7/6/2010 A. Raymond to Open Fastener Plant in Russia A.Raymond Group is investing 157.5 million rubles (US$5.16m) to build an automobile fasteners plant in Russia. The Investment Council of the...
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7/6/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Bossard Profit Up As Sales Climb Positive sales trend continues � marked increase in profit year on year The Bossard Group reported sales growth of 18.5% during...
7/3/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Ontario Distributor Sponsors Enduro Racing Teams for U.S./Canadian Holiday Weekend Boltworks Industrial Fasteners is marketing itself by sponsoring Enduro racing at Ontario’s Merrittville Speedway, including this holiday...
7/3/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Sargent Aerospace Plans New Facility in Tucson Artist’s rendition of planned Sargent Aerospace & Defense facility in Tucson. Sargent Aerospace & Defense plans to expand and upgrade...
7/2/2010 4:23:00 PM Simpson Sells Non-Fastener Subsidiary Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc. and Simpson Dura-Vent Company Inc. have agreed to sell the assets of Dur-Vent to M&G Holding B.V. and a...
7/1/2010 Phillips Screw’s Wrentham Tool Acquires PCC’s Rico/Astro Wrentham Tool in Bellingham, MA. Wrentham Tool Products LLC announced it acquired the RICO/Astro punch and header tool product lines of PCC...
7/1/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Nucor’s Parrish Retiring; Darsey Promoted to VP of Bar Products Mike Parrish, Nucor executive VP of Bar Products, announced plans to retire at the end of August...
6/30/2010 NEWS BRIEFS U.S. Navy Replacing 75% of Fasteners on Submarine Communication Aircraft U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft. U.S. Air Force mechanics have examined and replaced up to 15,000 structural...
6/30/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Sundram Fasteners Profit Rises Sundram Fasteners swung to profit for the quarter ended March 2010. During the quarter, the company reported profit of INR 176.60 million as...
6/29/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Japanese Fastener Exports Rising Japan’s 2009 exports of fasteners dropped 29.4% to Yen 191.9 billion, while imports fell 40% to Yen 5.3 billion, China Fastener Info reports....
6/29/2010 3:32:00 PM NFDA Economic Forecast Webinar July 1 The National Fastener Distributors Association will present an economic outlook seminar on July 1, 2010. The Institute for Trend Research correlates...
6/29/2010 7:39:00 PM All American Systems to Rep South Holland South Holland Metal Finishing Co. Inc. sales manager Brian Christianson named the team of Steve Urhausen, Mike Felty and Laura...
6/28/2010 12:21:00 PM Würth Service Supply Inc. installed a 3-D LaserLab measuring system for incoming inspections. “We deal with thousands of suppliers and ship hundreds of thousand of orders each...
6/28/2010 NEWS BRIEFS China Places Final Tariffs on EU Fasteners Claiming “substantial damage” to its fastener industry, China announced final five-year antidumping duties on steel fasteners imported from the European...
6/26/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Manufacturer Gets State Grant To Help Retain Jobs Fastener manufacturer John Hassall Inc. was awarded a grant of up to $90,000 from the Empire State Development...
6/25/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Joints Ground Flight-Test 787s Boeing decided to inspect its five flight-test 787 jets before they fly again because of a problem with the shims in the...
6/24/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Anixter’s “Higher Than Expected” Debt Hurts Rating Standard & Poor’s cut its credit ratings on Anixter International, citing the company’s “higher than expected” debt. S&P lowered its...
6/23/2010 3:33:00 PM Discount for July Fastener Training Program – Click on Classifieds Fast Track Your Technical Skills Accelerated training available July 19-23, 2010, for the Fastener Training Institute /...
6/22/2010 11:09:00 AM Handbook Helps Fastener Employees Serve Customers – Click on Classifieds Provide employees with the technical background and information to truly serve your customers as they seek the...
6/23/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Dreamliner Fasteners Perform Well in 1st Lightning Strike Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner survived its first lightning strike, providing the first in-flight test of its newly developed lightning-protection system,...