5/12/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Chicago Rivet Q1 Fastener Revenue Drops With North American automotive production at an 18-year low, Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. saw fastener revenue drop 51% to $3.69...
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May 12
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5/12/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Training Institute Publishes Fastener Handbook for New Employees The Fastener Training Institute has released a 24-page Basic Fastener Handbook focused on new employees. The guide is designed...
May 12
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5/13/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Private Equity Firm Acquiring Bankrupt Global Fastening Solutions A private equity firm is acquiring Global Fastening Solutions LLC out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Global Fastening Solutions...
May 10
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5/10/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Tech 09 Advance Discount Deadline Friday, May 15 The deadline for advance registration discounts for Fastener Tech 09 is Friday, May 15. Online registration is available...
May 10
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5/11/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Richard Manno Adds Website Capabilities Richard Manno & Company launched an expanded website. The website now features real time inventory search for standards and specials and cross...
May 10
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5/11/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Brown New Alcoa Fastening VP Craig Brown, VP for Global Aerospace Customers & Marketing at Alcoa Fastening Systems Alcoa Fastening Systems promoted Craig Brown to vice president...
May 09
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5/9/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Toyota’s Jones to IFE: Auto Market Will Rev Up More vehicles are being scrapped than sold and an estimated 900,000 vehicle purchases have been deferred, a Toyota...
May 08
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5/8/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Metals Editor at IFE: If No One is Buying, What is the Price? “It is entirely ugly out there” and “There are few encouraging signs at this...
May 08
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5/8/2009 2:57:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Saturn Fasteners Receives Boeing Award The Saturn Fasteners Inc., operation of Acument Global Technologies Acument Aerospace business, received a 2008 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. Burbank,...
May 06
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5/6/2009 NEWS BRIEFS European Show Launches New Website Fastener Fair Stuttgart launched its own website at fastenerfair.eu. The third Fastener Fair Stuttgart will be October 7-8, 2009, at the new...
May 06
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5/7/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Ang Succeeds Mac Meekin as Bossard’s Asia Manager Robert Ang will expand duties from general manager for Bossard Greater China to being responsible for the entire Asian...
May 06
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5/7/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Obituary: Bill Johnson Arvid William (Bill) Johnson died April 21, 2009, at age 81. He had been a partner in the sales agency of Frank J. Brady...
May 05
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5/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Precision Castparts’ Fastener Sales Up Precision Castparts’ Corporation’s fastener sales were up both for the just completed fourth quarter and for its fiscal year. Fiscal 2009 Fastener...
May 05
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5/6/2009 2:48:00 AM NEWS BRIEFS Stamm Joins Chicago Hardware Chicago Hardware & Fixture Company named Michael Stamm to its sales staff, national sales manager Jim Sullivan announced. Stamm initially covers...
May 04
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5/4/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Beaulieu at NFDA: Think Ahead Half a Business Cycle “This downturn is the worst in your business career,” economist Brian Beaulieu declared at the National Fastener Distributors...
May 04
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5/5/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Boker’s Publishes 90th Anniversary Stamping Brochure Boker’s Inc. published its 90th anniversary Stamping Brochure. In addition to product information, the brochure includes trade terminology and a glossary...
May 02
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5/2/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Obituary: Les Pearson Leslie Les Pearson, who started two fastener companies in Rockford, died April 25, 2009, at age 86.In 1949 he started Time Screw Manufacturing. In...
April 30
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4/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Black & Decker Reports Q1 Fastener Sales Fastening and Assembly Systems sales at Black & Decker Corp. decreased 34% to $124.1 million in the first quarter of...
April 30
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5/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Simpson Strong-Tie Sales Shrink Despite an increasing presence in Asia, Simpson Strong-Tie’s first quarter sales, including fasteners and anchor systems, decreased 29%. Revenue declined across all of...
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4/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS B/E Fastener Segment Sales Top $239m B/E Aerospace reported sales at its consumables management segment, including fasteners, totaled $239.4 million during the first quarter of 2009, while...
