Swedish company will continue to focus on raising prices to customers - although to date increases had not been sufficient to offset cost increases.
NEWS BRIEFS
October 05
14:25
2017
Founded in 1986, Heads & All Threads provides supply chain management services and has operations in the UK, Czech Republic, Poland, and India.
October 02
16:58
2017
Founded in 1979, the New England group reports 65 members.
September 28
11:22
2017
Acquiring MMG will expand Sumeeko's business portfolio to fasteners used for wind power, water dams, agricultural machines, and smart phones.
September 28
11:06
2017
Weitzmans’ Michigan-based distributorship has shipping branches in New Jersey, Illinois and California.
September 27
12:15
2017
The family-owned Pennsylvania fastener and hardware supplier now has 25,000 sq ft building.
September 27
12:08
2017
Dallas-based Advance will stock VFS tension pins for North American distributors.
September 25
11:03
2017
Bossard Group consolidated sales during the first half of 2017 rose 15% to CHF 395.1 million (US$408.8 million), which included organic growth of 9.5%, according to Fastener + Fixing Magazine.
September 21
14:50
2017
Seggelink has more than 15 years of quality management experience implementing quality standards through lean manufacturing and six sigma initiatives.
September 21
12:03
2017
20+ year fastener industry veteran will operate from Tennessee.
September 20
12:25
2017
Called Viet-Screw Company, the 345,000 sq ft facility houses 60 headers capable of producing 600 tons of fasteners monthly.
September 20
09:26
2017
Brudner Polymer Corp. targets companies in construction/infrastructure, transportation and OEM/assembly.
September 18
18:16
2017
He is the son of Phillippe Linders, who has worked with Gi for a quarter century, after originally being selected for his knowledge of the fastener industry and fluency in five languages.
September 18
10:36
2017
Aerospace fastener supplier KLX Inc. reported the company’s operations were “modestly” impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma that hit Texas and Florida.
September 14
12:44
2017
Fastener Fair France added to those scheduled for USA, Germany, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Italy and Turkey.
September 14
00:40
2017
The 26,000 sq ft space will house a plating line, creating 12 jobs for the company.
September 12
18:36
2017
“I see us doing things that we thought would have gone away ten years ago” with today’s training and access to information, noted Carmen Vertullo of Carver Consulting in El Cajon, CA.
September 12
00:09
2017
“Market conditions appear likely to remain in growth mode in the coming months,” writes R.W. Baird analyst David Manthey.
September 08
14:51
2017
The 2017 official hotel – Westgate – is 3/10 mile from this year’s new convention center location. Last year’s hotels are more than a mile away. Hotels.com lists 16 other hotels within a mile.
September 07
17:42
2017
The latest figures continue the company’s fastener success that began in February, when Fastenal said fastener sales improved 1.5% - marking the company’s first uptick in fastener sales since the third quarter of 2015.
