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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITION: A Raymond Buys Tinnerman Palnut A Raymond acquired Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products of Ohio to form A Raymond Tinnerman Manufacturing. Grenoble, France-based A Raymond, a global supplier...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITION: Hilti Opens Fastener Plant in Mexico Hilti Corporation opened a fastening products manufacturing facility in Matamoros, Mexico. The US$13.7 million, 15,000 sq meter plant will manufacture products...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Fastener Fair Stuttgart Sets Records The number of exhibiting companies rose 43% for the 2009 Fastener Fair Stuttgart. There were 625 exhibiting companies and the two...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES Fall River Marks 25 Year Anniversary In the early 1980s the economy was down and Tim Csanadi, recognized a void in the marketplace for a domestic manufacturer of...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES STOCKS: Precision Castparts, Nucor Fastener, B/E Aerospace, Alcoa, Anixter, Carpenter Tech, Black & Decker, Grainger, Lawson, MSC Industrial, Simpson Strong-Tie and TriMas PCC Fastener Sales Decline Fastener Products...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Atlantic Fasteners, Chandler Products, Elgin Fastener Group, Heads & Threads, Leland Powell, Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Rivet & Eyelet The military/aerospace division of Atlantic Fasteners received AS9120-compliant supplier...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Automotive Fastener Plant Machinery Auction Excess equipment not needed to support ongoing operations of Detroit Heading LLC to be auctioned. Complete automotive fastener plant: National Cold Parts...
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11/10/2009 HEADLINES MacLean at PacWest: Economic Recovery Brings High Margins & Growth “Great recessions are a great opportunity,” Randy MacLean declared at the Pacific-West Fastener Association autumn conference. “Recovery brings...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Seeking Fastener Distributor Acquisition Our client, a multi-national fastener distributor, is seeking to expand in North America via acquisitions. The ideal target company is a value-added distributor...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES ITC Antidumping Conference: Manufacturers & Importers Differ on Tariffs for Fastener Imports Manufacturers Say Industry (Courtesy Nucor Fastener) Decision and Action Timeline U.S. ITC investigator Joshua Kaplan’s report...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES Final Scope of Antidumping Petition Filed By Nucor Fastener Editor’s Note: Following is a reprinting of the full scope text as amended after the October 14 ITC conference...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES Doane: Results of Tariffs? Ray Doane remembers the tariff battles of the 1970s. Doane, who started in the fastener industry with Bowlin Equipment in Oakland, CA, in 1963...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Asia Responds to U.S. Petition Fastener producers in China and Taiwan are working to combat the antidumping tariff effort in the U.S. The Taiwan Industrial Fastener Institute...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: E.U.R.O.Tec Wins Product Award for EiSYS Façade Screw at Fastener Fair Stuttgart E.U.R.O. Tec GmbH of Germany won the new product showcase at Fastener Fair Stuttgart...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: NIFS/West Adds Antidumping Conference A conference session on anti-dumping initiatives has been added to the 2009 National Industrial Fastener Show/West. “Current Anti-Dumping Initiatives & How This...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: First Taiwan Show Planned The first Taiwan Fastener Show is being planned for October 19-20, 2010, at the Kaohsiung Arena in Kaohsiung City. • Contact: Morgan...
