Bulten is entering the North American market and will produce it’s externally threaded fasteners in Ramco’s new 165,000 sq ft facility in Hudson, OH. The JV will operate as Ram-Bul.
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Currently the EU has no antidumping measures on fastener imports. In February 2016 the EU repealed antidumping duties of up to 74.1% on carbon steel fasteners originating in People’s Republic of China after four consecutive EU ‘defeats’ at the WTO Dispute Settlement Body, according to Fastener + Fixing editor Phil Matten.
The review was initiated after Canimex Inc., an importer, filed an exclusion request "on the basis that the domestic fastener industry in Canada does not produce shoulder bolts, and therefore would not be injured by imports of shoulder bolts from other countries."
Founded in 1928, Michigan-based Mansco generated approximately $50 million of revenue in 2016.
Gunnebo Fastening Systems provides nails, screws, collated fasteners, mechanical and chemical anchors and connectors to construction and DIY markets in Europe and Russia.
Kentucky officials estimate the distribution center, slated for completion in 2020, will create 431 jobs with an hourly wage of $14.89, according to Industrial Distribution.
The first Fastener Poland trade show will be held November 28-30, 2017, in Karkow. The International Trade Fair for Fastener & Fixing Technology is organized by Fastener Magazine from Poland...
Fastener Fair Italy set for September 2018 in Milano.
Apex Tool Group is marking 50 years as a Torx drive system licensee. Acument Global Technologies, a supplier of mechanical fastening technology, noted Apex became a licensee on February 20,...
“We don’t relocate the manufacture of our parts, we produce locally for the domestic market,” stated CEO Antoine Raymond.
He joined Heads & Threads Company in 1959, was appointed president in 1967 and later under Alleghany Corporation became CEO of Heads & Threads International LLC and ultimately chairman.
The top five fastener export destinations were the U.S., Japan, Russia, Hong Kong and South Korea, ChinaFastener.Info reports.
Group invests in warehousing and logistics at its location in Arlesheim and inaugurates a new logistics center in St. Petersburg.
Automakers are reducing weight and improving fuel efficiency by pushing the limits of high strength steels, according to Salim Brahimi, Director of Engineering Technology at the Industrial Fasteners Institute.
Anchor bolt manufacturer EDSCO Fasteners is being acquired by Nashville private equity firm LFM Capital, the Nashville Post reports.
Fastener Fair Stuttgart announced more than 800 companies from 40 countries will exhibit at the March 28-30, 2017 trade show in Germany. Registration is open online for the 7th Fastener...
The International Fastener Machinery & Suppliers Association meets in conjunction with Wire.
SHORTTAKES Acument Global Technologies marked the first 50-years of its Continental Midland company as a Torx drive system licensee. Continental Midland became a licensee in 1966 when the two companies...
In the past two months, the Dow has gained about 10% in value. But fastener stocks have done better than that.