12/30/2013 10:34:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Maryann Pearl Marzocchi, 74, vice president for advertising sales and a co-founder of Distributor’s Link magazine, died December 27, 2013, in Florida. She was
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12/31/2013 1:19:00 AM FEATURE For the fastener stories of these industry leaders, click on the Obituaries section of GlobalFastenerNews.com. (in alphabetical order) Mark Asher, 101, had owned Accurate Fastener Company. Robert E.
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FEATURE When a company in business since 1689 anonymously surveyed customers in 2011, here is the order of most important factors in their buying: 1. Quality 2. Cost Effective 3. Availability
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12/15/2013 2:25:00 PM FEATURE + click to enlarge Participate in your industry by taking the 35th annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry. (Click HERE to begin.) • The FIN Survey monitors sales, profits,
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FEATURE + click to enlarge Rosemary Hacaj and Ivo Peske As three emigrants from Czechoslovakia sailed toward the Statute of Liberty in New York Harbor in 1961, they didn’t know
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FEATURE + click to enlarge Courtesy ZEPOL + click to enlarge Following a brief rebound in August, U.S. fastener exports fell in September, while imports continued to decline for the
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FEATURE + click to enlarge The 2014 FIN Calendar totals 13 months beginning with December 2013, allowing Fastener Industry News subscribers to begin using it today. The 2014 FIN Calendar lists 102 fastener meetings, trade shows
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FEATURE + click to enlarge Boeing Moving Fastener Work In-House Boeing is still trying to bring more fastener work in-house. One of the drivers behind BA’s new ‘Partnering For Success
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FEATURE + click to enlarge MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – The West Virginia Development Office and the West Virginia Export Council honored
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FEATURE + click to enlarge “We always.” “We can’t.” “We don’t.” Those are phrases that can make it more difficult
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FEATURE + click to enlarge Credit: Puget Sound Business Journal MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – More robots and fewer people, will be driving
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11/13/2013 7:07:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Tennessee Galvanizing began production at a new plant designed for fasteners and
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FEATURE + click to enlarge The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association’s 37th annual convention opened Monday at Mandalay Bay in
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11/8/2013 2:28:00 AM FEATURE From exhibit booths to overall registration, numbers were up for the 2013 National Industrial Fastener &
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FEATURE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – The strength of the aerospace industry is demonstrated by Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc., the Los Angeles Times reported.
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10/30/2013 12:09:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge The National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo
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FEATURE + click to enlarge TriMas Corp. acquired Mac Fasteners Inc. The transaction closed on October 25, 2013, at which
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FEATURE + click to enlarge The first National Industrial Fastener Show & Conference was held in June 1981 in Columbus,
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FEATURE Hurricane Sandy demonstrated the importance of generators to Star Stainless Screw Co., Tim Roberto Jr. told the Pacific-West Fastener Association.
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FEATURE + click to enlarge A Taiwanese consortium headed by Robert Shieh, president of Ta Chen International, acquired Brighton-Best in
