2/2/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Lord & Sons Acquires AZ-based Carson Sales California-based Lord & Sons Inc. acquired privately held Carson Sales Inc. of Arizona and Nevada. The two distributors sell construction...
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2/2/2010 HEADLINES Industrial Distribution Ceases; Keogh Not Retiring The parent company of Industrial Distribution has ceased publication of both the print magazine and online edition. Founded in 1911, the trade...
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2/2/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Quality Assurance Director Wanted Drive improvements to achieve extremely high levels of Quality and Customer satisfaction for both industrial and military customers. BS or equivalent with a...
February 02
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2/2/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Wanted: Fastener Sales Reps Illinois-based fastener manufacturer is seeking Sales Professionals to act as a company representatives throughout North America. The company is specifically looking for representatives...
February 02
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2/2/2010 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: BBC Fasteners BBC Fasteners Inc. is celebrating 50 years of service to our customers. BBC offers Hot Heading, Warm Forging, Cold Heading, CNC Machining and In-House Testing....
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES Take the 31st Annual FIN Survey FIN subscribers are invited to participate in the 31st annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry. Fastener industry executives can answer the...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES China Imposes Tariffs on EU Carbon Fastener Imports China will impose antidumping tariffs on certain types of carbon steel fasteners from the European Union after determining EU imports...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES Bickford, Barrett, Shieh, Saravanan, Agrawal, Weingruber & Bogatz Honored With 2009 FTI Technical Achievement Awards Fastener Technology International magazine presented its 4th annual FTI Technical Achievement Awards to...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES Top 10 Fastener Stories of 2009 Big companies made big news in the fastener industry during 2009. Boeing, Nucor Fastener, Acument Global Technologies (formerly Textron Fastening Systems) –...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES Nucor Fastener Appeals ITC Vote, Presses Tariff Case Against China and Taiwan (courtesy Nucor) Pressing its case for tariffs, Nucor Fastener has appealed the unanimous decision by the...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: 2009 Quips of the Year In the midst of the recession, a one-time fastener buyer long-since turned fastener rep spotted a purchasing job opening and applied. The...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES 2009 FINdex Shows Fastener Stocks Recover Most of 2008 Losses FINdex 2009 The FIN Fastener Stock Index rose 33.4% during 2009, gaining back most of the value it...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES OBITUARY: Bill H. Lang Sr. Bill H. Lang Sr., 76, co-founder of Certified Products Inc., died December 25. He and his late wife, Ellen McNeely Lang, started Certified...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: NIFS/West Moving to Sands for 2011 The National Industrial Fastener Show/West will move to the Sands Expo center for 2011, show management announced. The 15th annual...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: 2nd Fastener Fair Budapest Set for 2010 The second Fastener Fair Budapest will expand beyond Eastern Europe, show organizer Jerry Ramsdale said. The event is set...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: China Show Expecting 200 Exhibitors Fastener Expo Shanghai 2010 expects to have 200 companies exhibiting, show organizer Yang Junfeng predicted. CFIA will conduct the National Fastener...
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Fastenal to Buy Holo-Krome from Danaher; No Cuts Expected Fastenal Company agreed to acquire certain assets of socket head screw product manufacturer Holo-Krome. Terms were not disclosed....
January 04
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Grainger Plans Distribution Center Grainger plans to open a 1 million sq ft distribution center in Minooka, IL, by 2012, with renovations slated to begin in 2010....
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Sterling & Fabory Form Joint Venture Sterling Tools and Fabory – the Borstlap Masters in Fasteners Group B.V. – have formed a joint venture to distribute Fabory...
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1/4/2010 HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS: Pease, Moujouros Head MWFA Rich Pease of Federal Screw Products is the 2010 president of the Mid-West Fastener Association and Beck Moujouros of American Fasteners & Components...
