7/1/2009 NEWS BRIEF Tarantino, Thull New Reps for Rivet & Eyelet DT Sales and ET Sales are now representing Rivet & Eyelet Technologies LLC in Arizona and California, national sales...
NEWS BRIEFS
6/30/2009 NEWS BRIEF Rotor Clip Company Inc. acquired the assets of Truarc LLC. Truarc, also known as Waldes Truarc, manufactures retaining rings, circlips and custom stampings. Somerset, NJ-based Rotor Clip...
6/30/2009 NEWS BRIEF Brian Cole is the new regional aerospace sales manager for the Interfast Inc. Calgary office. Cole was with Field Aviation in Calgary for 30 years, including being...
6/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS EU Adopts 24% Tariff on Chinese Wire Rod The European Union approved a 24% antidumping duty on steel wire and rod imports from China starting August 1,...
7/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Tarantino & Thull New Reps for Rivet & Eyelet DT Sales and ET Sales are now representing Rivet & Eyelet Technologies LLC in Arizona and California, national...
7/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS MSC Industrial Beats Wall Street Estimates MSC Industrial Direct reported sales slid 23% to $350.5 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Net income slipped 46%...
6/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Training Institute Planning More Programs Eleven participants in the first weeklong training program have qualified for the Fastener Training Institute’s Certified Fastener Specialist designation. FTI and the...
6/27/2009 GBM Rivet to Auction 125 Fastener Production Machines Corporate Assets Inc. is conducting an auction of equipment from GBM Rivet & Fasteners Inc. on July 14, 2009. The auction...
6/26/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Advance Components Receives Women-Owned Certification Advance Components announced its Women’s Business Enterprise certification by the Womens Business Enterprise National Council. The certification as a women-owned business meets...
6/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS China Fastener Exports Plunge China exports of steel and copper fasteners continued to plunge for a fourth consecutive month in April, dropping 50% to 120,000 tons, with...
6/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Sundram Aims for Aerospace Sector India-based Sundram Fasteners is looking to jump into the aerospace fastener sector, the Hindu reports. “Our aim is to make fasteners for...
6/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS LAFA and WAFD Approve Unification as Pacific-West Fastener Association By near unanimous consent, the members of the Los Angeles Fastener Association and Western Association of Fastener Distributors...
6/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Delays Define Boeing’s Dreamliner Editor’s Note: Articles in Media Spotlight are excerpts from publications that show the industry what the public is reading or hearing about fasteners...
6/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Interfast Launches New Website; Adds Products Interfast Inc. launched an updated website with new information and tools: interfast.ca. Customers can obtain product information from 40 fastener and...
6/20/2009 NEWS BRIEFS New England Trade Show Registration Opens Table space and early bird registration for the New England Fastener Distributors Association’s second table top trade show is now available...
6/21/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Platinum Equity May Control Delphi in Deal Acument Global Technologies parent company Platinum Equity could gain control of automotive supplier Delphi Corp. if a plan is approved...
6/19/2009 NEWS BRIEFS B/E Picks Middle East Distributor B/E Aerospace’s aerospace fastener business, B/E Aerospace Consumables Management, appointed Bahrain-based Global Aviation Services Co. as exclusive distributor for parts of the...
6/19/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Trifast Sales Slowing Trifast reported sales slipped 12% to GBP104.9 million during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, while gross profit slipped 20% to GBP26.6 million...
6/16/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Acument Names Torx Award Recipients Acument Global Technologies announced the 2008 winners of its Torx Drive System World Class Quality Awards. Six of the ten award recipients...
6/15/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Tan Heads TR Asia Trifast plc appointed Thomas Tan as managing director for TR Asia Investment Holdings PTE Ltd. Thomas, 55, was one of the founders of...