HEADLINES Ford Fasteners Marks 50th Anniversary Fifty years ago a salesman started Ford Fasteners Inc. with two heading machines, two thread rollers and a cement mixer to tumble the product....
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12/9/2013 5:36:00 PM HEADLINES Metric & Multistandard Components Turns 50 + click to enlarge Rosemary Hacaj and Ivo Peske As three emigrants from Czechoslovakia sailed toward the Statute of Liberty...
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12/9/2013 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE – STAFDA’s Lamb: Expand By Training Sales Team + click to enlarge “Reach for a product or market that may seem out of your business realm or...
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12/9/2013 10:34:00 AM HEADLINES Birmingham Fastener Names Johnson VP + click to enlarge Birmingham Fastener & Supply named Kevin Johnson as Vice-President of its Birmingham Fastener Manufacturing Division. Johnson has...
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12/9/2013 1:53:00 AM HEADLINES Precision Castparts CEO Talks 787 Fastener ‘Puzzle’ + click to enlarge Precision Castparts CEO Mark Donegan discussed the value of supplying Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner with fasteners...
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12/9/2013 12:13:00 PM HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS: Grabowski & Gowett Lead STAFDA for 2014 + click to enlarge Eric Grabowski was elected 2014 president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association...
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12/9/2013 6:07:00 PM HEADLINES Company Succession: Are You Willing to Let Go of the Wheel of the Car? + click to enlarge Start with changing from “family first” to “business...
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12/9/2013 6:13:00 PM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Continental Aero, H&S Sales, Rightway Fasteners, Tectorius North America and Spirol Continental-Aero relocated its East Coast headquarters to a New Jersey industrial park, president Bill...
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12/9/2013 6:22:00 PM HEADLINES Take the 35th Annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry Participate in your industry by taking the 35th annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry. •...
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12/9/2013 6:25:00 PM HEADLINES 2014 FIN Calendar Includes 102 Events + click to enlarge The 2014 FIN Calendar lists 102 fastener meetings, trade shows and events for the coming year. The 2014 FIN...
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12/9/2013 6:27:00 PM HEADLINES CLASSIFIED: Job Wanted Sales & Marketing Executive seeking new position. Experience includes strategic market planning, new business development, sales forecasting, P&L management, training, team building and...
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12/9/2013 12:02:00 AM HEADLINES Foley: Economic Indicators Mixed + click to enlarge Monthly measures of non-residential building projects in planning rose each month of 2014 through September, but October yielded...
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12/9/2013 2:48:00 PM HEADLINES + click to enlarge Mike Wrenn + click to enlarge Virgil Lindstrom announced fastener industry veteran Michael T. Wrenn is the new president of Lindstrom Metric...
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11/12/2013 1:17:00 AM HEADLINES ASSOCIATIONS – Stocking, Rodriguez Head SFA Tom Stocking of Brighton-Best is the new chairman of the Southwestern Fastener Association and Michael Rodriguez of the Fastener Connection...
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11/12/2013 2:41:00 PM HEADLINES U.S. Fastener Stock Companies Gather Steam + click to enlarge Public companies with fastener holdings achieved favorable gains in the third quarter of 2013, with both...
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11/12/2013 1:47:00 PM HEADLINES ACQUISITIONS – Mac Fasteners Acquired by TriMas Corp. + click to enlarge + click to enlarge TriMas Corp. acquired Mac Fasteners Inc. for $34 million, with...
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11/12/2013 7:43:00 AM HEADLINES U.S. Fastener Exports Gain Momentum + click to enlarge Graphics courtesy Zepol + click to enlarge U.S. fastener exports rebounded in August, while imports declined, Zepol...
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11/12/2013 8:47:00 AM HEADLINES Vasicek, Schiopota Join WIFI Board + click to enlarge Sara Vasicek Sara Vasicek, vice president of sales at Aztech Locknut, and Janet Schiopota of Great Lakes...
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11/12/2013 2:37:00 PM HEADLINES Fastener Industry Tariffs In The News + click to enlarge Recent tariff activity has focused on Chinese threaded rod, but one significant case at the World...
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11/12/2013 2:44:00 PM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE – Training Salespeople: Belief Creates Behavior “We always.” “We can’t.” “We don’t.” Those are phrases that can make it more difficult for a company trying...
