11/9/2009 SMU Ranks Advance Components on Fastest Growing List Advance Components ranks in the Top 100 fastest-growing companies in North Texas. The Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at Southern Methodist...
NEWS BRIEFS
11/10/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Palin Speaking at 2010 STAFDA Convention The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association will host Sarah Palin as a guest speaker at its 2010 convention. Palin was...
11/8/2009 Excess equipment not needed to support ongoing operations of Detroit Heading LLC to be auctioned. Complete automotive fastener plant: National Cold Parts Former up to 1″; Formax Long Stroke...
11/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS ITC Set To Vote on Fastener Dumping Charge Against China and Taiwan U.S. International Trade Commission is set to vote on preliminary approval of antidumping tariffs against...
11/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Elgin Fastener Group Names Mahan Tim Mahan of Elgin Fastener Group (courtesy EFG) Elgin Fastener Group named Tim Mahan as a technical sales representative. Mahan brings 25...
11/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Commerce Dept. Extends Antidumping Response Period The U.S. Department of Commerce has extended the deadline for fastener exporters in China and Taiwan to complete detailed quantity and...
11/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS LISI Group To Buy Acument Fastener Plants The LISI Group subsidiary LISI Automotive has extended an offer to take over two automotive fastener plants in France operated...
11/4/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fall River Marking 25 Years as Domestic Manufacturer This year Fall River Manufacturing and its 50 employees are marking its 25th anniversary. While many fastener manufacturers have...
11/3/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Chandler Products Enters 3/4 Fastener Market (Courtesy Chandler Products) Chandler Products recently acquired additional heading machinery to enter the 3/4″ diameter fastener market. The Cleveland-based company now...
11/3/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Monogram Aerospace Fasteners Hits Milestone Monogram Aerospace Fasteners manufacturing plant in Los Angeles marked its one millionth-hour without a lost work day injury. MAF, part of TriMas...
11/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS ITC Report on China Dumping Goes to Trade Commission U.S. International Trade Commission is set to receive a preliminary report today on the antidumping and countervailing petitions...
11/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS India Contests EU Fastener Tariff Claims The Indian government is working to counter claims from the European Union that stainless steel fasteners from India and Malaysia are...
11/2/2009 Thomas, Luca, McGrath & Goldberg on Anti-Dumping Panel in Las Vegas Show management announced four panelists for the “Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and How This Could Affect You” session...
11/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Stanley Works and Black & Decker Merging Stanley Started as Boltmaker Stanley Works was founded in 1843 by Frederick Trent Stanley, who established a shop in New...
11/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Black & Decker Fastener Sales Fall 23% Black & Decker fastener sales declined 23% to $132.8 million during the third quarter of 2009, while operating income fell...
11/1/2009 MacLean at PacWest: Recovery Brings High Margins & Growth “Great recessions are a great opportunity,” Randy MacLean declared at the Pacific-West Fastener Association autumn conference. “Recovery brings high margins...
10/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Lawson OEM Margins Improve Lawson Products Inc. reported sales, including fasteners, dropped 24% to $95.1 million during the third quarter of 2009. Gross profit declined 20% to...
10/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Sundram Fasteners Profit Jumps Sundram Fasteners reported net profit nearly doubled to Rs 188.7 million (US$4.01 million) during the third quarter of 2009. Q3 sales fell 14%...
10/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Simpson Strong-Tie Sales Drop Simpson Strong-Tie sales, including fasteners and anchor systems, fell 22% during the third quarter of 2009, as ongoing weakness in homebuilding markets hampered...
10/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Carpenter Tech Fastener Sales “Soft” Carpenter Technologies reported aerospace market sales, including fasteners, fell 35% to $102.9 million, during the first quarter of fiscal 2010. “Fastener demand,...