2/17/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Dörken Names Welp as Sales Director Dr. Martin Welp, new sales and marketing director at D�rken Corp. USA Fastener coatings maker Dörken-MKS Systeme GmbH & Co. named...
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2/18/2010 NEWS BRIEFS FAA Hits American Eagle with $2.9m Fine Over Possible Missing Landing Gear Fasteners The Federal Aviation Administration issued a $2.9 million penalty to the sister carrier of...
2/16/2010 Hardware Fair Planned for India Kölnmesse announced the India International Hardware show for October 2010 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. Kölnmesse organizes the International Hardware Fair in...
2/15/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Sundram Fastener Exports Drop Sundram Fasteners Ltd. reported domestic sales rose 6.7% to INR 730.86 crores for the 9 months ended December 31, 2009. Export sales declined...
2/15/2010 NFDA to Feature International Panel on Tariffs: McGrath, Hansen, Urbani, Huang, Hopwood & Stapf An international panel doing business on at least four continents will discuss antidumping tariffs at...
2/14/2010 Taiwan Wire Rod Price Remains Unchanged; CSC Predicts No Reduction in 2010 Taiwan’s China Steel Corporation announced winter prices will remain steady. Citing an “unstable but slowly growing global...
2/13/2010 FIN Survey: Three-Way Tie for Trade Show Location End of 2009 FIN Survey: In what city or cities should the major U.S. fastener trade show be located? There were...
2/11/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Agrati, LISI Bidding on Acument Fastener Operations in France Acument Global Technologies plans to sell its fastener operations in France. “Acument is in the process of negotiating...
2/11/2010 Beyer to Head German Fastener Manufacturers Dr. Stefan Beyer The German Fastener Association – Deutscher Schraubenverband e.V – appointed Dr. Stefan Beyer as general manager, succeeding Frank Naumann. Naumann...
2/11/2010 Many Fastener Companies to Close February 13-21 for Chinese Lunar New Year Many fastener companies in China and Taiwan will be closed February 13-21, 2010, to celebrate the Chinese...
2/12/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Grainger January Sales Grow Grainger reported January sales increased 12%, which included a 5 percentage point contribution from acquisitions and a 2 percentage point contribution from foreign...
2/12/2010 NEWS BRIEFS More Stanley Bostitch Layoffs Announced Stanley Bostitch plans to end nail production at its factory in East Greenwich, RI, by October and lay off 165 workers, the...
2/10/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Acument Completes Camcar Transfer to Saturn Fasteners; Boeing Supplier Award Announced Aerospace fastener manufacturer Saturn Fasteners Inc. received a 2009 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. Burbank, CA-based Saturn...
2/10/2010 NEWS BRIEFS B/E Aerospace Signs Multi-Year Boeing Contract B/E Aerospace won renewal of a multi-year fasteners and hardware contract with Boeing. This contract was previously held by Honeywell Consumables...
2/9/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Elgin Fastener Group Adds Jorgensen and Bates Gerald “Gerry” Bates is the managing member of Industrial Assembly Solutions LLC Elgin Fastener Group added two new sales agencies...
2/9/2010 Taiwan Innovation Award Given to CCM Machine CCM received the 16th Taiwan SME Innovation Award for its new fastener wheel crack inspection machines. The sorting machine manufactured by CCM...
2/10/2010 NEWS BRIEFS American Airlines Faces Possible Record Fine for Improper Fastening American Airlines is facing the potential of a multi-million dollar fine as the Federal Aviation Administration wraps up...
2/8/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Is China Evading Tariffs on Fasteners and Threaded Rod? A coalition of U.S. manufacturers claims to have “compelling evidence that certain companies subject to antidumping orders are...
2/5/2010 European Tariffs Driving China to New Markets & Products In response to Europe’s anti-dumping tariffs, China’s fastener manufacturers are finding alternative markets – including exporting to South America and...
2/5/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Black & Decker Q4 Fastener Sales Gaining Ground Black & Decker reported Fastener and Assembly Systems segment sales decreased 2% to $154.9 million in the fourth quarter...