12/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Vibration-Induced Fastener Fatigue Blamed for Fatal Russian Dam Disaster On August 17, 2009, the No. 2 turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskoye hydroelectric power station, in Khakassia, south central...
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12/24/2009 1995 FIN ? Ecumenical Spirit Spawns Fastener Events Calendar November 20, 1995 FIN – A year ago when Congress adjourned without passing the amendments to the U.S. Fastener Quality...
12/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS SEFA to Mark 35th Anniversary At 2010 Spring Conference The Southeastern Fastener Association will mark its 35th anniversary at its March 10-12, 2010, spring conference in Orlando....
12/22/2009 Valli to Succeed Retiring Simmons as Porteous Seattle Regional Manager Porteous Fastener Company announced Jim Simmons will retire as Seattle-based regional sales manager and will be succeeded by Kurt...
12/22/2009 Payne ‘Moving On’ Into Retirement From Safety Socket Richard Payne is retiring from Safety Socket Screw Corp. after 51 years. Payne grew up in the fastener industry as his...
12/21/2009 NEWS BRIEFS City Adds $134k to Reliant Fastener Cleanup The city council in Rock Falls, IL, added $134,000 to continue cleaning up the former Reliant Fastener site, the Sauk...
12/21/2009 China Fastener Show Expecting 200 Exhibitors Fastener Expo Shanghai 2010 expects to have 200 companies exhibiting, show organizer Yang Junfeng predicted. CFIA will conduct the National Fastener Economy Trade...
12/18/2009 Huang Becomes First Chairwoman of TFTA Tammy Huang is the first woman elected chair of the Taiwan Fastener Trading Association. Elected unanimously in August, Huang became chair on December...
12/17/2009 Pease, Moujouros Head MWFA Rich Pease of Federal Screw Products is the 2010 president of the Mid-West Fastener Association and Becky Moujouros of American Fasteners & Components was re-elected...
12/17/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Adhesive Fasteners Gaining Ground in Auto Industry A new report details the rise of adhesives in the global automotive fasteners market. “New age cars demand economical and...
12/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Nucor Fastener Appeals ITC Vote, Presses Tariff Case Against China and Taiwan Imports U.S. producers’ capacity, production and capacity utilization 2006-2008 (courtesy U.S. ITC) Pressing its case...
12/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS China Fastener Exports Down 43% in 2009 China exports of steel and copper fasteners dropped to 15 tons in October 2009, with the value dropping to $217.8...
12/14/2009 The National Industrial Fastener Show/West will move to the Sands Expo center for 2011, show management announced. The 15th annual West show will also move to a Wednesday/Friday format...
12/11/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Grainger Unveils Distribution Center Plans Amid Sales Gains Grainger plans to open a 1 million sq ft distribution center in Minooka, IL, by 2012, with renovations slated...
12/11/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Orbitform Appoints Stoia Greg Stoia is new applications engineer at Orbitform Orbitform Group hired Greg Stoia as an applications engineer. “An experienced orbital forming and assembly automation...
12/11/2009 The second Fastener Fair Budapest will expand beyond Eastern Europe, show organizer Jerry Ramsdale said. The event is set September 6-7, 2010, at the SYMA Event Centre in Budapest....
12/9/2009 IFI Publishing New Educational Handbook The Industrial Fasteners Institute will release a new IFI Fastener Technology Handbook in January 2010. The 313-page hardback book is a compilation of fastener...
12/10/2009 AIC opened a wire rod mill in Casablanca with an annual capacity of a half million tons. The plant supplied to Univers Acier consist of 28 DC drives stands,...
12/7/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener CEO Makes Top 100 List Fastener Warehouse Ltd. CEO Kim Weimer was named to the Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards list by the Women’s...
12/6/2009 Southwestern Expo Set April 10, 2010; Tower to Keynote “The Keys to High Performance & Personal Renewal” will be Mark Tower’s keynote topic at the Southwestern Fastener Association spring...