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1998 FIN – Fastener Distributor Learns Agility

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August 23, 2006 FIN – B/E Aerospace Inc. agreed to acquire New York Fasteners Corp. for $68 million in cash.

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1987 FIN – Vulcan Opens New Facility

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February 12, 1987 FIN – Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc., Pelham, Alabama has recently moved to a larger, updated facility just

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1990 FIN – Delta Secondary Opens in Bensenville

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January 15, 1990 FIN – Delta Secondary Inc. is a new company established to perform various secondary finishing operations on

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2010 FIN – The First Women to Head Fastener Associations

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2010 FIN – When and who was the first woman leader of a fastener association? With the launch of a

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1994 FIN – Taylor’s Most Frequently Asked Fastener Questions

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  November 28, 1994 FIN – Jim Taylor, vice president of Elmhurst, Illinois-based Semblex Corporation, told the Southeastern Fastener Association

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1983 FIN – Microdot Gives Employees Bonuses for Buying New American Cars

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February 17, 1983 FIN – Microdot Inc. is doing what it can to help the domestic auto industry get back

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1996 FIN – Mayer: Cheap Can Be Expensive

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June 25, 1996 FIN – “Forget the words ‘cheap’ and ‘expensive,’ Dr. Hermann Mayer advised June 12 at the FasTech

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1987 FIN – Holo-Krome and Allen Combine Forces

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2010 FIN  Fastenal to Buy Holo-Krome From Danaher Fastenal Company agreed to acquire certain assets of socket head screw product

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1994 FIN – Metropolitan Marks Anniversary With History Lessons

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1994 FIN ? Metropolitan Marks Anniversary With History Lesson October 8, 1994 FIN – At its 31st birthday party on

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2001 – 2014 IFI’s Soaring Eagle Awards

May 07
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  The Industrial Fasteners Institute initiated the Soaring Eagle Awards in 2001 to recognize “those persons who have ascended far

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2012 FIN – Fastener Manufacturer Tapping Temp Workers

May 06
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June 12, 2012 FIN – MEDIA SPOTLIGHT — Fastener manufacturer Termax Corp. and other U.S. companies increasingly are tapping temporary laborers to

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1994 FIN – Marbacher & Unferth: Metric is Coming

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October 25, 1994 FIN – “The U.S. is going metric to trade better in the international world,” Bruno Marbacher of

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1984 FIN – ‘Pac Man’ Purchasing Introduced to Fastener Industry

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By Dick Callahan, Editor Fastener Industry News February 16, 1984 FIN – Electronic fastener procurement has now become a reality

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2010 FIN – McGrath at NFDA: Distributor’s OEM Contracts Should Provide Protection in Case of Tariffs

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April 27, 2010 FIN – Trade attorney Matthew McGrath speaking on U.S. fastener antidumping petition in Las Vegas in 2009.

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1997 FIN – Dan-Loc Goes Global With Flexitallic Acquisition

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April 22, 1997 FIN – Houston, TX-based Dan-Loc Corporation announced it has acquired the worldwide operations of Flexitallic from T&N

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1988 & 2008 FIN: Rockford’s Role in the Fastener Industry

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  By Dick Callahan April 29, 1988 FIN – The U.S. is quickly becoming a service-oriented nation and little can

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1992 FIN – Several New Companies Created Via a Complex Web of Events

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By Dick Callahan FIN Editor May 12, 1992 FIN – This story begins in 1987, when Equity Growth Corp., a

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1999 FIN – Bossard Buys McIlhons’ Iowa Industrial Products

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September 20, 1999 FIN – Bossard Systems Inc. acquired Iowa Industrial Products Inc., Bossard CEO Ray Doane announced. Headquartered in

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1986 FIN – NFDA Introduces "Total Measurement Tool" for Fasteners

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June 10, 1986 FIN – The National Fastener Distributors Association introduced the “T.M.T.” or Total Measurement Tool for measuring and

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1993 FIN – Canada’s Paulin Opens 1st U.S. Branch

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March 19, 1993 FIN – Paulin Industries Inc. of Canada opened its first U.S. warehouse. The Cleveland facility will stock

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