5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: H. PAULIN H. Paulin reported sales decreased 10% to CAD 123.1 million during 2009, while operating income rose 20% to CAD 3.4 million and net income...
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5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: PRECISION CASTPARTS Precision Castparts reported Fastener Products sales for fiscal 2010 dropped 12% to $1.4 billion, while segment operating income declined 4.3% to $439.3 million, or...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES FINdex Comes Roaring Back After gaining 10% in the final quarter of 2009, the FIN Fastener Stock Index came roaring back in the first quarter of 2010, jumping...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: BARNES GROUP Revenue at Barnes Logistics and Manufacturing Services, including fasteners at Barnes Distribution, slipped 22% to $539.1 million during 2009, hurt by continued weakness in...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: CARPENTER TECHNOLOGIES Carpenter Technologies reported aerospace market sales, including fasteners, rose 2% to $149.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2010. Excluding surcharge revenue, aerospace...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: CHICAGO RIVET “Economic conditions, which were weak at the close of 2008, worsened in early 2009 and had a dramatic impact on revenues in both the...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: DORMAN Dorman Products continued its growing revenue, with 2009 sales rising 10% to $377.4 million, “driven by strong overall demand for our products and higher new...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: FASTENAL Investors have flocked to Fastenal in recent months, encouraged by the company’s growth. Fastenal reported first quarter sales rose 6.4% to $520.8 million, boosted by...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: LAWSON PRODUCTS Lawson Products reported revenue decreased 21.9% to $378.9 million in 2009, while gross profit fell to $217.8 million and the company’s operating loss narrowed...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: MSC INDUSTRIAL MSC Industrial Direct reported net sales rose 12.4% to $395.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, with operating income growing 15.4% to...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: NUCOR Nucor reported cold finished steel sales, including revenue from Nucor Fastener, jumped 39% to 111,000 tons during the opening quarter of 2010, up 27% over...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: SIMPSON MFG Simpson Strong-Tie sales, including fasteners and anchor systems, grew 13.4% during the opening quarter of 2010, with sales to distributors and home centers increasing...
5/17/2010 HEADLINES Stock Report: TRIMAS TriMas Corp. reported lower blind-bolt fastener sales pushed full-year Aerospace & Defense segment revenue, including Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, down 21.9% to $74.4 million during 2009,...
4/27/2010 HEADLINES Derry, Ulrich Lead NFDA NFDA President Jim Derry Jim Derry of Field Fastener is the new president of the National Fastener Distributors Association, and Matt Ulrich of Assembled...
4/27/2010 HEADLINES Fastener Acquisitions Increase As Economy Gains Traction As the economy improves, fastener acquisitions are picking up. Economist Brian Beaulieu of the Institute for Trend Research told the spring...
4/27/2010 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE – New Roles for NFDA: Coaching on Exports & Industry Alliances “There is so much going on that is not in the U.S.,” the new president of...
4/27/2010 HEADLINES Beaulieu at NFDA: Time to Expand, Acquire Companies Economist Brian Beaulieu of the Institute for Trend Research “It’s over,” economist Brian Beaulieu declared at the spring conference of...
4/27/2010 HEADLINES SFA Elects Chambers, Longyear & Carr; Honors Former President Rodriguez Mary Chambers, John Longyear and Don Carr were elected to three-year terms on the Southwestern Fastener Association board....
4/27/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Wire 2010 Exhibit Space Up 7.3% Show management for Wire 2010 / International Wire & Cable Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, reported preliminary numbers of 2,400...
4/27/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Shanghai Show Attracts 200 Chinese Exhibitors; 46 From Other Countries Fastener Expo Shanghai has 200 exhibiting companies from China, 30 from Taiwan, nine from Korea, five...