12/4/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Report: Fastener Joints May Boost Fire Risk on Composite Aircraft As government agencies prepare to approve composite materials for aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus, questions have arisen...
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December 04
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December 04
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12/4/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Anixter Credit Ratings Upgraded Anixter International Inc. had its ratings outlook upgraded to “stable” from “negative” by Fitch Ratings, the Associated Press reports. The ratings agency also...
December 03
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12/3/2009 “World’s Largest” Title Goes to Growing Fastener Fair Stuttgart as 2009 NIFS/West Numbers Plummet For decades the National Industrial Fastener Show has proclaimed itself the “World’s Largest Fastener Show.”...
November 30
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11/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Grainger Acquires Canadian Distributor The Canadian division of Grainger acquired the assets of the K&D Pratt Industrial Division. Terms were not disclosed. Acklands-Grainger will control the industrial...
November 30
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12/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Trifast Sales & Profits Stabilize UK-based Trifast Group reported sales dropped 32% to GBP 39.85 million (US$ 65.6 million) during the first six months of fiscal 2010,...
November 27
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11/27/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Big Red Fasteners Gets A Boost Inc. magazine named Big Red Fasteners to its list of 5,000 fastest growing companies in the U.S. Founded in 2001, Big...
November 27
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11/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS STAFDA’s Look: Green Movement “Here to Stay” Outgoing Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association president Hal Look called the “green movement” in business and consumer circles “a...
November 24
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11/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS ANTIDUMPING: Why the U.S. Trade Commission Rejected Tariffs Standard fastener production in the U.S. (courtesy U.S. ITC) Nucor Loses Early Ruling Part of Nucor’s case may have...
November 21
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11/23/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Ireland at STAFDA: Recession Provides Market Share Opportunities Attendees fill the aisles at STAFDA’s convention in Atlanta (courtesy STAFDA). Black & Decker vice president Les Ireland knew...
November 20
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11/20/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Darling at Pac-West Conference: Tariffs Won’t Stop Imports More than a year before Nucor Fastener filed petitions accusing China and Taiwan of dumping standard fasteners in the...
November 20
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11/20/2009 Elder Co. Marking 50th Anniversary Elder Co. is marking its 50th anniversary as a fastener distributor. Founded in August 1959, Elder moved to a new 18,000 sq ft purpose-designed...
November 19
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11/19/2009 John Barnhill Opens The Bolt Company John Barnhill and Shannon Barnhill opened The Bolt Company in New Mexico. Mike Grandjean is a partner. The distributor offers a full line...
November 19
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11/19/2009 Bailey, Salome Head SFA Mike Bailey of Nucor Fastener is the new chairman of the Southwestern Fastener Association and Bobby Salome of El Paso Bolt & Screw Co. is...
November 16
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11/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS China Fastener Exports Dwindle China exports of steel and copper fasteners fell to 16 tons in September 2009, with the value dropping to $233 million, Xinhua News...
November 16
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11/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS NAW 2010 Executive Summit Focuses on Where Business and Distributors Are Headed “Where Are We Headed?” is the theme of the 2010 National Association of Wholesaler Distributors...
November 16
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11/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Beaulieu at STAFDA: Recovery To Be Slow “The recession is officially over and 2010 will not be a fantastic year, but better than 2009,” economist Alan Beaulieu...
November 13
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11/13/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Chicago Rivet Fastener Sales Improve Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. reported fastener segment revenue improved 15% to $4.74 million in the third quarter of 2009, compared to...
November 10
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11/10/2009 2009 NIFS/West Show Directory Available Online; Hotels Near NIFS From $19; Even Luxor Down to $52 The directory of exhibitors for the National Industrial Fastener Show/West has been posted...
November 10
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11/10/2009 NEWS BRIEFS TriMas Fastener Sales Dropping TriMas Corp. reported lower blind-bolt fastener sales pushed third quarter Aerospace & Defense segment revenue, including Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, down 34.6% to $16.06...
November 10
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11/10/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Stanley Works Merging with Black & Decker Stanley Works Started As Boltmaker in 1843 While Stanley Works is known as a manufacturer of tools, hardware and specialty...
