6/7/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Fair Adding 2011 Expo in India Mack Brooks Exhibitions Group has announced the first Fastener Fair India for 2011. The trade show for suppliers of fasteners...
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6/7/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Loosening Fasteners Prompt Jeep Recall Loosening fasteners forced Chrysler Group to recall about 365,000 Jeep Wranglers worldwide, including 290,000 in the U.S. Chrysler recalled all model year...
6/7/2010 3:22:00 PM Steel Wire Prices Rise As Fastener Orders Increase Al killed steel wire finished products in Taiwan have increased to TWD 32,500 (US$997.85) per ton due to “strong...
6/4/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Obituary: Arthur Wondrasek Arthur Wondrasek Jr., 69, died of heart failure on May 29 in Scottsdale, AZ. He was the former owner of Quality Screw & Nut...
6/5/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Hilti Acquires Solar Mounting Systems Maker Unirac Hilti Group extended its North American presence in the U.S. solar market by acquiring Albuquerque-based Unirac Inc for an undisclosed...
6/3/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Boeing Eyes Fastener Capabilities in Rockford Boeing’s Dreamliner 787 Boeing recently met with numerous Rockford, IL, companies that could soon be doing business the aerospace giant. “There’s...
6/1/2010 2:33:00 PM Fastener Fair Stuttgart Emphasizing Multi-Lingual Promotions Fastener Fair Stuttgart is emphasizing its multi-lingual services for the February 22-24, 2011, trade show in Germany. Mack Brooks announced 210...
6/1/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Hillman Deal With Oak Hill Completed Fastener distributor Hillman Companies Inc. completed its deal to be acquired by equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners for about $815...
6/1/2010 6:54:00 PM Weisberg at MFDA: Defense Law Can Cover Even Technology Transfers Within the U.S. William Weisberg told the Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association that technology is “deemed” to be...
5/27/2010 11:55:00 AM Taiwan Fastener Orders From U.S. Rising After orders declined 31% from 2008 to 2009, the U.S. residential real estate construction market is spurring orders for fasteners produced...
5/26/2010 NEWS BRIEFS Online Marketing, Pricing, Bank Credit & Differentiating Distributors Topics at 2010 STAFDA The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association announced workshop speakers for its 2010 convention. STAFDA’s...
5/24/2010 3:16:00 PM Fastener Fair Budapest Outpacing Past Show Numbers Fastener Fair Budapest has already outgrown the first show held in 2008. The Eastern European trade show will be September...
5/22/2010 10:59:00 AM Plimsoll: One in 8 UK Fastener Companies Could Change Ownership Due to Economy A Plimsoll Industry Analysis on the fastener industry finds “cash rich competitors waiting in...
5/22/2010 12:47:00 PM College Honors Endries With Honorary Doctorate Silver Lake College of Manitowoc, WI, presented an honorary doctorate degree to Robert Endries during 2010 graduation ceremonies. Endries and his...
5/20/2010 NEWS BRIEFS NIFS/East Returning to Battelle Hall in Columbus for 2011; Adding Mill Supply Expo The National Industrial Fastener Show/East will return to the hall where the show was...
5/19/2010 3:12:00 PM Atlantic Fasteners Adds Lachance to Sales Staff Jay Lachance joined Atlantic Fasteners to manage a new sales territory. Lachance has eight years of sales experience. John Kraus,...
5/19/2010 7:25:00 PM NFDA Schedules Supply Chain Panel The National Fastener Distributors Association announced a “Supply Chain Panel Discussion” in conjunction with the National Industrial Fastener Show/West. The NFDA panel...
FIN STOCK REVIEW Stock Report: B/E AEROSPACE + click to enlarge + click to enlarge 2014 B/E Aerospace reported commercial aircraft segment (“CAS”) revenues – primarily fasteners – rose 15.4%...
FIN STOCK REVIEW Stock Report: BARNES GROUP + click to enlarge + click to enlarge 2012 Barnes Group effectively exited the fastener industry in 2013 when MSC Industrial Direct Co....