4/1/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Metal Worker Pleads Guilty to Fraud on NASA Fastener A Houston aerospace metal worker faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying NASA with a...
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March 31
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3/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Southco Expands Dzus Products Southco expanded its Dzus quarter-turn fasteners business. Southco acquired Dzus and Hartwell-Dzus in 2004. The Dzus fasteners are an alternative for threaded fasteners...
March 31
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3/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS New European Tariffs Drive Chinese to Russian Fastener Show Chinese exhibitors seeking alternatives to Europe following the new antidumping tariffs increased their presence at the Moscow fastener...
March 30
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3/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Plomer New IFI Chair Edward Plomer Jr. of ITW Shakeproof/Anchor/Medalist is the new chair of the Industrial Fasteners Institute. Plomer began his fastener career as a fastener...
March 29
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3/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Distributor Gets 30-Month Prison Sentence A former fastener distributorship owner was sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax evasion. Former Cetomac Fasteners Ltd. owner Stephen S....
March 28
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3/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Exhibitor Numbers Down at Spain’s Fastener/Hardware Show Spains biennial hardware and DIY fair, Ferroforma, opened this week with only half the number of exhibitors it had in...
March 26
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3/26/2009 NEWS BRIEFS New UK Fastener Report Available Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of the “Industrial Fastener Distributors – Business Ratio Report” report for Europe. “This Business Ratio...
March 26
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3/26/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Paulin Sales Rise Despite Automotive Downturn H. Paulin & Co. reported sales rose 2% to CAD 138.2 million during 2008, though the Canadian fastener manufacturer tallied a...
March 26
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3/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Sikorsky Using KenJer BoltByte KenJer Industries released an organizing kit for fasteners and hardware. The BoltByte panel holds nuts, bolts, screws and hardware in patterns which illustrate...
March 25
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3/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Chicago Rivet Revenue Declines Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. reported sales dropped 24% to $28.5 million during 2008. For the year the Naperville, IL-based fastener maker realized...
March 25
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3/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS The Wurth Group will reduce work hours 15% beginning April 1, 2009, for 1,250 of its 5,000 German employees. The German News Digest reported the short-time weeks...
March 25
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3/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Portland Bolt Launches Online Clevis Calculator Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Company launched an online Tie Rod length and Clevis calculator at portlandbolt.com/tools/tie-rod-calculator. The calculator allows users to...
March 24
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3/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Skiles at SEFA: Corrosion Ups Costs More than 24% of corrosion could be eliminated with hot dip galvanizing, Paul Skiles told the Southeastern Fastener Association. Skiles, vice...
March 23
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3/23/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Bailout Funds for Auto Fastener Suppliers? $5 billion in TARP funds set aside for struggling U.S. auto suppliers Is there TARP money for fastener suppliers in the...
March 22
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3/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Matheny Opens NorthStar Mickey Matheny opened NorthStar Sales & Marketing as a rep agency. Initial clients include Heads & Threads International, Screws Industries, Bolts & Screws and...
March 22
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3/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Gilchrist at SEFA: There is Value in Participating Robbie Gilchrist of Capital Marketing followed a speaker on galvanizing at the Southeastern Fastener Association meeting and cited several...
March 21
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3/21/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Reyher Names Managing Directors Hamburg-based fastener distributor F. Reyher Ncfg GmbH & Co. KG appointed two additional managing directors: Dr. Peter Bielert and Matthias Gläser, Fastener &...
March 19
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3/19/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Russia Mulls Antidumping Action On Chinese Fasteners Steel fastener companies in China are facing a possible anti-dumping investigation by Russia. “Russian companies have been urging their government...
March 19
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3/21/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Forbes: B/E Aerospace Stock is “Screaming Bargain” B/E Aerospace garnered high-profile attention from an investment advisor at Forbes magazine. “It doesn’t pay any dividend, and debt is...
March 19
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3/21/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Henkel Tops Fortune List Henkel Corporation was picked as Germany’s most admired company for 2009, up from 16th position last year, according to a Fortune magazine annual...
