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