3/10/2015 12:18:00 PM HEADLINES Deal Reached For U.S. West Coast Ports + click to enlarge Port of Los Angeles (courtesy Bloomberg) Shipping companies and dockworkers reached a tentative labor deal...
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2/17/2015 1:49:00 AM HEADLINES Fastenal To Reshore Some Thailand-Produced Fasteners + click to enlarge Fastenal Co. plans to spend $4.2 million to redevelop an abandoned industrial site in Indianapolis into...
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2/17/2015 HEADLINES U.S. Fastener Exports & Imports Increased in 2014 + click to enlarge + click to enlarge U.S. fastener exports declined in December, while imports increased. U.S. fastener exports...
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2/17/2015 HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS: NFDA to Collaborate on Fastener Distributor Index + click to enlarge The National Fastener Distributors Association will collaborate with FCH Sourcing Network to continue the monthly Fastener...
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2/17/2015 1:16:00 AM HEADLINES U.S Port Slowdown May Become Lockout or Strike + click to enlarge + click to enlarge 1971: The International Longshore & Warehouse Union’s 130-day strike was...
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2/17/2015 2:25:00 AM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Fastener Tech Approaching 2013 Exhibitor Numbers Fastener Tech is expanding its floor plan with booths sales approaching the previous biennial trade show. The June...
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2/17/2015 11:57:00 AM HEADLINES Anixter Selling Fasteners Division for $380 Million + click to enlarge Anixter Fasteners History From the Stock Review section of GlobalFastenerNews.com: Anixter began building its...
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2/17/2015 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Fastener Segments See Growth + click to enlarge Organic growth was a key term in 2014 for many companies with fastener holdings. Stanley Black & Decker, B/E...
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2/17/2015 6:12:00 PM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Beacon Fasteners, Century Fasteners, Field Fastener, Lindstrom and Ziegler Bolt Beacon Fasteners & Components Inc. launched a newly designed website: beaconfasteners.com. The site is designed...
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2/17/2015 1:39:00 AM HEADLINES USITC: Chinese Wire Rod Imports Gained 11.7% of Market + click to enlarge + click to enlarge MARKET SUMMARY The leading U.S. producers of wire rod...
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2014 Brings Solid Returns for Fastener Companies Just under seven in ten businesses reported “moderate” to “strong” sales growth in 2014, down from the 70% that achieved revenue growth in...
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1/27/2015 12:43:00 AM HEADLINES Anixter Selling Its Fasteners Division + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Sam Zell Anixter International has put its fasteners division up for sale, according...
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1/27/2015 12:05:00 AM HEADLINES Hagan: Anixter Fasteners Likely Going Private + click to enlarge Anixter International spent several months last year trying unsuccessfully to sell itself. The ordeal seems to...
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1/27/2015 12:01:00 AM HEADLINES Würth Closing Cardinal in Ohio; Moving Production to Dokka in Michigan + click to enlarge The Cardinal Fastener plant in Ohio, which opened in 1983 and...
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1/27/2015 9:08:00 AM HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS: Risk Management Among Pac-West Spring Topics Risk management for distributors, learning how you think and an economic forecast are on the program for the Pacific-West...
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1/27/2015 7:30:00 PM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Fastener Industry Comments The End of 2014 FIN Survey results are inside this issue of FIN. Beyond the statistics, here is a sampling of general...
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1/27/2015 7:35:00 PM HEADLINES Skilled Workers Focus of AWPA A lack of skilled workers will be a topic at the American Wire Producers Association annual meeting. A recent Manufacturing Institute...
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1/27/2015 7:42:00 PM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: All-West Fasteners, Atlantic Fasteners, Bay State Cable Ties, Falcon, FTI, Interstate Threaded Products, SWD & TriMas All-West Fasteners Inc. CEO Rick Peterson announced three promotions: Mark...
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2014 Brings Solid Returns for Fastener Companies Just under seven in ten businesses reported “moderate” to “strong” sales growth in 2014, down from the 70% that achieved revenue growth in...
