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Trade Shows Go Digital Too As Majority Register Online

July 16
00:00 2013
    Trade Shows Go Digital Too As Majority Register Online

FEATURE + click to enlarge Hotel Prices Show management’s official hotel offerings are the Venetian and Palazzo at $219; Treasure Island $99 to $149; Harrah’s at 10% off; and Flamingo

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Werner, Swain & Wilson: How to Buy Fasteners

July 12
00:00 2013

FEATURE Have a company purchasing philosophy, don’t be wooed by small price differentials and learn the product – not just the part numbers – are suggestions from a New England

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FDI Sees ‘Sluggish-But-Positive Growth’

July 11
00:00 2013
    FDI Sees ‘Sluggish-But-Positive Growth’

7/11/2013 1:56:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge The BB&T Capital Markets Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) edged down to 51.3 in June from 52.4 in May. “As in the last

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34 Years of Chronicling Fastener Industry’s Story

July 09
00:00 2013
    34 Years of Chronicling Fastener Industry’s Story

FEATURE + click to enlarge Editor’s Note: In 1999 to mark the 20th anniversary of Fastener Industry News, the founder, first editor and first publisher, Dick Callahan, recalled his years from 1979

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Are Adhesives Gaining Market Share?

July 02
00:00 2013

7/3/2013 12:38:00 AM FEATURE Adhesives are finding widespread applications in a range of industrial and commercial sectors, according to a new 1,089-page report by Global Industry Analysts.  “Specialty and engineering

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ITC Opens Threaded Rod Investigation

July 02
00:00 2013

FEATURE The U.S. International Trade Commission announced preliminary antidumping and countervailing duty investigations (Nos. 701–TA–498 and 731–TA–1213–1214) on imports from India and Thailand of certain steel threaded rod. These investigations

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NFDA Panelists: More Than Just Manufacturers and Distributors Need to be Involved

June 27
00:00 2013
    NFDA Panelists: More Than Just Manufacturers and Distributors Need to be Involved

FEATURE + click to enlarge “Every one is trying to limit inventory,” panelist David Monti of Fall River Manufacturing summarized the situation for the National Fastener Distributors Association. Distributor Russ

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STAFDA Associates: Sales Increase 16%

June 21
00:00 2013
    STAFDA Associates: Sales Increase 16%

6/4/2013 10:24:00 AM FEATURE + click to enlarge Associate members of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association reported 2012 sales increased 16% over 2011 and they predict this year’s

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2013 Fastener Tech Numbers Up over 2011

June 20
00:00 2013
  2013 Fastener Tech Numbers Up over 2011

FEATURE + click to enlarge Total registration and booth numbers were up for the 4th Fastener Tech. The Mid-West Fastener Association

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NFDA Speaker on Hiring: Go for Specifics

June 17
00:00 2013
  NFDA Speaker on Hiring: Go for Specifics

FEATURE + click to enlarge Interview questions to draw out real responses from a job applicant: “What was your boss’s

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NFDA Gathering in Chicago

June 12
00:00 2013

6/12/2013 12:55:00 AM FEATURE The National Fastener Distributors Association meeting follows Fastener Tech this week with sessions beginning Wednesday at

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4th Fastener Tech Opens

June 10
00:00 2013
  4th Fastener Tech Opens

+ click to enlarge The Chicago Bolt, Nut & Screw Association was founded in 1946 and held its first tabletop

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Hagan: Fastener Company Acquisitions Remain Strong in 2012

June 08
00:00 2013
  Hagan: Fastener Company Acquisitions Remain Strong in 2012

FEATURE + click to enlarge In releasing his annual Top Ten Fastener Acquisition for 2012, consultant Richard Hagan found global

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FIN Fastener Stock Review Shows Companies Improving

June 05
00:00 2013

FEATURE FIN combs thousands of pages from annual stock reports for publicly held fastener companies and summarizes the fastener segments

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Exhibitor Survey: 62% at Fastener Fair India Anticipate "Buoyant" Economy

June 01
00:00 2013

6/1/2013 10:25:00 AM FEATURE Exhibitor Survey: 62% at Fastener Fair India Anticipate “Buoyant” Economy A survey of 2013 Fastener Fair

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Major Names in Fastener History

May 26
00:00 2013
  Major Names in Fastener History

FEATURE + click to enlarge Click these articles in the Fastener History section for the story of Russell, Burdsall & Ward:  

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Dyson CEO Refutes Defective Bridge Bolt Claims

May 22
00:00 2013
  Dyson CEO Refutes Defective Bridge Bolt Claims

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Gasser Succeeds Witucki as Nucor Fastener Sales Manager

May 21
00:00 2013
  Gasser Succeeds Witucki as Nucor Fastener Sales Manager

FEATURE + click to enlarge Jim Witucki Nucor Fastener named Christopher Gasser sales manager, succeeding Jim Witucki. Witucki is no longer with Nucor

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Wesco Aircraft Signs Agreement with Airbus

May 16
00:00 2013
  Wesco Aircraft Signs Agreement with Airbus

FEATURE + click to enlarge Wesco Aircraft Holdings was awarded a contract with Airbus to supply aerospace fasteners and hardware

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FDI: April in "Sluggish-But-Positive" Range

May 14
00:00 2013
  FDI: April in "Sluggish-But-Positive" Range

FEATURE + click to enlarge Source: BB&T Capital Markets’ estimates, FCH Sourcing Network, Institute for Supply Management Fastenal’s Presence “Fastenal’s

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