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1/4/2010 HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Auto Bolt, Big Red Fasteners, The Bolt Co., Metris USA, Stelfast, Orbitform, Porteous, Space-Lok, Tecnodin, TR Fastenings Greg Stoia is new applications engineer at Orbitform...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES McGrath at NIFS/West: ‘Kiss Your Importer’ For Stopping Tariffs Trade attorney Matthew McGrath at NIFS/West. The unanimous U.S. International Trade Commission vote to end the antidumping investigation into...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES OBITUARY: Marcia Shain Marcia Shain, 65, died November 26, 2009. Her fastener career included West Spec in the 1970s. She retired from the successor Vertex Distribution four years...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES Why the U.S. Trade Commission Rejected Tariffs Standard fastener production in the U.S. (courtesy U.S. ITC) The unanimous U.S. International Trade Commission decision to terminate the antidumping investigation...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES Darling at Pac-West Session: Tariffs Won’t Stop Imports More than a year before Nucor Fastener filed its antidumping petition, Vulcan Threaded Products filed a claim against threaded steel...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES Ireland at STAFDA: Recession Provides Opportunities Attendees fill the aisles at STAFDA’s convention in Atlanta (courtesy STAFDA). Black & Decker vice president Les Ireland knew the global recession...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES Bailey, Salome Head SFA; Expo Set for April 10 Mike Bailey of Nucor Fastener is the new chairman of the Southwestern Fastener Association and Bobby Salome of El...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES IFI Publishes Educational Handbook The Industrial Fasteners Institute will release a new IFI Fastener Technology Handbook in January 2010. The 313-page hardback book is a compilation of fastener...

12/9/2009 HEADLINES 2009 NIFS/West: Numbers Drop But Exhibitors Still Report Business 2009 NIFS/West By The Numbers The 602 total booth number was down 26.5% from 819 last year. The NIFS...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES Elder Co. Marks 50 Years Elder Co. is marking its 50th anniversary as a fastener distributor. Founded in August 1959, Elder moved to a new 18,000 sq ft...
12/9/2009 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED – Wanted: Multi-Station Header & Operator We are currently seeking qualified applicants for a multi-station header setup and operator position. Applicants must have at least 5 years...
11/10/2009 HEADLINES Camcar Aerospace-Rockford To Close Acument Global Technologies will shutter its Camcar Aerospace facility in Rockford, less than two years after returning to the “Fastener Capital of the World”...
11/10/2009 HEADLINES Birmingham Fastener Entering 30th Year Birmingham Fastener founder Howard Tinney wants the industry to know the Alabama-based manufacturer and distributor remains in business. An industry veteran quoted in...
11/10/2009 HEADLINES ITC Terminates Fastener Dumping Probe, Appeal Possible The U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously rejected Nucor Fastener’s claims that standard fastener imports from China and Taiwan were being dumped...

11/10/2009 HEADLINES Devers, Kangas Head STAFDA for 2010 STAFDA President Robert Devers STAFDA Vice President Mike Kangas Robert Devers of A-Jax Fasteners is the 2010 president of the Specialty Tools...
11/10/2009 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: European Distributors Seek “Level Playing Field” “Actual dumping we are against,” European Fastener Distributors Association president Geoff Hopwood declared. “We want a level playing field.” But EFDA...
11/10/2009 HEADLINES STAFDA Publishes Disaster Manual The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association published a 74-page “Disaster Preparedness Manual.” Designed to plan for workplace emergencies, the 74-page handbook written by...
11/10/2009 HEADLINES AWPA and WAI to Hold 2010 Events in Milwaukee The American Wire Producers Association announced a partnership with Wire Association International for events including a new supply chain...
11/10/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITION: LISI Group To Buy Acument Fastener Plants The LISI Group subsidiary LISI Automotive has extended an offer to take over two automotive fastener plants in France operated...