11/2/2010 10:44:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Intercorp Opens Distribution Warehouse in Houston Intercorp’s Chicago facility (courtesy Intercorp) Construction fastener manufacturer and importer Intercorp. opened a new distribution warehouse in Houston, TX,...
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11/2/2010 11:21:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Lakshmi Precision Screws Sales & Profit Up Courtesy Lakshmi Precision Screws Automotive and industrial fasteners manufacturer Lakshmi Precision Screws reported sales rose 43.5% to Rs...
11/1/2010 9:52:00 AM NEW BRIEFS B/E Aerospace Gets “Buy” Rating From Goldman Sachs (Courtesy B/E Aerospace) Goldman Sachs boosted its earnings per share estimates on B/E Aerospace, with a price...
11/1/2010 10:09:00 AM NEW BRIEFS Stanley Black & Decker Inc. announced an offer to sell Convertible Preferred Units. The units consist of $550 million aggregate principal amount of junior subordinated...
11/1/2010 10:40:00 AM NEW BRIEFS Automotive fasteners maker Nifco UK reaffirmed plans for a new factory despite losing a £1 million (US$ ) grant, the Evening Gazette reports. Plans...
11/1/2010 1:22:00 PM What is the experience of women involved in the fastener industry? What can be learned from their background and skills? The networking group Women in the Fastener...
NEWS BRIEFS DISC-LOCK Partners with Copper State Bolt & Nut (Source: Copper State) DISC-Lock International, a California based company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of safe and secure fastening...
Fastener+Fixing Magazine Report The European Commission launched a formal investigation of possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed at the beginning of 2010 on a range of carbon steel fasteners from...
10/28/2010 9:21:00 AM Oleck New Interfast President Interfast corporate officers Tom Worden, Pauline Mainville, Douglas Woollings, Conrad Lennert and Peter Oleck Canadian-based fastener distributor Interfast Inc. promoted Peter Oleck to...
10/28/2010 9:37:00 AM NEW BRIEFS TriMas Corp. agreed to acquire the stock of South Texas Bolt & Fitting Inc. (STBF) for $18 million in cash. The transaction is expected to...
10/28/2010 Acme Industrial Company received U.S. Defense Logistics Agency approval as a Class 3 threaded fastener supplier. The Qualified Suppliers List for Manufacturers requires applied process controls and a quality...
10/28/2010 10:14:00 AM NEW BRIEFS Former Holo-Krome facility in West Harford Socket head fastener manufacturer Holo-Krome unveiled its new facility in Wallingford, CT. In June, Fastenal announced it would relocate...
10/28/2010 9:07:00 AM NEW BRIEFS Stimpson Co. launched its new website, stimpson.com, featuring four interactive catalogs. “We have taken our extensive product line and condensed it into an eye-catching,...
10/28/2010 NEW BRIEFS Atlantic Fasteners Aerospace, a rapidly growing division of Atlantic Fasteners, has been awarded a contract for barcode-based vendor managed inventory (VMI) services by a Chicago-area aerospace subcontractor....
10/27/2010 9:05:00 AM Birmingham’s Hanceville Facility Receives ISO Certification Birmingham Fastener’s facility in Hanceville, AL The Hanceville Distribution Center of Birmingham Fastener Inc. received ISO 9001:2008 certification. The 120,000 sq...
NEW BRIEFS With the global economy gradually recovering from the economic crisis, demand for industrial fasteners is projected to grow over the ensuing years, according to a new report by...
10/27/2010 10:55:00 AM NEW BRIEFS Net sales for the first quarter were $351.7 million, up 50 percent from the prior year. Excluding surcharge revenue, net sales were $263.7 million, up...
10/26/2010 12:40:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Report: Foreign Fastener Mistakes Moving More Dreamliner Jobs to Seattle Boeing could bring in-house the building of the horizontal tails for the second model of...
10/26/2010 11:24:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Anixter Fastener Segment Post Double Digit Growth Anixter International reported sales at its U.S. OEM supply business, including Anixter Fasteners, grew 11.3% to $140 million...
10/26/2010 2:05:00 PM NEWS BRIEFS B/E Aerospace: ‘Substantial’ Margin Growth in Fastener Segment “Solid revenue growth and substantial margin expansion” at B/E Aerospace’s consumables management segment, including fasteners, drove third...