1/30/2013 6:02:00 PM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: 13th Hardware Show Relocating Close to Taiwan Manufacturers + click to enlarge + click to enlarge The 13th Taiwan Hardware Show will move to...
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1/30/2013 5:05:00 PM HEADLINES ACQUISITION: Westby Sells Distributorship to Schmitting + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Don Westby (coutesty LINK Magazine) Don Westby sold his Wisconsin fastener distributorship...
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1/30/2013 5:28:00 PM HEADLINES Fastener Sales & Profits Find Their Mark Record sales and profits set the tone for publicly-traded fastener companies in 2012, as aerospace businesses hit their stride...
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1/30/2013 12:48:00 AM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Mountz, PennEngineering, Prestige Stamping, Specialty Screw and Tree Island Steel Advance Components reorganized its outside sales team with four regional outside sales managers...
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2/20/2013 1:43:00 AM HEADLINES ACQUISITION: TriMas Acquires Martinic Engineering + click to enlarge TriMas Corp. acquired Martinic Engineering Inc. for $19 million. The transaction closed on January 28, 2013, at...
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1/7/2013 1:35:00 PM HEADLINES STAFDA Distributor Q3 Sales Up 5.7% + click to enlarge Distributors participating in the third quarter Trend Report averaged 5.7% sales growth. That was down from...
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1/7/2013 2:22:00 AM HEADLINES Fastener Stocks Outperform Other Industrials in 2012 + click to enlarge The FINdex gained 7.1% in Q3, compared with 4.9% gain by industrial stock composites. Only three fastener...
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1/7/2013 12:26:00 AM HEADLINES Werner, Wilson & Swain to Offer Tips to Fastener Buyers As “How to Buy Fasteners” panelists, Ed Werner, Steven Wilson and Doug Swain will offer tips...
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1/7/2013 11:21:00 AM HEADLINES Jergens Industrial Acquires John M. Allen Company + click to enlarge Jergens Industrial Supply acquired certain assets of the John M. Allen Company. Founded in 1953,...
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1/7/2013 2:10:00 AM HEADLINES Duncan Bolt Acquires Disco Industrial + click to enlarge Andy Cohn The assets of Disco Industrial Screw have been purchased by Duncan Bolt Co. Duncan Bolt,...
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1/7/2013 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: 2012 Quips of the Year Industrial Fasteners Institute chair Dave Monti joined the fastener industry in 1999, just in time for the implementation of the U.S. Fastener Quality...
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1/7/2013 5:07:00 PM HEADLINES FTI’s Wachman: Web-Based Training In The Works + click to enlarge No business survived the Great Recession without a laser focus on reducing costs. But some...
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1/7/2013 12:47:00 AM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Alcoa Fastening Systems, Elgin Fastener Group, Fabory, FMW Fasteners, Spirol Industries, Western Wire Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) received Airbus’ Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Program (SQIP)...
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1/7/2013 12:09:00 AM HEADLINES Walker Wins FTI Technical Achievement Award + click to enlarge Michael Walker, the vice president for research & development at Omni-Lite Industries, won the 2012 FTI...
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1/7/2013 2:45:00 PM HEADLINES One-Time Automotive Washer Manufacturer Marks “Double Nickel” Anniversary + click to enlarge George Strumbos receiving the key to the city from the Mayor of Livonia, 1967....
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1/7/2013 12:54:00 AM HEADLINES Exhibitor Numbers Up for 2013 Fastener Fair Stuttgart + click to enlarge The number of exhibitors are up 15% and total floor space 28% for the...
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1/7/2013 9:35:00 AM HEADLINES Hillman To Acquire H. Paulin & Co. Richard Paulin to continue as president + click to enlarge H. Paulin & Co. Company History H. Paulin &...
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12/12/2012 1:23:00 AM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE – Darragh: ‘Expert’ Employees Key to Providing Service + click to enlarge A key to success is a “knowledgeable staff,” the president of the Specialty...
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12/12/2012 11:18:00 AM HEADLINES Italy’s Metal Fastener Group Expands + click to enlarge Colombo Giovanni & Figli Srl, an automatic turning company that produces turned parts to customer drawing, joined...
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12/12/2012 1:58:00 PM HEADLINES EFC International Names New VP + click to enlarge EFC International promoted Matthew Dudenhoeffer to vice president. Dudenhoeffer joined EFC in 2002 as an outside sales...
