3/19/2011 1:52:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Rotor Clip Names Kampmann As Wave Spring Specialist + click to enlarge Rotor Clip Co. hired Elmar Kampmann as a technical sales manager and global...
NEWS BRIEFS
March 17
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3/17/2011 11:47:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Company Predicts Long Recovery for Japan Industry U.S. fastener companies with facilities in Japan expect a long recovery from the series of disasters rocking...
March 17
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3/17/2011 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Failure Suspected in Latest Big Dig Incident Collapse in 2007 (Michael Dwyer/Associated Press) A 110-pound light fixture crashed onto a highway in Boston’s Big Dig tunnel...
March 15
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3/15/2011 5th China Fastener Show Expects 400 Exhibitors The Fifth Fastener Trade Show expects 400 exhibiting companies when the show opens April 8, 2011, in Suzhou, China. The show is...
March 15
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Classifieds: Distributor For Sale Fastener Distributor For Sale Customers include transportation, R&M, resource, oil processing and OEMs Click on Classifieds...
March 14
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3/15/2011 3:27:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Judge Dismisses Suit Against Alcoa Fastening Systems and Other Suppliers A federal judge in the 9th Circuit dismissed claims from a wrongful death suit filed...
March 11
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3/11/2011 12:50:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Egyptian Firm Seeks To Boost Fastener Imports The Egyptian distributorship Arab Establishment for Trade is expanding branches and warehouses, business development director Amr Ali announced....
March 10
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3/10/2011 1:43:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Bossard Reports Record Profit in 2010 Recovery Bossard reported final results for 2010, which included a 20.9% rise in gross sales to CHF 477.61 million....
March 10
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3/11/2011 NEWS BRIEFS Grainger Tops FORTUNE “Most Admired” List for Second Straight Year For the second year in a row, Grainger has been named the “most admired” company among diversified...
March 09
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NEWS BRIEFS Sub-Standard Fasteners Halt BP Oil Production lass=”mceEditor”> British Petroleum had to stop work on a platform at its Holstein field in the Gulf of Mexico after BP discovered...
March 09
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3/9/2011 11:11:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Alcoa Completes Acquisition of TransDigm Fastener Operations Alcoa completed its $240 million acquisition of the aerospace fastener business of TransDigm Group Inc., a global designer,...
March 08
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3/8/2011 2:24:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Solvent Paint Caused Fastener Torque Issues in Recalled Jeeps Potential drivetrain issues forced Chrysler to recall 20,459 Jeep Wranglers of the model years 2010 and...
March 07
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3/7/2011 8:27:00 AM Beta Steel Picks Schaaf Beta Steel Group named Schaaf & Associates as rep in seven Midwestern states. Don Schaaf, Michael Selman and Donny Schaaf collectively have more...
March 04
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3/4/2011 1:50:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Eager for Acquisitions, Is Buffet Eyeing Fastener Industry? Warrent Buffet is looking to make some sizable acquisitions, and some reports suggest he may be eyeing...
March 04
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3/4/2011 Recent A2LA Accreditations The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation announced the accreditations for fastener testing: Spec Lab, Taiwan, was accredited in metallographic, physical and dimensional evaluation. Decker Manufacturing Corporation,...
March 04
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3/5/2011 1:08:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS STAFDA Distributors Report Q4 Sales Rise 10.4% Fourth quarter sales rose an average of 10.4% and all of 2010 sales were up 5.5% for distributors...
March 03
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3/3/2011 2:25:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Elgin Fastener Group Expands Through Acquisition Elgin Fastener Group acquired Kansas City, MO-based Silo Fasteners. Established in 1990, Silo Fasteners provides fasteners for highway...
March 01
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2/8/2011 2:44:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Report: Global Steel Wire Market to Reach US$25.4 Billion by 2015 The steel industry’s business cycles reflect the general economic activity of a nation. Steel...
March 01
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2/24/2011 4:05:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS Acument’s North American Technical and Processing Center Comes Online (Courtesy Joseph Tobianski — The Flint Journal) Acument Global Technologies’ new North American Technical and Processing...
March 01
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3/1/2011 2:33:00 AM NEW BRIEFS Monogram Aerospace Fasteners TriMas Corp.’s Aerospace & Defense segment, including Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, reported a 14.3% jump in sales to $20.46 million in the fourth...
