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Ramsdale developed the idea for a UK trade show, which grew into Fastener Fair.
The Illinois-based company is a four-generation, privately-held corporation supplying screw machined products, assemblies, fasteners and plastic knobs, plus publishes The Nationwide Directory.
Founded in 1952, Lawson Products is an industrial distributor of MRO products, including fasteners.
There are 790 exhibiting companies from 41 countries for the 7th biennial Fastener Fair Stuttgart.
Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Associates creates Hall of Fame to honor key members.
“Sexual or sexist behavior has no place in the work environment, regardless of whether the employee is working on an oil rig or in a bookstore.”
Fastener Fair Technology Conference is concurrent with the June 20-21, 2017, trade show in Mexico City.
Applied Design & Fasteners Solutions, headed by Tony Van Hoozer and Steve Paul, will rep in Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan.
Daily sales in the U.S. declined 3% in November, while sales in Canada fell 17% and sales in Europe, Asia and Latin America grew 6% during the month.
R&E is a full-service distributor of fasteners and value-added supply chain services.
Sales “in the Northeast have increased exponentially over the past few years,” the company stated.
Würth started in his father’s wholesale screw business in 1949 at age 14, took over the company in 1954 upon his father’s death and built it into the international Würth Group.
Former Nucor Fastener Division sales manager and Dokka Fasteners director of sales takes for Danmark-based Skako.
Cabral’s 47-year fastener career includes 38 years in sales and marketing for the LoneStar Group.
“Organic revenue growth from our commercial aerospace manufacturing and aftermarket customers were up... partially offset by a decline in sales to military manufacturing customers.”
Founded in 1991, Montrose is a privately owned UK fastener supplier to industrial customers mainly located in the UK.
Sales to manufacturing customers gained 1.3%, while sales to non-residential construction customers declined 1%.
“The increase in sales combined with favorable raw material prices resulted in improved margins,” the company stated.
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