4/25/2012 1:16:00 AM HEADLINES Record Results Continue for Valmont Industries + click to enlarge Valmont Industries reported sales, including fasteners, rose 26.3% to $717.4 million in the first quarter of...
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4/25/2012 10:51:00 AM HEADLINES “Lack” of Fasteners Blamed for Cincinnati Casino Collapse + click to enlarge Photo credit: AP Six contractors building a $400-million casino in Cincinnati were fined more...
April 11
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4/25/2012 1:49:00 PM HEADLINES Alcoa Fastening Systems Segment Hits Record Revenue + click to enlarge Alcoa Inc. reported revenue for its Engineered Products and Solutions segment, including Alcoa Fastening Systems,...
April 11
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4/25/2012 1:09:00 PM HEADLINES Fastenal Reports Vending Machine Success, Hiring Slows + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Fastenal Co. reported sales during soared 20% to $768.8 million during...
April 06
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4/25/2012 2:30:00 PM HEADLINES Tree Island Profit Up Despite Market Weakness + click to enlarge Tree Island Wire Income Fund reported full-year revenue rose to $150 million, while gross profit...
April 04
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4/3/2012 4:26:00 PM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Scientist Lends Voice To Titanic “Faulty Rivets” Research + click to enlarge + click to enlarge A hundred years after the Titanic sank, a new...
April 03
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4/3/2012 12:02:00 AM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: 1,372 International Visitors Attend Taiwan Fastener Show + click to enlarge Credit: Fastener + Fixing Magazine By Phil Matten Editor, Fastener+Fixing The...
April 03
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4/3/2012 1:00:00 AM HEADLINES Container Lines Propose Additional Transpacific Shipping Rate Increase + click to enlarge An additional Transpacific $400 general rate increase would take effect April 15 and bring...
April 03
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4/3/2012 3:17:00 PM HEADLINES Taiwan Fastener Market ‘Simmering’ + click to enlarge Taiwan’s major fastener makers have received a “bumper crop” of orders in the first three months of 2011...
April 03
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4/3/2012 1:03:00 PM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Branson Tornado Cancels 2012 All American Fastener Show + click to enlarge Damage at the Hilton Branson Hotel and Convention Center – Courtesy KY3.com...
April 03
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4/3/2012 2:51:00 AM HEADLINES MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions Forms Engineered Plastics Company + click to enlarge Component Solutions president Duncan MacLean announced the formation of the new Engineered Plastics Company –...
April 03
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4/3/2012 12:39:00 AM HEADLINES China Fastener Production Nears 5 Million Tons + click to enlarge China produced 4.97 million tons of metal fasteners in 2011, ChinaFastener.Info reports. Zhejiang province was...
April 03
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4/3/2012 1:41:00 PM HEADLINES Global Fastener Industry Roundup + click to enlarge Steel price fluctuations, antidumping tariff battles and higher sea freight costs are putting pressure on fastener prices around...
April 03
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4/3/2012 4:39:00 PM HEADLINES Darling: Asian Steel Producers Adjust to New Global Economy + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Fastener prices are up because steel prices are up...
April 03
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4/3/2012 11:47:00 PM HEADLINES FINdex Rises As Stock Market Stays Bullish The FIN Fastener Stock Index rose 12.3% in the opening quarter of 2012, besting a 9.4% gain by an...
April 03
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4/3/2012 12:09:00 AM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Alcoa Fastening Systems, Allfast, Bamal Fastener, Disc-Lock Intl., Quality Bolt & Screw, Specialty Screw Corp. & Trinity Supply Chain Solutions Advance Components will...
March 28
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4/3/2012 1:11:00 AM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Adhesives Executive to Speak at 2012 STAFDA Convention + click to enlarge Jim Fall of 3M’s industrial adhesive & tape division will be the...
March 27
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4/3/2012 3:13:00 PM HEADLINES China Responds to EU Tariff Review + click to enlarge A Chinese official welcomed the European Commission’s review of antidumping measures against Chinese fasteners, saying the European...
March 13
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3/13/2012 12:03:00 AM HEADLINES 1st Fastener Fair Hannover Tops 300 Exhibitors + click to enlarge More than 300 exhibitors totaling 5,000 sq meters from 28 countries have booked stands for...
March 13
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3/13/2012 3:32:00 PM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Investors Want ITW to Streamline + click to enlarge “Forget too big to fail. Illinois Tool Works Inc. has become too big to succeed, according...
