4/25/2011 HEADLINES Three Reasons Given for Heads & Threads Receivership + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Mike Wrenn Wrenn at NIFS: Fastener Margins Shrinking HTI CEO Mike Wrenn...
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4/25/2011 HEADLINES Hill Fastener Corp. Acquired By Kansas-Based Tramec + click to enlarge Hill Fastener Corp. was acquired by Iola, KS-based Tramec. The company will be called Tramec Hill Fastener...
4/25/2011 HEADLINES FinnvedenBulten Agrees to Fastener JV in Russia + click to enlarge Tommy Andersson International industrial group FinnvedenBulten signed a letter of intent with Automotive Components Division of GAZ...
HEADLINES Ulrich, Queenin Lead NFDA + click to enlarge Matt Ulrich Matt Ulrich is the new president of the National Fastener Distributors Association and Jay Queenin is vice president. ...
HEADLINES Field Fastener Emphasizes Lean in $3.5m Addition + click to enlarge (l-r) Jim Derry and Bill Derry Field Fastener broke ground on a $3.5 million, 43,000 sq ft addition...
HEADLINES First Fastener Fair India Draws 90 Exhibitors + click to enlarge The first Fastener Fair to be held outside of Europe drew 90 exhibitors from India, Taiwan, China, U.S....
4/25/2011 HEADLINES NFDA Increasing Participation in Industry Trade Shows + click to enlarge The National Fastener Distributors Association will sponsor the All Industry Reception during Fastener Tech 2011. Fastener Tech...
4/25/2011 HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Bossard Aims to Double Sales by 2015 The 180-year-old Bossard Group has a goal of doubling global sales by 2015 – an achievement that will require an...
4/25/2011 9:34:00 PM HEADLINES Q2 Wire Rod Market Roundup Volatile raw material markets are making quarterly wire rod terms difficult in Asia, while prices are “escalating very rapidly.” • ScrapMonster.com...
SHORTTAKES: A-Jax, Mutual Screw, Ohio Rod, Orbitform, PennEngineering, Revstone, 3V, and Tree Island
4/25/2011 HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: A-Jax, Mutual Screw, Ohio Rod, Orbitform, PennEngineering, Revstone, 3V, and Tree Island Robert Devers was promoted from executive vice president to president of A-Jax Co. Inc. and...
3/28/2011 HEADLINES Obituary: Jim Russell James “Jim” Russell, 83, died February 25, 2011, in Fort Worth, TX. After starting a career as a CPA, he bought Fort Worth Bolt &...
3/28/2011 3:00:00 PM HEADLINES Edith Cameron Women in the Fastener Industry have established a scholarship fund in memory of Edith A. Cameron. Cameron died January 16, 2011, at age 92. WIFI...
3/28/2011 1:30:00 PM HEADLINES Interfast Forges Aerospace Joint-Venture in China Wang Zhilai, GM of AVIC International Zhuhai Co. Ltd., and Peter Oleck, president of Interfast, pictured during a signing ceremony...
3/28/2011 1:50:00 AM HEADLINES Böllhoff Reports 30% Sales Growth for 2010...
3/28/2011 1:23:00 AM HEADLINES NFDA & SEFA Announce Working Relationship CLICK for more SEFA photos. The National Fastener Distributors Association and Southeastern Fastener Association announced a program to unify the...
3/28/2011 1:06:00 AM HEADLINES Simmi Sakhuja at SEFA: “Perception” Important Factor in Fastener Pricing It isn’t just today’s price of steel. It isn’t just sea freight rates. It isn’t just...
3/28/2011 2:15:00 PM HEADLINES Fastener Supply Chain Sees Ripple From Japan Disaster While Japan struggles to deal with the devastation caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and resulting...
3/28/2011 1:30:00 PM HEADLINES Friel, Monti Lead Industrial Fasteners Institute + click to enlarge Jennifer Johns Friel is first woman chair of the Industrial Fasteners Institute and Dave Monti is...
3/28/2011 11:52:00 AM HEADLINES IFI Presents 2011 Soaring Eagle Awards to Cosenza, Haerther and Grabner + click to enlarge (left to right) George Grabner, Frank Cosenza and Dan Haerther IFI...
3/28/2011 12:50:00 PM HEADLINES Chicago Show Leads Columbus & Branson in Booth Counts + click to enlarge Of three North American fastener trade shows, the June Fastener Tech in Chicago...