5/20/2015 12:44:00 AM HEADLINES Platinum Equity Re-Enters Fastener Industry + click to enlarge Former Textron Fastening Systems owner Platinum Equity acquired construction fasteners distributor PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. from ITOCHU...
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5/20/2015 12:46:00 AM HEADLINES Womack to Southwestern: Avoid “Claim Denied” + click to enlarge Most business risks are not covered under a commercial general liability contract, insurance agent Scott Womack...
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5/20/2015 12:06:00 AM HEADLINES Brennan Returns to ATF Inc. as President + click to enlarge ATF Inc. CEO Don Surber announced Kevin Brennan, who started his career with the Illinois-based fastener manufacturer, is...
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4/27/2015 HEADLINES Roberts, Gowett to Give STAFDA Keynote Speeches + click to enlarge Rod Gowett Robin Roberts, senior vice president for sales at Protective Industrial Products, will present the Associate...
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4/27/2015 1:57:00 PM HEADLINES Asian Fastener Imports Falter in February + click to enlarge + click to enlarge U.S. fastener exports and imports declined in February, with imports taking the...
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4/27/2015 3:52:00 PM HEADLINES China’s Fastener Industry Opposes EU Tariffs + click to enlarge The China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Machinery and Electronic Products announced opposition...
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4/27/2015 2:10:00 AM HEADLINES ACQUISITION: Chinese Firm Acquires Align Aerospace + click to enlarge Company History Align Aerospace traces its company history to the 1972 founding of Alatec Products Inc....
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4/27/2015 10:37:00 PM HEADLINES Reports Show Mixed Q1 Fastener Results + click to enlarge Early sales figures indicate strong fastener performance in the opening quarter of 2015. But income results...
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4/27/2015 3:14:00 PM HEADLINES 37 New 2015 Las Vegas Exhibitors; NIFMSE Honoring BBI’s Shieh + click to enlarge Robert Shieh (courtesy ChinaFastener.com) Thus far 37 new companies have booked booths...
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4/27/2015 5:53:00 PM HEADLINES + click to enlarge Messe Düsseldorf and Grupo Cipa Fieras & Congressos will organize the second Wire South America – International Wire and Cable Trade Fair,...
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4/27/2015 12:43:00 AM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: General Fasteners, Hudson Fasteners, Nifco, Nucor Fasteners, PennEngineering, United Performance Metals & Wesco Aircraft Kevin Godin is the new president of General Fasteners Company. He succeeds...
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4/27/2015 12:55:00 AM HEADLINES OBITUARIES: Jason Russell Surber, John Phillip Zehnder & William Darwin Wedgwood...
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4/1/2015 5:18:00 AM HEADLINES Phillips Screw Wins Fastener Innovator Award + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Phillips Screw Co. won the Fastener+Fixing Fastener Technology Innovator award for a...
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4/1/2015 12:13:00 AM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Numbers Up for ’15 Fastener Fair Stuttgart + click to enlarge Fastener Fair Stuttgart 2015 drew a 4% increase in attendees to top the...
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4/1/2015 1:16:00 AM HEADLINES Brighton-Best Reveals Growth Strategy + click to enlarge Courtesy Fastener + Fixing Magazine Brighton-Best International is on a roll. The Taiwan-owned company has made several high-profile...
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4/1/2015 2:38:00 AM HEADLINES U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Fastener Trademark + click to enlarge Sealtite and Sealtight • Sealtite Building Fasteners manufactures & distributes threaded self-drilling fasteners, foam closure...
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4/1/2015 1:39:00 PM HEADLINES Europe Renews 5-Year Tariffs on Chinese Fasteners + click to enlarge The European Union renewed tariffs as high as 74.1% for five years on screws and...
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4/1/2015 HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Fastener Tech Announces 5 Conference Sessions + click to enlarge Five topics for conferences during Fastener Tech 15 range from an all-day Fastener Technology Workshop to...
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4/1/2015 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: NFDA Sees Würth’s Logistics in Action + click to enlarge In 1999, there was a 302-acre wooded property on the edge of Bad Mergentheim, Germany. By 2014,...
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4/1/2015 6:58:00 PM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Falcon Fastening Solutions, Hillman, Interstate Threaded Products, J&M Plating, Phillips Screw, SBS Industries, Texthread and Würth Louis & Co. Falcon Fastening Solutions named Craig Jones...
