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...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES Stanley Black & Decker to Close Bostich Plant Stanley Black & Decker Inc. will close a Rhode Island nail and staple plant after a multi-year recession in the...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES OBITUARY: Remembering When Imports Were Delivered At Night Eric Marbe Cohn, 88, who started importing fasteners in 1953, died November 8, 2010. Born with his twin Jay...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES Pac-West Reveals ‘Dirty Little Secret’ of DFARS Despite recent changes in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) specialty metals rule, all military-use only fasteners must still be...
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11/22/2010 1:12:00 AM HEADLINES Würth Group Unveils ‘First’ U.S. Robotic Fastener Manufacturing Facility The Würth Group is establishing its first hot forming fastener manufacturing facility in North America to supply...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES Powers Fasteners Names New CEO L-R: Frederic Powers III Jeffrey Powers, Mike Fergus, and Chris Powers Powers Fasteners announced a strategic succession of management for its family-owned business, Construction Distribution reports. ...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES Elgin’s Liter: ‘Sales Per Employee’ New Profit Metric The 21st century is a brave new world for the fastener industry. The rise of China, the constant threat of...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES 36% of NIFS/West Exhibitors Have Foreign Addresses Part of the Korean Pavilion at 2010 NIFS/West. Ten Korean companies exhibited at the show. Numerous U.S. fastener manufacturers have complained...
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HEADLINES Mood at NIFS/West “Cautiously Upbeat” Opening day at the 2010 National Industrial Fastener Show/West was a hit with many exhibitors. The number of booths and total registration rose...
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11/22/2010 HEADLINES 2010 NIFS/West By the Numbers 2010 NIFS/West Total Registration 2010 NIFS/West Total Booths Numbers were mixed for the 2010 National Industrial Fastener Show/West show in Las Vegas. Total...
