8/18/2009 NEWS BRIEFS ITW Fastener Segments See Modest Sales Gain Despite improved demand, Illinois Tool Works reported over revenue fell 24% during the three months ended July 31. Transportation revenue,...
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8/17/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Go Best Industrial Acquires New Plant Taiwan’s Go Best Industrial Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of self-drilling screws, has moved to its new 40,900 sq ft facility, Fastener...
August 17
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8/17/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Edson Mfg. Marks 45 Years Edson Manufacturing Inc. celebrated its 45th year in August, announced vice president John Famiglietti. Established in 1964, Edson is a domestic manufacturer...
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8/15/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Auto Fastener Orders Rise Automotive fastener companies may be beginning to see a welcome rise in sales now that carmakers have returned to production, boosted by the...
August 14
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8/14/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Elgin Fastener Group Launches Centralized RFQ Program Elgin Fastener Group introduced a new centralized online quoting program for all EFG divisions. “With this new on-line form customers...
August 14
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8/14/2009 New England Announces 12 Technical Conferences for September 24 Table Top The New England Fastener Distributors Association announced 12 conference sessions for its 2nd Table Top show. NEFDA announced...
August 13
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8/13/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Auto Fastener Maker Expanding India-based Leo Fasteners plans to boost capacity by 25%, the Economic Times reports. Part of the Grace Infrastructure Group, Leo Fasteners supplies automotive...
August 13
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8/13/2009 NEWS BRIEF The European Commission launched an anti-dumping and an anti-subsidy investigation on stainless steel fasteners imported from India and Malaysia to the European Union. The investigation follows a...
August 12
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8/12/2009 Trifast Bank Negotiations ‘Well Advanced’ In an interim statement issued 12 August Trifast describes negotiations with its bank for a longer term finance agreement as well advanced with due...
August 11
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8/11/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Japan Power Fastening Retooling to Weather Downturn Faced with dwindling sales, Japan Power Fastening Co. is investing more than $1 million to retool part of its plant...
August 11
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8/11/2009 Second China Show 70% Larger Than First The second Fastener Trade Show will be 70% larger in space than the first one held in 2008. The show will be...
August 11
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8/11/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Wrought Washer Mfg. launched its new website, WroughtWasher.com. The new site features Wrought Washer’s selection of products, including structural washers, fender washers, and automotive body shims. Milwaukee-based...
August 10
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8/10/2009 Pac Fas Marking 45th Anniversary Pac Fas is marking its 45th anniversary. Howard “Buddy” Beaman started a pop rivet distributorship in his garage in 1964. In 1966 the business...
August 10
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8/10/2009 FastenersClearingHouse.com Adds 3rd Party Services FastenersClearingHouse.com launched web services that provides third party fastener inventory management and distribution software to interface with its database. Operations manager Eric Dudas said...
August 10
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8/10/2009 NEWS BRIEFS EFC Adds E-commerce Site EFC International launched MyEFC-intl.com, an ecommerce site offering customers the ability to securely buy online. The company said the new site expands the...
August 10
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8/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Lee Johnson Reps for Rivet & Eyelet Lee Johnson Associates is now representing Rivet & Eyelet Technologies LLC in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and eastern...
August 09
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8/9/2009 8:08:00 PM Las Vegas Hotels Deals Abound During NIFS/West; Nearby Hotels Range From $31 to $199 Earlier this year the host Mandalay Bay Hotel dropped its rate from the...
August 08
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8/8/2009 How the Western Association of Fastener Distributors Began This year the Western Association of Fastener Distributors and the Los Angeles Fastener Association merged to become the Pacific-West Fastener Association....
August 07
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8/7/2009 Obituary: Joe Taddie Joseph Francis Taddie died August 2, 2009, at age 80. He was a co-founder of Fastener House Inc. in Cleveland. After selling Fastener House he became...
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8/6/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Concrete Bolt Epoxy Scrutiny Continues Substandard anchor bolt adhesive similar to product utilized in Boston’s Big Dig Tunnel was reportedly used in major repair work on Taipei’s...
