FEATURE + click to enlarge Here are the remaining 2012 fastener trade shows. For details click on Trade Shows at GlobalFastenerNews.com. June 6-8, 2012, Fastener Expo Shanghai June 25, Mid-West Fastener Show,
FEATURE + click to enlarge The 2011 FIN Stock Review is available, revealing strong investment to capture greater market share. Among the findings: * This California fastener company made acquisitions
5/28/2012 12:35:00 PM FEATURE 1. On March 9, 2011, Alcoa Fastening Systems purchased McKechnie Fasteners for $240 million. 2. On May 17, 2011, Porteous Fastener Company purchased the business assets
FEATURE So you think you know your fastener acquisitions? FIN invites you to test your knowledge. Match the Acquiring company to the left with the Target company to the right.
FEATURE + click to enlarge In his Top Ten Fastener Acquisitions of 2011, Richard Hagan includes the purchase of Elgin Fastener Group LLC. Details of the Elgin deal and the
FEATURE + click to enlarge Lisa J. Kleinhandler MEDIA SPOTLIGHT — A new public-private partnership is helping at least one fastener company find growth by tapping overseas markets. The Williamson
Fastener History Welcome to FIN’s Fastener History section. Over the coming months and years we will add hundreds of FIN and guest articles and the stories of FIN subscriber companies
FEATURE + click to enlarge Vickie Lester Big changes are underway for the National Fastener Distributors Association. The NFDA board voted unanimously to retain Vickie Lester of Lester Management Services
5/2/2012 12:34:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Courtesy Fastener World When Kent Chen took over his family’s 40-year-old fastener
FEATURE + click to enlarge Sales and profit figures from the opening quarter of 2012 indicate fastener companies have not
4/29/2012 7:35:00 PM Computer Insights Inc. promoted Paul DeFalco to supply chain integration manager, CEO Dennis Cowhey announced. DeFalco will be
FEATURE + click to enlarge The following are highlights from panelists comments at the Southeastern Fastener Association spring meeting in
4/22/2012 12:14:00 PM FEATURE The 4th annual North Coast Distributor Social will be June 7, 2012, at the Crowne Plaza
FEATURE + click to enlarge Give your supplier as much information on how the fastener will be used, ask questions
FEATURE More to Titanic Disaster Than “Faulty Rivets” + click to enlarge A hundred years after the Titanic sank, a
FEATURE + click to enlarge Fastener prices are up because steel prices are up over the past decade, Bruce Darling
FEATURE + click to enlarge This week it was news about people outside a fastener company taking pension funds from
FEATURE + click to enlarge Dave Monti Dave Monti is the 67th chairperson of the Industrial Fasteners Institute and Steve
FEATURE There are 158 fastener exhibitors among the 1,314 exhibitors at Wire 2012 this week in Düsseldorf, Germany. Total
FEATURE + click to enlarge An additional Transpacific $400 general rate increase would take effect April 15 and bring this