John Wolz More than 36% of fastener companies increased their workforce in 2007. A slightly larger number of firms (37.2%)...
FIN SURVEY
February 06
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John Wolz Fastener executives are more confident about the global economy than the North American economy, but confidence is down...
February 06
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2008
John Wolz Fastener industry confidence in both the White House and U.S. Congress on business issues continued to slide in...
February 06
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2008
John Wolz Asia, cost increases, employer issues, and sales dominated responses to “What were your company”s biggest problems during 2007?”...
February 06
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2008
John Wolz ” A greater emphasis on training salespeople is needed. At some point a company must share the responsibility...
January 25
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2008
John Wolz Fastener executives are more confident about the global economy than the North America but confidence is down for...
January 23
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2008
John Wolz The FIN Company Performance Index held even at 6.8 in the 29th annual FIN Survey of the Fastener...
November 29
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2007
John Wolz The 29th annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry is the first conducted entirely online. Fastener industry executives...
February 11
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2007
John Wolz Distributors totaled 47.5%, manufacturers 44.3% and importers 6.6% of participants in the 28th annual FIN Survey of the...
February 11
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2007
John Wolz More than 70% of the fastener companies participating in the End of 2006 FIN / FastenerNews.com Survey reported...
February 11
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2007
John Wolz More than seven out of 10 fastener companies reported steady sales gains in 2006, while 47.5% also enjoyed...
February 11
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2007
John Wolz Just over 65% of survey respondents reported cost increases in 2005, while the FIN Cost Index remained flat...
February 11
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2007
John Wolz Fastener Prices More than 62% of fastener companies plan average price increases of 5.5% in the next six...
February 11
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2007
John Wolz Prices dominated the top problems of 2006. The words FIN Survey participants used included: “Changing prices,” “competitive pricing,”...
February 11
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2007
Jason Sandefur Raw material price increases slowed for fastener manufacturers in 2006, and stand far below the peak volatility of...
February 11
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2007
Jason Sandefur Over three out of four fastener companies raised prices an average of 7.7% in 2006, up from the...
February 11
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2007
Jason Sandefur Confidence in the North American and global economies slipped for the first time in three years. The industry...
February 11
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2007
Jason Sandefur More than 75% of fastener companies who participated in the FIN Survey granted an average pay raise of...
February 11
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2007
Jason Sandefur Nearly a third of fastener companies increased their workforce an average of 16.9% in 2006. The figure represents...
February 11
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2007
John Wolz Distributor inventory turns slowed in 2006, dropping to 3.9. Historically, inventory turns have stayed above 4, expect for...
