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Labor Day USA 2011

September 04
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Bill Unferth (photos courtesy DISTRIBUTORS LINK) + click to enlarge Joe Soja Bill Unferth got a job with Cleveland Cap Screw in California within days

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The History of Elgin Fastener Group

August 29
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Audax Group acquired Elgin Fastener Group for an undisclosed sum.   Elgin National Industries entered the fastener industry in 1987 with the acquisition of Chandler

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Rail Fastener Suppliers Eye "Softer" Fastener

August 23
00:00 2011

FEATURE Rail Fastener Suppliers Eye “Softer” Fastener + click to enlarge 2011 is shaping up to be a “strong year” for rail fastener suppliers, Progressive Railroading reports.   Suppliers are

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Distributor: Recession Increases Price Pressure

August 19
00:00 2011

FEATURE + view more photos Master distributor UPL Socket Screws (Pty) Ltd. in Johannesburg “The competition has become more price intense since the recession,” Daneel Herselman observed of the current

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South Africa Master Distributor: India & Malaysia Top Suppliers in Price-Dominated Market

August 17
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Rob Simes, managing director of Johannesburg, South Africa-based UPL Socket Screws + click to enlarge + view more photos BoltFast employee filling an order “Price,

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South African Fastener Manufacturer: Competing With Imports

August 15
00:00 2011

South African Fastener Manufacturer: Competing With Imports + click to enlarge + view more photos Impala Nut & Bolt SA (Pty) Ltd., located in the Wadeville, Germiston industrial section of

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FIN Interviews: Selling Fasteners in South Africa

August 12
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge The similarities include price competition, importing from Asia, a recession, tariffs, multi-generation family companies and corporate acquisitions.   Differences between the South African fastener industry

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Fastener Stocks Weather Stock Plunge

August 05
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Fastener stocks weathered the stock plunge on August 4, when global economic fear drove the Dow down 512 points — the single worst day since

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Fastener Sales And Profit See Sustained Growth

August 01
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Demand for aerospace and automotive fasteners continued to make strong gains in the second quarter

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Tariff Battles Continue in Global Fastener Industry

July 27
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge High-profile battles over tariffs continue to place the global fastener industry in the spotlight.  

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1985 FIN -Bethlehem Steel Bows Out of Fastener Manufacturing With Sale of 1882 Pennsylvania Plant

July 25
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge June 27, 1985 FIN – Bethlehem Steel Corporation has bowed out of the fastener industry.

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Wishnew, Mallo & Vodicka: How to Buy Fasteners

July 19
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Three veteran fastener salespeople with a total of 79 years of selling fasteners, offered tips

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NIFMSE Raises Prices 1,100% For Manufacturers to Attend

July 13
00:00 2011

7/13/2011 2:23:00 PM FEATURE + click to enlarge The National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo raised the basic advance

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Changes Lead to IFI 8th Edition for Inch Fasteners

July 11
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge In 1,146 pages of the 8th edition of Inch Fastener Standards, what might readers be

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First FIN Published in 1979

July 09
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Editor’s Note: The following is the introduction of Fastener Industry News by founder and first

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Belgium-based Facil Acquires Flexalloy

July 07
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Belgium-based FACIL announced it has acquired Flexalloy from Acument Global Technologies.  Subscribers can read the

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Cardinal Fastener Files Chapter 11 and Suspends Operations

July 01
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge John Grabner Rob Simes, managing director of Johannesburg, South Africa-based UPL Socket Screws (Pty) Ltd.,

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Würth Group Ranked 50th Biggest German Firm in the U.S.

June 28
00:00 2011

FEATURE ****************************************************************10149 Sullivan, Smith & Witucki to Speak on State of Fastener Industry – Global Fastener News – USA 6/28/2011

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Acument Unveils New Tech Center

June 24
00:00 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Acument Global Technologies unveiled its new North American Processing and Technical Center in Fenton, MI.

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Fastenal Among "7 Unloved Stocks Ready to Go Higher"

June 21
00:00 2011

FEATURE Fastenal Among “7 Unloved Stocks Ready to Go Higher” + click to enlarge Fastenal has grown its dividend payouts

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