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1993 FIN – Brimech Changes Name to Recoil

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January 28, 1993 – Brimech Industries USA, Indianapolis, Indiana, has announced that they have changed their name to Recoil Inc.,

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2010 FIN – Würth Unveils ‘First’ U.S. Robotic Fastener Forming Facility

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November 22, 2010 FIN – The Würth Group is establishing its first hot forming fastener manufacturing facility in North America

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1986 FIN – Cuyahoga Works May Produce Rods Again

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April 10, 1986 FIN – Domestic fastener manufacturers may have a new source for cold heading rod in the future.

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1997 FIN – Las Vegas Show Gamble Pays Off

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The owners of the National Industrial Fastener Show & Conference, held annually in Columbus, OH, since 1981, gambled that a western version of their show would be a winner in Las Vegas.

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1995 FIN – Milwaukee Journal Places Fastener Firm on ‘Loser List’

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January 5, 1995 FIN – Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Medalist Industries, Inc. had the dubious distinction of being named to second place

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2009 FIN – Academia Discovers Fastener Industry

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September 2, 2009 FIN – Fasteners have attracted attention from Ohio State University and El Camino College in Southern California.

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2009 FIN – Argentina Tightens Fastener Imports

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July 14, 2009 FIN – Exporting fasteners to Argentina is no longer automatic with a new government resolution adding procedures,

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1993 FIN – Albany & Bossard Marking Anniversaries

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March 19, 1993 FIN – Time To Blow Out Some Candles. FIN enjoys recognizing some companies and individuals who have

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1985 FIN – SPS Introducing Comp-Fast Fasteners

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March 15, 1985 FIN  – SPS Technologies, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, has introduced Comp-Fast fasteners, which, according to product line manager David

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2000 FIN – Fastener Web Search Sites Proliferate

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January 10, 2000 – Fastener Web Search Sites Proliferate The 1998 and 1999 holiday seasons were full of talk about

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2008 FIN – Darling Tells WAFD: World Steel Prices Driving Fastener Increases

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Darling at SFA: Freight Charges Add to Cost Hikes April 1, 2008 FIN – While hikes in Asian steel prices

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2007 FIN – FIEG Quality Panelists: Know Your Suppler

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2007 FIN  FIEG’s White Paper Available Online The Fastener Industry Education Group’s white paper on fastener quality is available free

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1982 FIN – Bossard Meets with 17 U.S. Reps for Metric Education

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September 9, 1982 FIN  –  Bossard International Inc., brought 17 manufacturers’ reps from around the country to its new headquarters

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2006 FIN – One-Year Job Becomes 50-Year Career

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December 18, 2006 FIN – “I was going to work for a year and make a few dollars and then

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1986 FIN – Owens-Corning Fiberglass Seeks to Leave Fastener Industry

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March 12, 1986 FIN – Owens-Corning Fiberlass Corp, Toledo, Ohio, which recently got into the fastener business with the purchase

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2005 FIN – Fragmentary News Coming in from Fastener Companies in Path of Hurricane Katrina

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September 8, 2005 FIN – Phones in Hurricane Katrinas path went unanswered as the fastener industry awaits information on colleagues,

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1991 FIN – Unbrako Division Introduces CAD Library

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August 15, 1991 FIN – SPS Technologies’ Unbrako division in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, has introduced a computer aided design (CAD)

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2004 FIN – Precision Castparts Corp. Shopping for More Fastener Firms

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October 13, 2004 FIN – Precision Castparts Corp. will sell its Fluid Management Products segment to focus on the fastener

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2001 FIN – Pentacon’s Technology Changing Faster Than Expected

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  Pentacon Inc. Pentacon Inc. officially opened for business with a March 1998 IPO merging five founding fastener distribution companies

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1986 FIN – Automakers Award Rotor Clip’s SPC Techniques

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December 29, 1986 FIN – Rotor Clip Co., Somerset, New Jersey, has announced that it has been awarded three automotive

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