Jason Sandefur The Wire Association International will offer three technical programs in September and October. The “Road Show” workshop will be held September 6 at the Sheraton City Centre Hotel...
NEWS BRIEFS
July 26
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Jason Sandefur Aluminum giant Alcoa is expanding in the fastener industry by acquiring the Fairchild Fasteners division of Dulles, VA-based Fairchild Corporation for $657 million in cash.\ Fairchild manufactures precision...
July 26
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2002
Jason Sandefur John Sutherland of Sutherland Industrial Sales was elected president of the New England Fastener Distributors Association. Sutherland succeeds Tim Cleary of Eckart & Finard, who was named chairman...
July 26
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2002
John Wolz Wayne Golden of Star Stainless Screw Company and Ed Kaufman of Hardware Specialty Company will be inducted into the Fastener Hall of Fame on November 20, 2002, in...
July 26
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2002
John Wolz Show management officially made the long-anticipated announcement that the National Industrial Fastener Show/Easts 22-year run of the once dominant North American trade show in Columbus, OH, had come...
July 26
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John Wolz As of July 2002 – Trade Shows in Bold Winter 2003, North Coast Fastener Association Tabletop, Cleveland March 20-22, 2003, Southeastern Fastener Association Tabletop, Atlanta March 20-23, 2003,...
July 25
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SPS, Fastenal, Textron & ITW Report Q2 Results John Wolz SPS Technologies reported Q2 sales dropped 10% to $215.6 million. Combined aerospace and engineered fastener sales fell 6% to $154.8...
July 24
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John Wolz Jason Sandefur is the new associate editor of Fastener Industry News, editor John Wolz announced. Sandefur has worked for daily newspapers and newsletters. News deadlines have been changed...
July 24
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2002
John Wolz The date for the Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association�s 7th annual tabletop show has been changed to Monday, October 14, 2002, at the Fiesta in Wood Ridge, NJ. The...
July 23
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2002
GF&D Names Gilchrist John Wolz GF&D Systems named Robbie Gilchrist of Capital Marketing rep for the Carolinas, Virginia and West Virginia. Gilchrist has been in the fastener industry for 30+...
July 16
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John Wolz The National Industrial Fastener Show/East will move to Orlando, FL, in 2003. The show has been held only in Columbus, OH, for 22 years. The show will be...
December 14
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2001
John Wolz The Western Association of Fastener Distributors will conduct three one-day regional mini-conferences instead of a general spring 2002 conference. The one-day conferences are being planned for San Jose...
December 14
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2001
John Wolz Editor’s Note: As a tribute to the founder of Fastener Industry News, the following are excerpts from Dick Callahan’s 15 years at the helm of FIN. They give...
December 14
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2001
John Wolz Win Adams and Reinhold Wurth have two things in common. For one, they both emphasize sales as their key to success. My strength was always getting an order,...
December 14
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2001
John Wolz The New England Fastener Distributors Association joint meeting with the Southeastern Fastener Association will be held September 5-7, 2003, at the Regal Bostonian Hotel in Boston, NEFDA president...
November 28
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2001
John Wolz The Wire & Cable Industry Suppliers Association is a new sponsor of the Wire Association International�s Wire Expo 2002. The convention is scheduled June 8-13, 2002, in Chicago....
September 13
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2001
John Wolz FastenerExchange.com and Partini.com created excitement in the fastener industry in 2000 with splashy global advertising and trade show presence. Though the two widely promoted fastener dot.coms and several...
September 13
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2001
John Wolz The 2001 Confederation of British Metalforming technical conference will focus on affordable opportunities. The conference will be October 12, 2001, at the National Metalforming Centre inWest Midlands. There...
September 05
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2001
John Wolz U.S. wire rod producers filed anti-dumping and countervailing-duty cases against a dozen nations as imports increased 53% even under trade restrictions. GS Industries Inc. announced at the end...
July 26
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2001
John Wolz The American Wire Producers Association headquarters moved to 801 N. Fairfax St. #211, Alexandria, VA 22314-1757. Tel: 703 299-4434. Fax 703 299-9233. E-mail: info@awpa.org Web: awpa.org Founded in...
