6/13/2009 NEWS BRIEFS J.W.Winco Publishes Updated Engineering Manual J.W. Winco Inc. published an updated “Standard Machine Components Engineering Manual” and catalog. The 1,000-page, full color catalog includes additional engineering and...
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6/12/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Makers in China Eye “Overseas” Production Hit hard by a global recession and antidumping duties from the European Union, total fastener exports from the Chinese city...
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6/10/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Tycoons Opens Subsidiary for EU Fastener Market Thailand-based Tycoons Worldwide Group is establishing a new subsidiary to expand into the European fastener market, the company announced. The...
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6/9/2009 NEWS BRIEFS New Software Adds Fastener Specificity Software developer VISTAGY Inc. released SyncroFIT 2009, which enables commercial 3D CAD users to fully define and manage joints and interfaces between...
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6/9/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Monogram Boosts Titanium Screw Capability Monogram Aerospace Fasteners has increased its capability to produce seven types of titanium screws used by commercial airframe manufacturers. Monogram, owned by...
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6/11/2009 NEWS BRIEFS AFS Buys in Casablanca Alcoa Fastening Systems completed the acquisition of assets from Demicron SNC, which operates from a single facility in Casablanca with less than 50...
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6/8/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Flight Heard ‘Round The Fastener World? Heralded as “a new era of aircraft manufacturing technology and performance,” the Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin completed an...
June 06
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6/6/2009 NEWS BRIEFS 2010 Düsseldorf Exhibitors Increasing Booth Space Show organizers announced 70% of exhibitors registering thus far for the International Wire & Cable Trade Fair are reserving more space...
June 05
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6/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: U.S. Auto Slump Hits Tier 2, 3 Suppliers Editor’s Note: Articles in Media Spotlight are excerpts from publications or broadcasts that show the industry what...
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6/4/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Sundram Sales Fall on Weak Auto Markets The continued slump in automobile sales pushed India-based Sundram Fasteners Ltd. to a net loss for its fiscal fourth quarter...
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6/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS A2LA Accreditations Anamet Inc. in Hayward, CA was accredited in physical testing, metallographic evaluation, and chemical analysis. Aston Metallurgical Service Co., Inc. located in Wheeling, IL was...
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NEWS BRIEFS Freedonia: U.S. Demand for Fasteners Will Rise But Prices Won’t Demand for fasteners will increase in real terms in contrast to the price value gains from 2003 to...
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6/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Upgrade Boosts ITW Stock Analysts breathed life into Illinois Tool Works’ stock, which jumped 11% to $35.85 June 1 on the New York Stock Exchange. Credit Suisse...
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5/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS China Fastener Exports Continue Drop China exports of steel and copper fasteners continued to drop for a third straight month in March, plunging 36% to 120,000 tons,...
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5/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS 2008 Fastener Company Acquisitions Remain Strong Pace of deals comparable with 2007 Richard Hagan Fastener sales may be down but the number of fastener companies being sold...
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5/15/2009 NEWS BRIEFS SPS Sued Over Uncoated Nutplates Boeing contractor claims fasteners lacked cadmium coating Aerospace contractor Spirit AeroSystems sued SPS Technologies over 500,000 defective nutplates for Boeing jets, the...
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5/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Hirsch Joins Private Equity Firm as Managing Partner David Hirsch started in the fastener industry in 1972 Former Vertex Distribution CEO David Hirsch has joined Mustang Partners...
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5/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Obituary: Will Rodriguez Will Rodriguez, founder and president of The Fastener Connection, died May 27, 2009, while golfing in Scotland. He was 61. He started in the...
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5/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Rotor Clip Producing Wave Springs Rotor Clip Company Inc. is using its experience in processing and coiling wire to manufacture single-turn and multi-turn wave springs. A wave...
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5/27/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Richard Manno’s Operations on YouTube Richard Manno & Company’s manufacturing operations video is now on YouTube.com. Richard Manno himself describes the operations on the video as the...
