3/11/2014 1:35:00 AM HEADLINES Latest Boeing 787 Setback Caused by “Overtightened” Fasteners + click to enlarge MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – Boeing’s latest problem with production of its 787 Dreamliner jets reportedly...
HEADLINES
March 11
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3/11/2014 3:26:00 PM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Elgin Fastener Group, Mid-Atlantic Fasteners, Sherex and Spangle Fasteners Tammy Work joined Advance Components as regional sales manager based in Eastern Pennsylvania, vice...
February 28
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3/11/2014 4:52:00 PM HEADLINES Sherex Helps Found Regional Manufacturing Center Sherex Fastening Solutions has become a founding member of a new center aimed at promoting the growth of manufacturers in...
February 28
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3/11/2014 4:21:00 AM HEADLINES U.S. Trade Case on Wire Rod Called “Game Changer” + click to enlarge U.S. market participants see the U.S. trade case against imports of Chinese wire...
February 20
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3/11/2014 10:45:00 AM HEADLINES ACQUISITION: AIP Aerospace Acquires Brown Aerospace + click to enlarge AIP Aerospace acquired Kimball, MI-based Brown Aerospace, which provides automated drilling and fastening systems for the...
February 18
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2/18/2014 HEADLINES MFDA Honored for Toys-for-Tots Program + click to enlarge The Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association earned the “National Corporate Donor” designation for its “Toys for Tots” campaign, president Jay...
February 18
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2/18/2014 12:13:00 PM HEADLINES Fastener Companies Reopen After Winter Storm Closes Much of Southeastern U.S. + click to enlarge Traffic in Birmingham, AL (Courtesy blog.al.com) Earlier this month Midwest fastener...
February 18
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2/18/2014 12:06:00 PM HEADLINES EU Tariffs on China Fasteners Extended For Review + click to enlarge “The European Union threatened to renew for another five years tariffs on screws and...
February 18
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General Manager A medium size fastener industry related manufacturing and distribution company, seeks qualified candidates to be considered for the position of General Manager. The successful candidate will possess a...
February 18
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2/18/2014 12:51:00 AM HEADLINES ACQUISITION: Semblex Acquired By South Korea-Based Jinhap + click to enlarge + click to enlarge U.S. fastener manufacturer Semblex Corp. was acquired by South Korea-based Jinhap...
February 18
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2/18/2014 12:37:00 PM HEADLINES U.S. Fastener Exports Achieve Strong Growth in 2013 + click to enlarge Courtesy ZEPOL + click to enlarge U.S. fastener exports declined in December for a...
February 18
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2/18/2014 1:15:00 AM HEADLINES SFA Features Speakers Greenslade on Metrics & Blumberg on Plating + click to enlarge Tom Stocking Joe Greenslade of the Industrial Fasteners Institute will speak on...
February 18
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2/18/2014 1:20:00 AM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Distributor Featured for Support of U.S. Minimum Wage Increase + click to enlarge In her role as president of the American Small Business Chamber of...
February 18
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2/18/2014 12:02:00 PM HEADLINES Texas Distributor Using Cloud System to Track Inventory & Up Sales + click to enlarge MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – FMW Fasteners was in CIO magazine for implementing cloud-based ERP...
February 18
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2/18/2014 4:36:00 PM HEADLINES Soja to Retire After 54 Years in the Fastener Industry + click to enlarge Joe Soja announced he will retire in July 2014 as managing consultant...
February 18
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2/18/2014 4:23:00 PM HEADLINES ACQUISITION: AFC Industries Merges With Dell Fastener Corp. + click to enlarge AFC Industries, Inc., a portfolio company of Rockwood Equity Partners, has merged with Dell Fastener...
February 18
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2/18/2014 5:04:00 PM HEADLINES Panel: Taking Costs Out of Supply Chain Can Yield Profit for Suppliers & Customers + click to enlarge A route to profits for everyone in the supply...
February 18
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2/18/2014 12:06:00 AM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Cardinal Fastener, Fall River, Fasten.It, Mid-Atlantic Fasteners, Valley Fastener Group and Mid-States Bolt & Screw Cardinal Fastener Inc. named new manufacturers representatives: • Jack Gourley...
February 14
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2/18/2014 10:05:00 AM HEADLINES U.S. Sets Preliminary Duties on Threaded Rod from India + click to enlarge The U.S. Commerce Department set preliminary duties of up to 120% on imports...
February 03
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2/18/2014 3:12:00 PM HEADLINES U.S. Wire Rod Producers File Tariff Petitions Against China + click to enlarge A five-company coalition of U.S. producers of carbon and certain alloy steel wire...
