10/20/2009 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: China Show Doubles in Size (Courtesy China Fastener Info) Show organizers report the second China Fastener Trade Show doubled in the number of exhibiting companies and...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES FINdex Jumps Nearly 20% Fastener stocks were good to investors during the third quarter of 2009. The FIN Fastener Stock Index increased 19.5% during Q3, beating a 16%...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES FTI Seeks Award Nominations Nominations for the fifth annual FTI Technical Achievement Awards are being sought through November 14, 2009. The winners will be announced in December. The...
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Distributor Offers 4 Jobs Sunburster Bottle Co. is looking for a Payroll Assistant, Bookkeeper/Clerk, Sales Representatives and Driver. For information and resume, please send e-mail to famelogistic222@live.com....
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES OBITUARY: Hugh Martin Hugh Martin of All-Spec Fasteners died October 9, 2009....
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES OBITUARY: Bill Roseberry Bill Roseberry of Central Screw died October 15, 2009....
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10/20/2009 HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Acme Industrial, Arnold Industries, Atlantic Fasteners, Bisco Industries, Cardinal Fastener, Elgin Fastener Group, Falcon Metal, Met-Max Innovations, and Victory Bolt Acme Industrial Co. launched a website for...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES Obituary: Minnette Osser Minnette Osser, 78, died September 9, 2009, in San Diego from Alzheimer’s. Osser had worked in Los Angeles for Disco Industrial in the 1960s before...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES Nucor Fastener Files Antidumping Case Against Fasteners from China and Taiwan Fastener worker at Nucor Fastener facility in St. Joe, IN (courtesy Nucor Fastener). Nucor Fastener filed antidumping...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES Report: Fastener Demand in China To Top $10.8b by 2013 Demand for industrial fasteners in China will growth 10.7% annually to 74.2 billion yuan (US$10.85 billion) by 2013,...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: EIFI Confident on Stainless Tariffs With a new European Commission investigation relating to stainless steel fasteners from India and Malaysia just announced, European Industrial Fasteners Institute president...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES $100k Fine Concludes “Big Dig” Probe Powers Fasteners agreed to plead guilty to one count of making a false statement and pay a $100,000 fine in connection with...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES Steel “Velcro” Handles 35 Ton Load at 800° Celsius Spring steel hook and loop fasteners developed at the Institute of Metal Forming and Casting of the Technische Universitaet...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS: NFDA Creates “International” Membership Category The National Fastener Distributors Association is adding an “international” membership category in recognition that “this is a global business now,” president Wendy...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS: After 20 Years, SEFA’s Adams Steps Down The Southeastern Fastener Association will close its office in Atlanta and board members will take over administrative duties. Kathy Adams...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Equity Firm Invests in Carlson/Mid-Atlantic Fasteners Industrial Opportunity Partners partnered with shareholders and senior management in Carlson Systems Holdings Inc., and its two subsidiaries, Carlson Systems LLC,...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Interfast Launches European Division David Proctor, General Manager of Interfast Europe Ltd. Howard Gerstein, Director of Sales & Marketing for Interfast Europe Ltd. Fastener distributor Interfast Inc....
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Würth Group Merges 2 UK Companies Winzer Würth Industrial Ltd and Würth UK Ltd are merging into a single company in a 12-month staged process. The two...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Grainger Acquires Majority Stake in Japan’s MonotaRO Grainger completed its tender offer bid in Japan for 380,000 shares of MonotaRO Co. Ltd., a Japanese company listed on...
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9/28/2009 HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS: Acme Mfg. Buys 3rd Threaded Rod Maker Denver-based Acme Manufacturing Co. acquired a third threaded rod manufacturer, Lancaster Threaded Products, adding to its recent purchase of Watson...
