China isn’t just about supplying fasteners to North America, Joel Roseman told the National Fastener Distributors Association autumn meeting. “There
FASTENER HISTORY
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June 10, 1987 FIN – Hi-Shear Industries, Inc., North Hills, New York is going to get a new owner.
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January 4, 2010 FIN – “The only option right now is patience,” Lee Loudermilk said of the fastener machinery business.
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January 11, 2008 FIN – The abandoned Reliant Fastener factory in downtown Rock Falls, IL, burned to the ground December
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November 19, 1979 FIN – Mickey McClure of Capitol Bolt is the new chairman of the Southwestern Fastener Association and
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September 5, 2000 FIN – Is the future of the fastener industry on the Internet? Two industry veterans who joined
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MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – The fasteners in the Military & Commercial Fasteners Corp. warehouse in Pennsylvania do more than hold stuff
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June 25,1987 FIN – Seymour Specialty Wire Co. installed a $1 million, computer-controlled, continuous-casting system to support production of its
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May 11, 1999 FIN – The fastener business future belongs to those who gain strategic advantages, Reinhold Würth told the
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After 44 years, the National Fastener Distributors Association has “reached a fork in the road,” according to incoming president Jay
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November 5, 1981 FIN – A new regional fastener association is on the way: the Western Fastener Association. Bob Lehman,
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+ click to enlarge While other car manufacturers are struggling with fastener-related issues, Ferrari of Italy has figured out
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November 5, 1981 FIN – Bedford Heights, Ohio company Wodin Inc. is moving into fastener manufacture. Larry Dusenbury, manager
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Salesman’s Trouble Finding Fasteners Led to 1920 Founding of Paulin January 5, 2013 FIN – Third generation president Richard
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September 17, 1985 FIN – Rockford Products Corp., Rockford, Illinois, will have a new owner (actually owners) as the result
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May 25, 2012 FIN – Deal-making activity in the global fastener industry continued at a strong pace during 2011, Richard
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June 19, 1991 FIN – Continental/Midland Inc., Park Forest, Illinois, and Nitto Seiko Co., Ltd., Ayabe, Japan, have entered into
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May 16, 2011 FIN – Deal-making activity in the global fastener industry returned to pre-recession levels during 2010, Richard Hagan
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June 7, 1990 FIN – Micro Plastics Inc., Flippin, Arkansas, has broken ground for a 25,000 sq. ft. building to
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May 17, 2010 FIN – Deal-making activity in the global fastener industry in 2009 was by far the slowest since
