12/14/2010 12:36:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Report: Expect Price Hike for Wire Rod Exports Analysts say Japan’s integrated steelmakers will increase prices by US$50 to US$100 per ton for wire rod...
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12/13/2010 12:19:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Holo-Krome ‘Back From The Brink’ Former Holo-Krome facility in West Harford, CT In the months since Fastenal acquired it, socket head fastener manufacturer Holo-Krome has been revitalized....
12/10/2010 9:46:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS B/E Aerospace Secures New $750m Credit Deal Amid Acquisitions B/E Aerospace said it has prepaid the $343 million outstanding balance on its existing bank term...
12/10/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Pac-West Partners with NFDA for Financial Analysis and Industry Benchmarking Program The Pacific-West Fastener Association and the National Fastener Distributors Association are offering an online tool that...
12/11/2010 10:06:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Analyst Cautions on ITW Stock Trend Shares of Illinois Tool Works ended the December 10 trading session lower by $0.08 or -0.16% from its previous...
12/9/2010 12:17:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Exports – And Imports – Between U.S. & Taiwan Hit Double Digits Taiwan’s fastener export value for Q3 achieved a 9% sequential gain to...
12/8/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Rail Fastener Producer Amsted Eyes New U.S. Production Fastener and undercarriage rail components manufacturer Amsted Rail may reopen its Alabama wheel manufacturing facility in Jefferson County after...
12/8/2010 7:37:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Aerospace Products S.E. Awarded Full-Service Air Force Contract Aerospace Products S.E. Inc. won a contract award which extends and expands APSE’s existing work as a...
12/8/2010 2:00:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Alcoa Promotes Former AFS President Jarrault Alcoa named current Engineered Products COO Olivier Jarrault to be president of Alcoa Engineered Products and Solutions, succeeding William...
12/8/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Tools Automate Deburring of Chamfered Through-Holes Innovations in cutting, edge breaking, and deburring tools are making hand benching operations a thing of the past, Design World reports....
12/6/2010 8:03:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Acklands-Grainger Acquiring Industrial Products Grainger’s Canadian division, Acklands-Grainger, agreed to acquire the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick business of Wolseley Industrial Products (Amalgamated) Inc., a...
12/6/2010 9:18:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Würth Service Supply Receives ISO 14001 Certification Würth Service Supply Inc. received ISO 14001 certification for four locations: Indianapolis, Atlanta, Grand Rapids, MI, and Greenville,...
12/4/2010 8:46:00 AM Taiwan’s China Steel Increasing Domestic Wire Rod Production Taiwan’s China Steel Corporation will increase wire rod supply due to demand for high strength and alloy steel wire...
12/3/2010 12:58:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Report: UK Industrial Fastener Demand To Top $1.12b by 2015 Non threaded fasteners UK’s fastest growing market Industrial fastener demand in the UK will grow...
12/3/2010 8:45:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Lucas: Importers Fuel Domestic Manufacturing Much is made of trade disputes between Western countries and Asia over imports. But importer Rob Lucas, president of Hong...
12/2/2010 12:06:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS PrimeSource Buying Canada’s Langtry Industries Construction fastener distributor PrimeSource Canada agreed to acquire Langtry Industries for an undisclosed sum. The deal is expected to close...
12/2/2010 1:44:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Dörken Unveils Tech Center in Shanghai New tech center opening in Shanghai was attended by surface coating specialists from various industries Germany-based Dörken MKS-Systeme, parent...
12/1/2010 NEWS BRIEFS International Fastener Company Gets “Strong Buy” Nod click here click here click here click here click here click here click here click here click here click here...
12/1/2010 9:55:00 AM NEW BRIEFS As Taiwan’s China Steel Corp. prepares to announce the domestic wire coil price for the first two months of 2011, analysts expect no change —...
12/1/2010 9:36:00 AM NEW BRIEFS Machine Vision sensor (courtesy AZoSensors.com) After its eddy current sensors failed to detect minute variations in threaded components, MacLean Vehicle Systems chose machine vision sensors to...