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Runners-Up for Innovative Products Award?

June 02
00:00 2015
    Runners-Up for Innovative Products Award?

FEATURE + click to enlarge Phillips Screw Co. won the Fastener+Fixing Fastener Technology Innovator award for a bolt designed for Rolls Royce jet engines; Fischer’s greenline range initially with six plugs and

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Hagan: Fastener Acquisitions Jump in 2014

May 29
00:00 2015
    Hagan: Fastener Acquisitions Jump in 2014

FEATURE + click to enlarge There were 41 fastener company acquisitions completed worldwide during 2014, making it the most active deal-making year in the past seven years.   “With so

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End of 2014 FIN Stock Review

May 25
00:00 2015
    End of 2014 FIN Stock Review

FEATURE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge The latest FIN Stock Review is here. Since 1999, the FIN Stock Review has combed through thousands of pages of annual reports and other financial

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IFI Selects Brahimi to Succeed Greenslade

May 20
00:00 2015

FEATURES Joe Greenslade Salim Brahimi After 45 years in the fastener industry, Joe Greenslade will retire at the end of 2015. Salim Brahimi of IBECA Technologies Corp. will succeed Greenslade

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World’s Largest Nut? Guinness May Add Category

May 20
00:00 2015

FEATURES MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – Packer Fastener & Supply Inc. commissioned a 3.5-ton, 10-foot tall hex nut for outside of its new Wisconsin headquarters, and the nut may be the world’s

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Womack to Southwestern: Avoid "Claim Denied"

May 13
00:00 2015

  Most business risks are not covered under a commercial general liability contract, insurance agent Scott Womack warned Southwestern Fastener Association members. “My 25 years of insurance experience lead me

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Fastener Tech Expands to 157 Exhibiting Companies; 170 Booths

May 12
00:00 2015

FEATURES     Fastener Tech 2015 is expanding booth space and offering advance registration for free. The fifth biennial Fastener Tech ’15 will be June 8-10, 2015, at the Stephens

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Riley to Pac-West: How to Determine Fastener Testing Needs

May 04
00:00 2015

FEATURES   How many tests do you need to run? How many pieces do you need to test? “Go talk to your customer,” Element Materials Technology general manager Jim Riley

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HEADLINES from December 1 FIN

May 02
00:00 2015

Bannister & McGuire Sell NIFMSE To National Firm Bannister and McGuire (courtesy LINK Magazine) The National Fastener & Mill Supply Expo

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HEADLINES from December 1 FIN

May 02
00:00 2015

Bannister & McGuire Sell NIFMSE To National Firm Bannister and McGuire (courtesy LINK Magazine) The National Fastener & Mill Supply Expo

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Fastener Industry Headed to Washington

April 27
00:00 2015
  Fastener Industry Headed to Washington

FEATURE + click to enlarge  •  The Industrial Fasteners Institute is conducting a Fly-In to Washington, DC for May 12-13, 2015

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MHS Industrial Marking 75th Anniversary

April 27
00:00 2015
  MHS Industrial Marking 75th Anniversary

FEATURE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge After 74 years in one location, MHS Industrial Supply of Mansfield,

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Rockwell’s ‘Rosie the Riveter’ Model Dies

April 27
00:00 2015
  Rockwell’s ‘Rosie the Riveter’ Model Dies

FEATURE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge The model for Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1943 “Rosie the Riveter” painting

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U.S. West Coast Ports "Slowly Improving"

April 27
00:00 2015
  U.S. West Coast Ports "Slowly Improving"

FEATURE U.S. West Coast Ports “Slowly Improving” + click to enlarge Fastener importers report U.S. West Coast ports are receiving

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KUKA Aerospace Expands in Michigan

April 22
00:00 2015
  KUKA Aerospace Expands in Michigan

FEATURE + click to enlarge Aerospace assembly robotic manufacturer KUKA Systems is expanding its facility in Clinton Township, MI. Ground-breaking

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Würth Founder Reinhold Würth Turning 80

April 17
00:00 2015
  Würth Founder Reinhold Würth Turning 80

FEATURE + click to enlarge In a 1997 interview with Fastener Industry News, fastener billionaire Reinhold Würth advised young people entering

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NFDA Sees Würth’s Logistics in Action

April 10
00:00 2015
  NFDA Sees Würth’s Logistics in Action

4/10/2015 1:01:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge In 1999, there was a 302-acre wooded property on the edge of

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Houghtailing to NFDA: Millennials Want ‘A Mission’

April 05
00:00 2015
  Houghtailing to NFDA: Millennials Want ‘A Mission’

FEATURE + click to enlarge The generation gap between legacy employees and millennials may be costing fastener distributors time, talent

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Anixter Fasteners Testing New Name

April 01
00:00 2015

3/12/2015 3:25:00 AM FEATURES + click to enlarge Anixter Fasteners History From the Stock Review section of GlobalFastenerNews.com:   Anixter

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Fastener Stocks Continue to Struggle

April 01
00:00 2015
  Fastener Stocks Continue to Struggle

FEATURE + click to enlarge The FIN Fastener Stock Index fell 6.9% in the opening quarter of 2015, reversing gains

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