4/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Segment Sales Down at Nucor Nucor Corp. reported cold finish steel sales, including fasteners, declined 41% to 80,000 tons during the first quarter of 2009. Overall...
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4/23/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Anixter Downgraded on Weak Demand Facing ongoing weak demand in its end markets, fastener supplier Anixter International Inc. was downgraded to “neutral” from “outperform,” the Associated Press...
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4/23/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Canada Reviews Tariffs on Asian Fasteners The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an expiry review of 5-year tariffs imposed January 7, 2005, on certain carbon steel...
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4/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Turkey Increases Antidumping Measures The Turkish government increased antidumping measures on fasteners imported from any country in consignments greater than two tons. Previous measures were brought into...
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4/20/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Boeing Approves 3V Fasteners as Delegated Supplier 3V Fasteners Company Inc. has been approved as a Delegation Program supplier for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The approval allows 3V...
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4/20/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Cain Returns to Keynote 33th STAFDA Convention Former Godfather’s Pizza chairman Herman Cain will be the keynote speaker at the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association 33rd...
April 19
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4/19/2009 NEWS BRIEFS An interim report into the failure of nine heavy-duty nuts on the landmark Forth Road Bridge, at Edinburgh, Scotland, has concluded that all 1,888 similar nuts on...
April 19
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4/18/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Petitioner Withdraws Acument Complaint; Trade Investigation Terminated The Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance has terminated a Trade Act of 1974 investigation involving Acument Global Technologies after the...
April 17
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4/17/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Brin Opens DarLoc to Distribute Miniature Parts Glen Brin and Darlene Brin opened DarLoc Corporation as a stocking distributor of miniature and clinch self-locking nuts, nylon insert...
April 17
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4/17/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Automotive Slump Leads Ifastgroupe to Close Ingersoll Fasteners Division To Be Shuttered by End of ’09 Ifastgroupe Inc. announced it will close its Ingersoll Fasteners division in...
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4/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Bailey & Dean to Rep Rivet & Eyelet The Representative Company is now a manufacturers rep and stocking warehouse for Rivet & Eyelet Technologies LLC., national sales...
April 17
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4/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS ITW Promises “Aggressive” Restructuring After Q1 Losses Illinois Tool Works Inc. a “significant” drop in revenue during the first quarter of 2009, with sales declining 24% to...
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4/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS French Fastener Supplier Building Russia Plant A Raymond RUS, a subsidiary of French fastener supplier A Raymond, announced plans to build a $6.7 million fastening element plant...
April 14
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4/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastenal Slows Store Openings, Trims Workforce Reacting to an entrenched recession, Fastenal said it has slowed store openings to 2% to 5% annually and limited new hires....
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4/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Grainger Sales Slow, Jobs Cut Grainger reported first quarter sales dropped 12% to $1.5 billion, while net earnings decreased 16% to $96 million. U.S. sales slumped 10%...
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4/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS DiversityBusiness.com Ranks Jay-Cee Rivet Among Top Small Businesses Jay-Cee Sales & Rivet was named one of the top privately held small businesses in the U.S. in a...
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4/13/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Inventory Catches Up with Dreamliner Test Flight Schedule After months of painful delays, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner could make its maiden test flight by the end of...
April 13
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4/15/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Innovative Components Receives ISO Certification Innovative Components Inc. announced certification to ISO 9001:2008. ICI also achieved a 96PPM manufacturing quality level during the first quarter. ICI added...
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4/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS 2009 Wire Russia Projected to Match 2007 Expo Despite Economy Despite the economy Wire Russia 2009 is projecting a similar turnout to its 2007 biennial show. Wire...
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4/12/2009 NEWS BRIEFS WAFD, LAFA Set Merger Vote The Unification Task Force announced the Western Association of Fastener Distributors and the Los Angeles Fastener Association will vote in May on...
