4/3/2012 1:00:00 AM HEADLINES Container Lines Propose Additional Transpacific Shipping Rate Increase + click to enlarge An additional Transpacific $400 general rate increase would take effect April 15 and bring...
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4/3/2012 3:17:00 PM HEADLINES Taiwan Fastener Market ‘Simmering’ + click to enlarge Taiwan’s major fastener makers have received a “bumper crop” of orders in the first three months of 2011...
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4/3/2012 1:03:00 PM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Branson Tornado Cancels 2012 All American Fastener Show + click to enlarge Damage at the Hilton Branson Hotel and Convention Center – Courtesy KY3.com...
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4/3/2012 2:51:00 AM HEADLINES MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions Forms Engineered Plastics Company + click to enlarge Component Solutions president Duncan MacLean announced the formation of the new Engineered Plastics Company –...
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4/3/2012 12:39:00 AM HEADLINES China Fastener Production Nears 5 Million Tons + click to enlarge China produced 4.97 million tons of metal fasteners in 2011, ChinaFastener.Info reports. Zhejiang province was...
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4/3/2012 1:41:00 PM HEADLINES Global Fastener Industry Roundup + click to enlarge Steel price fluctuations, antidumping tariff battles and higher sea freight costs are putting pressure on fastener prices around...
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4/3/2012 4:39:00 PM HEADLINES Darling: Asian Steel Producers Adjust to New Global Economy + click to enlarge + click to enlarge Fastener prices are up because steel prices are up...
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4/3/2012 11:47:00 PM HEADLINES FINdex Rises As Stock Market Stays Bullish The FIN Fastener Stock Index rose 12.3% in the opening quarter of 2012, besting a 9.4% gain by an...
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4/3/2012 12:09:00 AM HEADLINES SHORTTAKES: Advance Components, Alcoa Fastening Systems, Allfast, Bamal Fastener, Disc-Lock Intl., Quality Bolt & Screw, Specialty Screw Corp. & Trinity Supply Chain Solutions Advance Components will...
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4/3/2012 1:11:00 AM HEADLINES SHOW NEWS: Adhesives Executive to Speak at 2012 STAFDA Convention + click to enlarge Jim Fall of 3M’s industrial adhesive & tape division will be the...
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4/3/2012 3:13:00 PM HEADLINES China Responds to EU Tariff Review + click to enlarge A Chinese official welcomed the European Commission’s review of antidumping measures against Chinese fasteners, saying the European...
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3/13/2012 12:03:00 AM HEADLINES 1st Fastener Fair Hannover Tops 300 Exhibitors + click to enlarge More than 300 exhibitors totaling 5,000 sq meters from 28 countries have booked stands for...
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3/13/2012 3:32:00 PM HEADLINES PERSPECTIVE: Investors Want ITW to Streamline + click to enlarge “Forget too big to fail. Illinois Tool Works Inc. has become too big to succeed, according...
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2/20/2012 1:18:00 PM HEADLINES Martin Fastening Solutions Parent Co. To Buy Tool Firm + click to enlarge Sheffield, AL-based MSCO Inc. agreed to acquire the assets of Atlanta-based Ziegler Tools...
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3/13/2012 2:21:00 PM HEADLINES NIFMSE Announces 2013 Dates for Las Vegas Fastener Expo + click to enlarge The National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo will be October 23-25, 2013,...
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3/13/2012 HEADLINES Gilchrist Scholarships Available to Students Interested in Fastener Careers Applications may be submitted for Gilchrist Foundation scholarships until April 20, 2012. The scholarship program, established by Robbie Gilchrist...
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3/13/2012 11:15:00 AM HEADLINES Jiaxing Fastener Exports Slow in 2011 + click to enlarge The fastener exports of Jiaxing city rose 30.9% to US$1.023 billion in 2011, on volume gains...
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3/13/2012 12:01:00 AM HEADLINES Aderman, Berry & Young Head WIFI for 2012 + click to enlarge Mary “Lou” Aderman was elected president of Women in the Fastener Industry. Pam Berry...
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3/13/2012 11:25:00 AM HEADLINES Elgin Fastener Group Acquires Quality Bolt & Screw + click to enlarge Elgin Fastener Group completed acquisition of Brecksville, OH-based Quality Bolt & Screw Co. Founded...
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3/13/2012 3:56:00 PM HEADLINES MFDA Sets 14th Table Top Show for Sept. 24 + click to enlarge The Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association Inc. will conduct its 14th Table Top Show...
