FEATURE Photo: EPA/ARMANDO BABANI Albanian artist Saimir Strati used 300,000 industrial screws to create a massive banknote mosaic featuring a portrait of Homer, the ancient Greek poet. “Currency of
January 19
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FEATURE A $75/short ton price hike in US wire rod prices was announced by ArcelorMittal and Keystone Steel & Wire. However spot prices for domestic wire rod have stabilized,
January 18
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FEATURE Patrick Paige Acument Global Technologies Inc. appointed Patrick Paige as President and CEO effective February 1, 2011. Paige replaces Rick Dauch, who had served as CEO of Acument
January 12
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FEATURE Here are highlights from the FIN interview with John Byrne, director of common commodities supplier management / commercial airplanes • Fastener manufacturers need to adopt lean principles to
January 10
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1/10/2011 FEATURE The Boeing Company executive in charge of the 635 million fasteners the airplane maker is projected to use in 2012 sat down for a one-on-one interview with FIN.
December 19
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FEATURE Field Fastener was one of several fastener companies to expand in 2010 Acument Global Technologies announced the reopening of its Fenton, Michigan, facility in early 2011. The news caps
December 15
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FEATURE Since 1979 Fastener Industry News has conducted an End of the Year Survey of the Fastener Industry. The FIN Survey has monitored fastener sales, profits, prices, margins, turnovers, inventory
December 06
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The 16th annual FIN Calendar features 106 fastener events around the world. The first FIN Calendar in 1996 listed 54 fastener dates. The 2011 FIN Calendar is now in
December 01
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2010
FEATURE John MacLean Jr. (courtesy MacLean-Fogg) MacLean-Fogg Company is marking 85 years of growth to a family-owned, multi-national corporation.
November 24
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2010
FEATURE Johnson at STAFDA: Educate Your Sales Team on “Buy American” as Competitors May Sell Non-Compliant Products Educate your sales
November 18
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FEATURE STAFDA State of Industry Address: Economic Uncertainty is the Problem in 2010 Robert Devers Editor’s Note: The following are
November 17
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FEATURE NIFS/West Booth Totals NIFS/West Total Registration Numbers were mixed for the 2010 National Industrial Fastener Show/West show in Las
November 15
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11/15/2010 12:07:00 AM FEATURE The Kinefac Automated Fastener Production System allows users to improve the quality of the threads or
November 15
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2010
FEATURE Eric Dudas’ Best Practices or ?Thou Shall?? 1. Remember the BIG PICTURE! 2. Consider Social Marketing vs. Social
November 07
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2010
FEATURE 1997 FIN – Las Vegas Show Gamble Pays Off From Fastener History on GlobalFastenerNews.com: November 21,1997 FIN – The
November 06
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2010
FEATURE Attendees fill the aisles at STAFDA’s convention in Atlanta (courtesy STAFDA). The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association will
October 20
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FEATURE MFDA Offers “A Brief History of Screws” Highlights from “A Brief History of Screw Threads” in the Metropolitan Fastener
October 16
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FEATURE The Industrial Fasteners Institute is seeking nominations for its 2011 Soaring Eagle Awards. The IFI initiated the Soaring Eagle Awards in
October 01
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FEATURE Fasteners Have ‘Strong’ 2nd Quarter Stanley Black & Decker’s Engineered Fastening business had a “strong” second quarter quarter, with
September 29
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About Roger F. Marsh Roger F. Marsh is a graduate of Purdue University, with a degree in engineering. He introduced Post
