holds 1st Meeting

August 20
00:00 2010

June 28, 1986 FIN – A newly formed fastener group – The Exchange Network – held its first meeting in

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1979 FIN – Keystone Consolidated Plans to Expand National Lock Fasteners

August 19
00:00 2010

  October 10, 1979 FIN – Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc. in its annual report for the fiscal year ended June

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1992 FIN – Boeing to Replace Fuse Pins With New Stainless Design

August 16
00:00 2010

December 16, 1992 FIN – Beginning in 1993 Boeing Co. plans to use newly designed airplane fuse pins made from

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1984 FIN – Fastener Industry’s First On-Line National Inventory System

August 11
00:00 2010

  By Dick Callahan March 28, 1984 FIN – The Fastener Network system is the long awaited solution to the

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1991 FIN – Bamal Names New Team

August 05
00:00 2010

June 4, 1991 FIN – Bamal Fastener Corp., Farmington Hills, Michigan, has made some changes in its upper ranks. Mikel

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1988 FIN – The Fastener Mall: Providing a Shopping Center for Fastener Distributors

August 04
00:00 2010

  By Dick Callahan August 31, 1988 FIN – The Fastener Mall, Inc. is the name of a new company

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1997 FIN – Fastener Supply Wins USA Today Award

July 29
00:00 2010

May 30, 1997 FIN – An 87% reduction in customer returns over the past three years earned Fastener Supply Corporation

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1980 FIN – Corrosion Resistant Fastener Coatings

July 28
00:00 2010

By Dick Callahan March 15, 1980 FIN – There is increasingly strong emphasis in the U.S. on corrosion resistant coatings

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