7/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Tarantino & Thull New Reps for Rivet & Eyelet DT Sales and ET Sales are now representing Rivet & Eyelet Technologies LLC in Arizona and California, national...
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June 30
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7/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS MSC Industrial Beats Wall Street Estimates MSC Industrial Direct reported sales slid 23% to $350.5 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Net income slipped 46%...
June 29
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6/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Training Institute Planning More Programs Eleven participants in the first weeklong training program have qualified for the Fastener Training Institute’s Certified Fastener Specialist designation. FTI and the...
June 27
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6/27/2009 GBM Rivet to Auction 125 Fastener Production Machines Corporate Assets Inc. is conducting an auction of equipment from GBM Rivet & Fasteners Inc. on July 14, 2009. The auction...
June 26
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6/26/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Advance Components Receives Women-Owned Certification Advance Components announced its Women’s Business Enterprise certification by the Womens Business Enterprise National Council. The certification as a women-owned business meets...
June 25
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6/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS China Fastener Exports Plunge China exports of steel and copper fasteners continued to plunge for a fourth consecutive month in April, dropping 50% to 120,000 tons, with...
June 25
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6/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Sundram Aims for Aerospace Sector India-based Sundram Fasteners is looking to jump into the aerospace fastener sector, the Hindu reports. “Our aim is to make fasteners for...
June 25
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6/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS LAFA and WAFD Approve Unification as Pacific-West Fastener Association By near unanimous consent, the members of the Los Angeles Fastener Association and Western Association of Fastener Distributors...
June 24
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6/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Delays Define Boeing’s Dreamliner Editor’s Note: Articles in Media Spotlight are excerpts from publications that show the industry what the public is reading or hearing about fasteners...
June 22
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6/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Interfast Launches New Website; Adds Products Interfast Inc. launched an updated website with new information and tools: interfast.ca. Customers can obtain product information from 40 fastener and...
June 20
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6/20/2009 NEWS BRIEFS New England Trade Show Registration Opens Table space and early bird registration for the New England Fastener Distributors Association’s second table top trade show is now available...
June 20
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6/21/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Platinum Equity May Control Delphi in Deal Acument Global Technologies parent company Platinum Equity could gain control of automotive supplier Delphi Corp. if a plan is approved...
June 19
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6/19/2009 NEWS BRIEFS B/E Picks Middle East Distributor B/E Aerospace’s aerospace fastener business, B/E Aerospace Consumables Management, appointed Bahrain-based Global Aviation Services Co. as exclusive distributor for parts of the...
June 19
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6/19/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Trifast Sales Slowing Trifast reported sales slipped 12% to GBP104.9 million during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, while gross profit slipped 20% to GBP26.6 million...
June 16
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6/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Acument Names Torx Award Recipients Acument Global Technologies announced the 2008 winners of its Torx Drive System World Class Quality Awards. Six of the ten award recipients...
June 15
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6/15/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Tan Heads TR Asia Trifast plc appointed Thomas Tan as managing director for TR Asia Investment Holdings PTE Ltd. Thomas, 55, was one of the founders of...
June 15
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6/15/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Active Screw Launching New Internet Inventory Portal for Customers Active Screw & Fastener is launching a new customer Internet portal. “Active Access” outlines parts and specs supplied...
June 15
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6/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS ITW Sales “Stabilize” with Double-Digit Declines Illinois Tool Works reported sales in its Transportation segment, including automotive fasteners, declined 22.9% in the three-month period ended May 31,...
June 14
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6/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Customer Layoffs Increase Demand for Atlantic Fasteners Inventory Management Atlantic Fasteners is expanding with its inventory management service. Atlantic started managing fastener inventories through computerized bar coding...
June 13
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6/13/2009 NEWS BRIEFS MFDA Reschedules Event The Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association 14th annual golf outing has been changed to September 13, 2009. The golf outing begins at 8 a.m. Sunday...
