6/21/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITION: ASG Acquires MicroTorq ASG acquired the assets of MicroTorq LLC. Cleveland-based ASG, a division of Jergens Inc., manufactures standard tooling and specialty fastener products. Traverse City, MI-based...
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Taiwan Invites The World To Visit The Source Editor’s Note: The Taiwan External Trade Development Council invited leading fastener journalists from around the world to Taiwan to promote...
June 21
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITION: Grainger Creates South American JV With Torhefe Grainger announced a joint venture with a South American fastener company – an affiliate of Torhefe S.A., THF International SAS....
June 21
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES NFDA Forecast Shows Key Metals Indicators Up All leading indicators are pointing to U.S. economic recovery and growth according to the National Fastener Distributors Association Market Forecast for...
June 21
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Acklands-Grainger, Atlantic Fasteners, Brighton-Best International, Cable Tie Express, Chandler Products, Dyson Corp., Fall River Manufacturing, FastenFinder.com, Olander Company, 3V Fasteners, Semblex and Topura America Fastener Acklands-Grainger...
June 21
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: SALES – Stelfast Inc. Stelfast Inc., a leading importer of Industrial/Automotive Fasteners, is currently seeking Sales Representatives to join the Stelfast team throughout the country. All levels...
June 21
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Discount for July Fastener Training Fast Track Your Technical Skills Accelerated training available July 19-23, 2010, for the Fastener Training Institute / Industrial Fasteners Institute one week...
June 21
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Budapest Show Outpacing Past Shows Fastener Fair Budapest has already outgrown the first show held in 2008. The Eastern European trade show will be September 6-7,...
June 21
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6/21/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: China Show Draws From 28 Countries The third Fastener Trade Show in Hangzho, China reported 239 exhibiting companies with 282 booths on 13,000 sq meters of...
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5/24/2010 HEADLINES Platinum Equity Selling Avdel To Pan-Asian Private Equity Firm Platinum Equity, the parent company of Acument Global Technologies, signed a definitive agreement to sell Acument’s Avdel and Global...
May 24
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5/24/2010 HEADLINES B&B Hardware Files Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Fastenal Over Exclusivity Contract; Fastenal Responds Fastenal Responds Fastenal addressed the issue in recent SEC filings. The following was taken from...
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5/24/2010 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE – Report: 1 in 8 UK Fastener Companies Could Change Ownership Due to Economy A Plimsoll Industry Analysis on the fastener industry finds “cash rich competitors waiting...
May 24
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5/24/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: All American Fastener Show, NIFS/East NIFS/East Returning to Battelle Hall in Columbus for 2011 The National Industrial Fastener Show/East will return to the hall where the...
May 24
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5/24/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Central North Carolina Distributor For Sale Central North Carolina Distributor • 45-Year-Old Company • Great reputation. • Fasteners – Industrial – STAFDA For information contact: Charles Milam,...
May 24
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5/24/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Engineering/Tool Design, Elgin Fastener Group – Cleveland Seeking an experienced engineer for cold-heading part and tooling design. AutoCAD, Excel proficiency and fastener tooling design experience a must....
May 24
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5/24/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Seasoned Sales Associate Wanted Page Industrial Supply, Inc. is looking for a sales associate with prior experience in the fastener industry. Our fastener company services the continental...
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5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: B/E AEROSPACE Sales at B/E Aerospace’s fastener business, Consumables Management, dropped 23.5% to $798.1 million on a proforma basis during 2009. The company said the decline...
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5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: GRAINGER Grainger reported sales declined 9% to $6.2 billion in 2009, while net earnings fell to $430 million and earnings per share dropped 6% to $5.62....
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5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: ITW With “virtually all OEMs boost(ing) production,” ITW reported sales at its Transportation segment, including fasteners, increased 9.6% to $593.1 million during the fourth quarter of...
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5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: PARK-OHIO Park-Ohio’s Supply Technologies reported revenue, including fasteners, rose 13.5% to $94.2 million during the opening quarter of 2010, while operating income swelled to $4.5 million....
