12/14/2010 HEADLINES U.S. Fastener Manufacturer Beats Imports with Technology After sales dropped 30% in 2009, Kelko Products Co. expanded its custom-turned parts business and rebuilt its website to target new...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES TransDigm To Acquire Cargo Fastener Manufacturer TransDigm Group agreed to acquire the Actuation Business of Telair International Inc. for $94 million in cash. The deal is expected to...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES Fastenal Stores Approaching ‘Saturation’ Point Amid signs of recovery, Fastenal has come under some scrutiny from investment analysts concerned about the Winona, MN-based supplier’s long-term growth prospects. ...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES The World Trade Organization ruled that European Union duties on fasteners from China break international trade rules in many cases and should be revised. The ruling “marks...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES Blattner: How to Survive Fastener M&A Deals Looking to sell your fastener company, or looking to acquire one? Active Screw CEO Buddy Blattner has some advice for...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES Distribution One, IST Software Providers Merge Distribution One Inc., ERP software provider for wholesalers and distributors, announced a merger with Integrated Systems Technology. IST has provided software solutions...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES Dixie Aerospace Acquires Fastener Tooling Supplier...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES Fastener Fair Stuttgart Grows to 3 Halls Over 3 Days for 2011 A total of 623 exhibiting companies from 38 countries have booked booths thus far for the...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES AEA Investors Acquire Controlling Stake in Lone Star Fasteners Ian Dunkinson new Lone Star CEO A private equity firm founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon and Harriman...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES 9th Fasttec Moves to New Moscow Convention Center The 9th Fasttec Russian fastener trade show will move to the new EcoCentre Sokolniki in Moscow. The March 15-17, 2011...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES NFDA Offering European Trade Program in Conjunction With Fastener Fair Stuttgart Fastener Fair Stuttgart Grows to Double the Size of NIFS/West A total of 623 exhibiting companies from...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES Moujouros, Delawder Head MWFA Becky Moujouros Becky Moujouros of American Fasteners & Components was elected president of the Mid-West Fastener Association and Matt Delawder of SWD Inc. vice...
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12/14/2010 11:05:00 PM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE – Johnson at STAFDA: Watch Competitors on ‘Buy American’ Educate your sales team on the “ins and outs” of the “Buy American” provisions of the Economic...
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12/14/2010 11:23:00 PM HEADLINES Fastener Acquisitions on Rise as 2010 Winds Down Mergers and acquisitions in the fastener industry are on the rise as the M&A landscape improves with higher...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES Family-Owned MacLean-Fogg Marks 85th Anniversary John MacLean Jr. (courtesy MacLean-Fogg) MacLean-Fogg Company is marking 85 years of growth to a family-owned, multi-national corporation. “Through wars and recessions,...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES SHORTTAKES – HTI, Spirol Int’l, Würth Service Supply Heads & Threads International launched a new division – Socket Screw Supply – to expand its socket products. S3 will...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES FIN Launches New Fastener Industry Resource News, Features and Technical Articles and the 2011 FIN Calendar are now available at the GlobalFastenerNews.com Article Store. For the first time...
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12/14/2010 HEADLINES 30 Technical Papers to be Presented in Conjunction with Interwire 2011 The Wire Association International reports more than 95% of exhibit space for Interwire 2011 is sold. WAI...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES ITW Expanding Lexington Facility For New Product Launch Illinois Tool Works will expand its Lexington, KY, operation, investing $1.17 million to deploy its launch of a new rib...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES India’s Deepak Fasteners Using German Investment for Expansion A Germany-based financial institution has acquired a minority stake in India’s Deepak Fasteners Ltd. The investment by DEG, a member...
