March 19, 1991 – Sems & Specials, Inc., Rockford, Illinois, is a new company now producing sems and specialty products
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November 18, 2008 FIN – Steel is feeling the crunch of the global financial crisis, Nucor Fasteners general sales manager
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September 21, 2004 FIN – The biggest issue for the European fastener industry is China rather than steel prices, a
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1982 FIN RB&W Closing West Coast Plant July 22, 1982 FIN – The Russell, Burdsall & Ward west coast plant
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February 7, 2001 FIN – The Würth Group announced it met the goal set in 1987 by Reinhold Würth to
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Microdot Fastener Group has changed its name to Microdot Fastening Systems. The name change for the Troy, Michigan-based company reflects
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+ click to enlarge December 12, 2002 FIN – Editor’s Note: NIFS Hall of Fame acceptance speeches tend to
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2007 FIN TriMas Finalizes Sales to Fontana & Holbrook February 9, 2007 FIN – TriMas Corp. finalized the sale
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Editor’s Note: The last Perspective column (see February 13, 1996, article below) summarized an NBC Nightly News report on
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December 7, 2009 FIN – The unanimous U.S. International Trade Commission decision to terminate the antidumping investigation into standard
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July 27, 2005 FIN – Integrated Logistics Solutions LLC has agreed to acquire the assets and assume trade payables
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November 12, 2002 FIN – In the 1960s the fastener industry felt a shift toward production in Japan. In the
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May 8, 1992 – SPS Technologies, Inc., Newton, Pennsylvania, will be consolidating its Unbrako socket head cap screw manufacturing operations
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December 14, 2010 FIN – Educate your sales team on the “ins and outs” of the “Buy American” provisions
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April 29, 1988 FIN – Elco Industries Inc. has signed a technical assistance agreement with the Nagoya Screw Manufacturing
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+ click to enlarge November 17, 2014 FIN – In May 2014, an underwater archaeologist announced that he had
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2014 FIN Geyer Commits Suicide to Avoid Prison June 2014 FIN – Martin Geyer died from a self-inflicted gunshot to
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September 6, 2013 FIN – Grainger Inc. completed its acquisition of Netherlands-based fastener distributor Fabory Group for about $344 million.
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September 28, 1990 FIN – Buchanan Metal Forming Inc. is the name of a new company which will be
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The Fastener Training Institute and Industrial Fasteners Institute co-produced their first interactive training webinar, “Thread Fit Matters,” in August, and more
