November 21, 2011 FIN – Have a company purchasing philosophy, don’t be wooed by small price differentials and learn the
FASTENER HISTORY
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FASTENER HISTORY 2012 FIN – Sakhuja, Bialas & Owens: How to Buy Fasteners April 25, 2012 FIN – Give your
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June 21, 2013 FIN – Have a company purchasing philosophy, don’t be wooed by small price differentials and learn the
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Tinnerman History of Innovation Tinnerman was founded in Ohio in 1870 by George Tinnerman as the Tinnerman Stove Company. In
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January 9, 1987 FIN – The Industrial Fasteners Institute of Cleveland, Ohio, has hit the century mark. Not in years,
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July 21, 1993 FIN – The National Fastener Distributors Association will sponsor a tabletop trade show during their autumn conference
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April 10, 1986 FIN – The Rawplug Co., Inc., New Rochelle, New York, has purchased highly automated cold heading
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+ click to enlarge Matt Ulrich, Ed McIlhon and Casey McIlhon (courtesy Assembled Products) 2014 FIN – At its
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May 3, 1991 FIN – Hillman Fastener, Cincinnati, Ohio, has relocated to larger quarters and has made some changes in
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MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – “Forget the Toyotas Matushitas and Canons for a moment,” small companies employ 60% of Japan’s labor force,
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1994 FIN Letter of Frustration: Distributors vs. Home Centers December 14, 1994 FIN – Much of the talk at the
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December 3, 1982 FIN – American Cold Heading’s Midwest Industries Division is carrying portable microfiche readers on calls to distributors
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November 14, 1988 FIN – Spirol International Corp., Danielson, Connecticut, is the name of a new corporation formed by
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August 28, 1998 FIN – Fastener companies report little impact from the seven-week General Motors strike this summer and expect
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Acument Global Technologies will close an automotive fastener plant in Wytheville, VA, during 2009. Employment at the plant declined
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February 2, 2011 FIN – Alcoa Fastening Systems “significantly strengthens” its aerospace fastener product lines by acquiring Valley-Todeco and Linread,
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September 19, 2006 FIN – Fastener Tech 07 will replace the industry wide Fastener Week held in 2005 in Chicago
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June 10, 1985 FIN – It all began in 1910. That’s when William G. Allen obtained a patent for a
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January 14, 1989 – Florida Bolt & Nut Co., West Palm Beach, Florida, was recently presented with the 1988 Florida
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