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...
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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...
April 28
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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...
April 28
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4/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Distributors selling anchors which will be installed in concrete need to know about the new International Building Code 2003/06/08, which became effective in January 2009, Jack Zenor...
April 28
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4/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Carpenter Technologies Reports Downturn for Fiscal Q3 Carpenter Technologies reported aerospace market sales, including fasteners, dropped 29% to $146.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2009,...
April 28
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4/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Advance Components Adds New Line Advance Components is now a master-stocking distributor of Cambridge Resources pinch clamps, worm gear clamps and pipe clamps, the company announced. Founded...
April 25
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4/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Bossard A Bright Spot in Fastener Industry Bossard achieved a 9.5% increase in operating profit to CHF 45.1 million (US$39.5 million) during 2008, despite a 5.8% drop...
April 24
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4/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS FINdex Rate of Decline Slows in Q1 The FIN Fastener Stock Index declined 14.6% during the first quarter of 2009, a slightly deeper drop than a 12%...
April 24
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4/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Segment Sales Down at Nucor Nucor Corp. reported cold finish steel sales, including fasteners, declined 41% to 80,000 tons during the first quarter of 2009. Overall...
