6/14/2012 10:37:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Report: Hellermann Tyton May Be Sold + click to enlarge UK fastener manufacturer Hellermann Tyton may be put up for sale, according to Sky.com. The...
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June 13
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6/13/2012 12:37:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Simpson Mfg. Board Appoints New Director + click to enlarge James S. Andrasick Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc. announced that its Board of Directors appointed James...
June 13
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6/13/2012 10:53:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Mack Brooks Adds Fastener Fair in China + click to enlarge Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd. announced it is adding another Fastener Fair – this time...
June 12
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6/4/2012 NEWS BRIEFS Rodex Fasteners Revenue Sees Double-Digit Drop Taiwan-based Rodex Fasteners reported sales dropped 37.4% to NT138.1 million in May, down from NT220.5 million in May of 2011. During...
June 12
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6/11/2012 10:25:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Acquisitions Boost Grainger Sales in May + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Grainger reported May sales increased 13% versus May 2011, boosted by...
June 11
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6/12/2012 9:20:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Tree Island Renews Capital Financing + click to enlarge Tree Island Wire Income Fund renewed its senior banking facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation...
June 11
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6/12/2012 1:01:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS European Bonds Issued for AGS Acquisition European Capital Limited and its affiliates announced an investment of 26 million Euro equivalents in multi-currency unitranche bonds for...
June 09
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6/9/2012 12:53:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Nucor Fastener Renews A2LA Accreditation Miami Valley Materials Testing Center, LLC., Tipp City, Ohio, is now accredited in physical testing, metallographic evaluation and chemical analysis....
June 08
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6/8/2012 2:27:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Alliance Express Expanding Product Offerings + click to enlarge Alliance Express is expanding by adding 1,700 products to increase its total to 10,000. Alliance Express manufactures...
June 06
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6/6/2012 NEWS BRIEFS Unferth to Teach Metrics Session + click to enlarge Bill Unferth (courtesy LINK Magazine) Bill Unferth will speak on “Metrics in Layman’s Terms” at a seminar sponsored...
June 06
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6/6/2012 3:15:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Fastenal Co. Sales & Workforce Grow + click to enlarge Fastenal Co. reported May sales rose 18.4% to $274.8 million, despite a 0.7% drag on...
June 05
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6/5/2012 9:57:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Fumes and Fire Force Temporary Evacuation at Aerospace Manufacturer + click to enlarge Vapor and fumes at Air Industries Co. prompted temporary evacuations and road...
June 05
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6/5/2012 NEWS BRIEFS Anzor Opens First Australian Branch + click to enlarge Stainless fastener specialist Anzor opened its first branch in Australia. Brad Allard is branch manager. Anzor’s Brisbane branch...
June 04
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6/4/2012 9:11:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Battling Bolt Fatigue on Wind Turbines + click to enlarge Calling wind turbines “fatigue machines” on par with helicopters, Windpower Engineering & Development magazine is tracking better...
June 02
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6/2/2012 11:27:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Acument Names 2011 TORX QA Award Winners + click to enlarge Acument Global Technologies Inc. announced the 2011 winners of its TORX Drive System World...
June 01
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6/1/2012 11:07:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Former Acument Fastener Firm Seeks New Ownership + click to enlarge Ruia Global Fasteners AG, formerly Acument GmbH and Co. KG, reportedly is seeking new...
May 31
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5/31/2012 1:46:00 PM Portland Bolt Launches Shear Plate Website + click to enlarge Portland Bolt’s Jonathan Todd Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Company launched ShearPlates.com as a technical resource for engineers,...
May 31
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6/1/2012 1:22:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Unions Say They’ll Sue Stanley Black & Decker Over UK Factory Closure + click to enlarge Unions plan to sue bosses of Tucker Fasteners over...
May 31
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6/1/2012 10:23:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Advanced Precision Products Recapitalized + click to enlarge Advanced Precision Products Inc. received a leveraged recapitalization to fund shareholder dividends. Quarton Partners represented Hastings Equity...
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5/30/2012 1:16:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Report: Stanley Black & Decker Eyes Bid for Infastech + click to enlarge Infastech History Infastech was formed in August 2010 when Asia Trading Company...
