7/23/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Nucor Tallies Fastener Segment Sales Nucor reported cold finished steel products sales, including fasteners, fell 47% to 76,000 tons during the second quarter of 2009. During the...
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7/23/2009 India Fastener Company Directory Published Research & Markets published its 2009 “Directory of Fasteners Units in India.” R&M estimates the domestic Indian fastener industry is INR 1500 crore (US$31.1b),...
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7/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Valmont Fastener Sales Slip Valmont Industries reported sales of industrial fasteners and tubular products fell 42% to $17.7 million during the second quarter of 2009, with operating...
July 22
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7/22/2009 Darling, Speck, Vertullo & Factory Tour Featured at 2009 NIFS/West Jim Speck of Johnson Gage Company, Bruce Darling of Porteous Fastener Company and Carmen Vertullo of SimplyBetter will lead...
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7/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS ITW Transportation Fastener Sales Decline Slows Illinois Tool Works reported sales in its Transportation segment, including automotive fasteners, declined 20% to $502.3 million during the second quarter...
July 22
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7/23/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fasteners Added To Correct 787 Wing Supports Working to reinforce repairs to a structural flaw on the 787 Dreamliner, engineers at Boeing are adding fasteners to the...
July 21
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7/21/2009 Fischer ‘committed to UK’ Newly appointed Fischer UK managing director, Uwe Seeger, has told Fastener+Fixing Magazine that the group remains wholeheartedly committed to the UK market despite recent issues...
July 21
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7/21/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Margins Up at Precision Castparts Despite lower sales volume, Precision Castparts Corp. reported Fastener Products operating income rose 1.2% to $114 million, or 32.4% of sales,...
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7/20/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Senco Emerges From Chapter 11 Chicago private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital completed its acquisition of Sencorp out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, (see FIN 6/1/2009). The sale,...
July 17
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7/17/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Report: China Taking WTO Action Against EU Screw Tariffs China is filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization over fastener tariffs from the European Union, following...
July 16
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7/16/2009 10:38:00 AM Spotlight falls on anti dumping circumvention In February the European Union imposed anti dumping tariffs of up to 85% on a wide range of fasteners imported from...
July 16
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7/16/2009 Amalga Corporation launched a new website at amalgacorp.com, owner Bryant Lind announced. Lind founded the employee recruiting firm in 2006 after more than 20 years working in the fastener...
July 15
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7/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Grainger Reports ‘Pleasing’ Results Grainger reported sales, including fasteners, slipped 13% to $1.53 billion, hit by a 30% reduction in heaving manufacturing orders. Q2 net earnings dropped...
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7/14/2009 Würth U.S. 2008 Sales Down 8.8%; South America Up Würth Group sales by its U.S. entities outperformed the general economy, but were down 8.8% to Eur 680 million (US$950.2m)...
July 14
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7/14/2009 China Predicting 600 Exhibitors at Fastener Trade Show in Guangzhou China Fastener Info is projecting 600 exhibitors and 12,000 visitors at its second Fastener Trade Show. The events will...
July 14
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7/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS European Fastener Show Opens Online Registration Attendees at Fastener Fair Stuttgart 2007 Online registration has begun for Fastener Fair Stuttgart attendees. The third Fastener Fair Stuttgart will...
July 13
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7/13/2009 1:12:00 PM Sunset review of South African AD measures The South African International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) has issued notice that antidumping duties applied in 2005 to bolts and...
July 13
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7/13/2009 1:38:00 PM Protests at GFD plant closure In mid June GFD S.p.A. announced to employees that its L’Isle-sur-le-Doubs plant would close by the end of the year. The plant,...
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7/13/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastenal Sales & Earnings Drop Fastenal sales dropped 21.4% to $474.89 million during the second quarter of 2009, “substantially” weakened by the struggling national economy. Q2 earnings...
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7/12/2009 A five-generation fastener family has launched FastenerJobs.com. As of June 29th, the website had 50 resumes posted, 18 registered employers and seven jobs posted. Ken Graham, who started in...
