10/25/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITION: Unytite Adds Wind Turbine Bolts Segment A fastener manufacturer in Illinois is planning to build a 14,000 sq ft addition on its current facility in order to...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS: Cohn, Gaudette Lead Pac-West Andy Cohn was elected president of Pacific-West Fastener Association. Cohn, owner of Duncan Bolt Co., succeeds Kelly Cole of WCL Company. John Gaudette of...
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10/25/2010 9:26:00 PM PERSPECTIVE – Vertullo: Technical Knowledge Can Reduce Costs, Risk The best opportunity to prevent a mistake is at the point a fastener distributor is purchasing fasteners, consultant...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES IFI Seeking Nominations for Soaring Eagle Awards The Industrial Fasteners Institute is seeking nominations for its 2011 Soaring Eagle Awards. The IFI initiated the Soaring Eagle Awards in...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES Fastener CEO Cycling 107 Miles to Raise $3,900 for Leukemia Kirk Zehnder will ride his bicycle 107 miles on November 20, 2010, to raise money for the Leukemia...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES Pac-West: Sales is More Than Pricing Because There Can Only Be One Lowest Price “Selling is the only revenue-generating activity in a business,” Ann Marie Houghtailing emphasized at...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES EU Probes China Fastener Transshipments Through Malaysia Chinese exporters are using Malaysia as an illegal transshipment hub to evade European Union import duties on steel screws and bolts,...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: 120 Companies Booked for India Expo The Indiamart Fastener Expo reported 120 companies from India, China and Taiwan for the December 17-19, 2010, trade show. The...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITION: B/E Aerospace Buying Satair’s European OEM Fastener Business B/E Aerospace agreed to acquire Denmark-based Satair’s aerospace OEM fastener distribution business for $162 million in cash. “The...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES OBITUARY: Ellen Hiecke Ellen Hiecke, 66, sales manager for Aerospace Nylok, died on October 9, 2010 of a heart attack. Survivors include her husband, Walter Hiecke; two children...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Barbarotto Machinery, Beacon Fasteners, Industrial Rivet, Modern Plating, Permanent Technologies and Precision Threaded Products Advance Components added 1.5 million Johnson & Hoffman hole plugs, executive...
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10/25/2010 HEADLINES UK Publisher Launches North American Tools & Fasteners Magazine A publisher from the UK is launching Tools & Fasteners, a magazine for the North American distribution and supply...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES Fastenal Plans Indianapolis Expansion Amid Brisk Sales lass=”mceEditor”> Fastenal plans to double the size of its automated goods-to-the-person mini-load order picking system at its Indianapolis distribution center, Material Handling...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES Report: European Commission To Investigate Malaysian Circumventing According to a source close to Brussels the European Commission is in the final stages of obtaining support from EU member...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES NFDA Panelists: Social Media is a Must Even for Fastener Distributors NFDA members mingle at Chicago reception in September 2010 “Your customers are tweeting about you,” panelist Mike...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES Salome, Davis Head Southwestern Fastener Association Bobby Salome was elected chairman and Susan Davis president of the Southwestern Fastener Association for 2010 -2011. Salome is with El...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES Nucor Fastener’s Antidumping Appeal Dismissed The U.S. Court of International Trade dismissed Nucor Fastener’s antidumping appeal, upholding the Department of Commerce’s refusal to initiate consideration of currency undervaluation...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Lenhart Brings Marketing, Organizing to NFDA The new executive vice president of the National Fastener Distributors Association Mark Lenhart (right), with Mark Shannon of Tower Fasteners, the...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES Precision Castparts Outbid in $1.27b McKechnie Deal click here click here click here click here click here click here click here click here click here click here click...
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9/28/2010 HEADLINES B/E Aerospace Raises Funds for Fastener Acquisitions B/E Fastener Earnings Up B/E Aerospace’s fastener business, Consumables Management, improved its earnings during the second quarter of 2010, boosted by...
