7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS EU Approves 24% Duty on Chinese Wire Rod Foreign ministers from all 27 members of the European Union approved “definitive” antidumping duties of up to 24% on...
NEWS BRIEFS
7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Chicago Hardware Names Stamm Chicago Hardware & Fixture Co. added Michael Stamm to its sales staff, announced national sales manager Jim Sullivan. Stamm, who handles the Chicago...
7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS MRO Fastener Sales Do Better for Lawson Products Lawson Products reported second-quarter sales, including fasteners, decreased 25% to $95 million “as the economic recession continued to depress...
7/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Carpenter Tech Reports Aerospace and Industrial Fastener Sales Declines Carpenter Technologies reported aerospace market sales, including fasteners, dropped 42% to $120.4 million, including surcharge revenue, during the...
7/31/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Vertex Distribution Q2 Sales Announced Vertex Distribution parent company DXP Enterprises reported revenue, including fasteners, declined 23% to $144.4 million during the second quarter of 2009. Net...
7/29/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Anixter North American Fastener Segment Sales Edge Up Anixter International reported sales at its North American OEM Supply segment, including fasteners, dropped 10% to $112.8 million during...
7/30/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Simpson Strong-Tie Q2 Sales Announced Simpson Strong-Tie sales, including fasteners and anchor systems, fell 26% during the second quarter of 2009. Simpson Strong-Ties sales to dealer distributors...
7/28/2009 North Coast Pleased With Results of 2009 Columbus Alternative North Coast Fastener Association’s “A Night of Networking” on May 19 in Cleveland (photos courtesy of NCFA). With the cancellation...
7/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Fastener Exports From China Continue Decline China exports of steel and copper fasteners fell 43% to 130,000 tons during May, with the value dropping 48% to $186.7...
7/28/2009 NEWS BRIEFS B/E Aerospace Fastener Sales Decline B/E Aerospace’s aerospace fastener business, B/E Aerospace Consumables Management, reported sales dropped 30% to $196.6 million on a proforma basis. Q2 segment...
7/27/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Chinese Fastener Makers Worried About Possible U.S. Tariffs Reeling from European Union tariffs, fastener makers in China are eyeing offshore production to circumvent the 85% duties, Chinese...
7/26/2009 Valley Nut & Bolt Marking 40th Anniversary Valley Nut & Bolt is marking its 40th anniversary. Valley was founded in 1969 as a one-man distributorship in Washington state by...
7/25/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Black & Decker Reports Q2 Fastener Sales & Profit Black & Decker reported fastener sales decreased 32% to $124.8 million during the second quarter of 2009, while...
7/24/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Danaher Reports Q2 Fastener Segment Sales Danaher Corp. reported sales for its Tools and Components segment, including fasteners, fell 23% to $252.6 million during the second quarter...
7/24/2009 EU Stainless Producers Allege Dumping from India and Malaysia Investigation announcement likely mid August EUROFER, the European steel makers association, has announced in its July newsletter that the European...
7/24/2009 SPS Publishes Titanium Fasteners Brochure SPS Technologies published a brochure on its Titan titanium alloy fasteners for aerospace applications. The brochure describes the development of the fastener alloy, which...
7/23/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Nucor Tallies Fastener Segment Sales Nucor reported cold finished steel products sales, including fasteners, fell 47% to 76,000 tons during the second quarter of 2009. During the...
7/23/2009 India Fastener Company Directory Published Research & Markets published its 2009 “Directory of Fasteners Units in India.” R&M estimates the domestic Indian fastener industry is INR 1500 crore (US$31.1b),...
7/22/2009 NEWS BRIEFS Valmont Fastener Sales Slip Valmont Industries reported sales of industrial fasteners and tubular products fell 42% to $17.7 million during the second quarter of 2009, with operating...
7/22/2009 Darling, Speck, Vertullo & Factory Tour Featured at 2009 NIFS/West Jim Speck of Johnson Gage Company, Bruce Darling of Porteous Fastener Company and Carmen Vertullo of SimplyBetter will lead...

