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More to Titanic Disaster Than "Faulty Rivets"

April 11
00:00 2012

FEATURE More to Titanic Disaster Than “Faulty Rivets” + click to enlarge A hundred years after the Titanic sank, a new article in Physics World titled “The Perfect Storm” lends

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Darling at Southwestern: Steel Costs Drive Fastener Prices

April 09
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Fastener prices are up because steel prices are up over the past decade, Bruce Darling told the Southwestern Fastener Association. • At the end of

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Crime in the Fastener Industry

April 06
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge This week it was news about people outside a fastener company taking pension funds from those fastener employees. But in the past some fastener firms

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Monti, Paddock Lead IFI for 2012-13

April 02
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Dave Monti Dave Monti is the 67th chairperson of the Industrial Fasteners Institute and Steve Paddock of Böllhoff Inc. is the new vice chair. Monti,

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Wire 2012 Opens in Germany

March 28
00:00 2012

FEATURE   There are 158 fastener exhibitors among the 1,314 exhibitors at Wire 2012 this week in Düsseldorf, Germany. Total Wire 2012 exhibit space for the biennial trade shows increased

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Container Lines Propose Additional Transpacific Shipping Rate Increase

March 16
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge An additional Transpacific $400 general rate increase would take effect April 15 and bring this year’s total hike to $1,200. Container lines on the transpacific

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How Many Fasteners in a Boeing 777?

March 08
00:00 2012

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Is Fastenal Stock Overpriced?

March 06
00:00 2012

3/6/2012 12:59:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Most stock analysts are keen on Fastenal Co. stock.  BusinessWeek rates the Winona, MN-based fastener supplier as the best-performing stock over the

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Portland Bolt Marks 100th Anniversary During 2012

February 25
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Jonathan Todd Brian Sonnenberg became president of Portland Bolt at age 33. “I saw many

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From Fasteners to Legislation – Rep. Shirkey Feels Successful Even as a Freshman in Michigan Legislature

February 22
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Subscribers click here for the story of Mike Shirkey’s first year as a state representative.

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Apple Criticized for ‘Pentalobular’ Screws

February 20
00:00 2012

2/18/2012 9:59:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Technology bloggers lashed out at Apple in recent weeks over the company’s

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Connecting the Present with the Past

February 20
00:00 2012

2/20/2012 1:17:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Fastener news in 2012  already  includes articles about the EU renewing tariffs

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Report: Better Days Ahead for Fastener Distributors

February 08
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Fastener distributors in the U.S. expressed a strong economic outlook for the domestic economy in

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Würth Group Sponsors Penske Racing in 2012

January 27
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Penske Racing welcomes a new partner to its NASCAR Nationwide Series program in 2012 as

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Würth Reports 2011 Worldwide Sales Up 12.3%

January 20
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge The Würth Group currently consists of over 410 companies in 84 countries and has 66,113

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FIN Fastener History Aids in Industry Research

January 15
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Jim Witucki of Nucor Fastener used the Fastener History section of GlobalFastenerNews.com in preparing his

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New 2013 Cadillac Outperforms Mercedes

January 13
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge With a curb weight of less than 3,400 pounds, the 2013 Cadillac ATS is the

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Alcoa CEO: "We are #1 in fasteners."

January 11
00:00 2012

FEATURE Alcoa CEO: “We are #1 in fasteners.” + click to enlarge Alcoa reported Engineered Products revenue in the fourth

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Top Fastener Stories of 2011

January 06
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge Some big news hit the fastener industry in 2011. Here’s a FIN roundup of some

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2011 FIN Fastener Stock Index Rises

January 02
00:00 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge The FIN Fastener Stock Index gained 9.5% in 2011, compared to a 0.6% growth rate

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