1/3/2012 10:29:00 AM HEADLINES Allfast Growth Highlights Skilled Labor Shortage + click to enlarge Aerospace supplier Allfast Fastening Systems is part of the 18% of Los Angeles-based companies boosting their...
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1/3/2012 12:59:00 AM HEADLINES Trifast Strengthens Global Offering with Asian Acquisition + click to enlarge Trifast plc completed its Malaysian acquisition of Power Steel and Electro-Plating Works Sdn. Bhd., a...
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1/3/2012 10:29:00 AM HEADLINES First Fastener Fair Brazil Draws 170 Exhibitors + click to enlarge The first Fastener Fair Brazil drew 170 exhibitors and show management announced about 2,500 visitors...
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1/3/2012 12:01:00 AM HEADLINES Nucor Fastener To Press for Full ITC Investigation + click to enlarge As news of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s latest decision in the Nucor Fastener...
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1/3/2012 12:01:00 AM HEADLINES + click to enlarge The sixth annual FTI Technical Achievement Awards were presented to engineer Dave Willens of Kinefac Corporation and Paul DeFalco of Computer Insights...
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1/3/2012 2:50:00 PM HEADLINES China Fastener Output Jumps in 2011 + click to enlarge China’s output of metal fasteners reached around 4.6 million tons in the first 11 months of...
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1/3/2012 12:01:00 AM HEADLINES FIN Fastener Stock Index Nears Double-Digit Gain + click to enlarge The FIN Fastener Stock Index gained 9.5% in 2011, compared to a 0.6% growth rate...
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1/3/2012 12:26:00 PM HEADLINES Former Textron Fastening Factory Back From Brink + click to enlarge Fasteners are part of the manufacturing resurgence sweeping industry in Rockford, IL.In 2010, the CAMCAR...
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Ann Bisgyer Wolz, 56, co-publisher of Fastener Industry News, died January 2, 2012, at her home in Portland, Oregon. She first worked in the fastener industry during high school for...
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1/3/2012 HEADLINES 2011 Quips of the Year “I haven’t heard about the first bail out of a fastener company,” panelist Jim Witucki of Nucor Fastener noted in his state-of-the-industry presentation...
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1/3/2012 12:46:00 PM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Adept Fasteners, EWMenn, Elgin, Mutual Screw, Simpson Strong-Tie, and Trinity Supply Chain Solutions Aerospace fastener distributor Adept Fasteners reportedly purchased a 15,000 sq ft facility...
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1/3/2012 12:01:00 AM HEADLINES Filtrona Completes Acquisition of Richco + click to enlarge UK-based Filtrona plc agreed to acquire Richco Inc. for US$110 million cash. The deal is expected to...
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1/3/2012 12:02:00 AM HEADLINES Simpson Strong-Tie To Acquire Automatic Stamping + click to enlarge Simpson Strong-Tie Co. agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of North Carolina-based Automatic Stamping...
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12/8/2011 HEADLINES The White House named a fastener researcher to a list of the country’s most promising researchers. Samuel Zelinka, a researcher with the U.S.D.A.’s Forest Products Laboratory, is...
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12/8/2011 HEADLINES TR Fastenings Expanding into U.S. Market + click to enlarge TR Fastenings is expanding into the U.S. market. The UK-based manufacturer announced that AFT Fasteners of Grand Prairie,...
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12/8/2011 12:30:00 AM HEADLINES RoHS Implications Expanding Beyond Electronics Sector + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Jenni Morland The European Parliament and Council earlier this year revised the...
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12/8/2011 12:20:00 AM HEADLINES Agrati and Semblex Form Global Alliance + click to enlarge Italian multinational firm Agrati Group and Semblex Corp. of Elmhurst, IL, announced a global alliance to...
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12/8/2011 HEADLINES China Fastener Show Adds International Purchasers Program + click to enlarge The 13th China International Fasteners & Equipment Exhibition will feature a new “Preferential Policy to Foreign Purchasers.”...
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12/8/2011 HEADLINES Darragh, Lamb Head STAFDA + click to enlarge (l-r) Kramer Darragh and Rick Lamb Kramer Darragh is the 2012 president of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association...
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12/8/2011 HEADLINES The 13-month 2012 FIN Calendar starts with December 2011 + click to enlarge + click to enlarge The 2012 FIN Calendar features technology unheard of when the first...
