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Fastener Coalition Begins New Talks About Industry Collaboration

Fastener Coalition Begins New Talks About Industry Collaboration
September 23
00:00 2013

FEATURE

Russ Doran

Russ Doran

“Collaborate.”

“Expanded menu of products and services.”

“A platform for more coordinated and effective service to the fastener industry.”

“What can we offer members better?”

“Fruitful.”

Those are phrases Pacific-West Fastener Association president Russ Doran used to describe what most of the North American fastener associations were talking about on September 16, 2013.

For Doran’s report to Pac-West, FIN Subscribers can CLICK HERE.

Click on Fastener History on GlobalFastenerNews.com for stories of past efforts for fastener industry groups to work together:

 

1983 FIN – 10 Fastener Associations Representing 1,000 Companies With 30,000 Employees Hold First Joint Networking Meeting

The country-of-origin marking requirements, mandated by recently passed customs regulations, was unanimously considered the most important problem facing fastener distributors.

 

1980 FIN – IFI Plus 7 Trade Associations Meet to Discuss Future of Wire Rod Supply

The wire rod consumers agreed that the Trigger Price Mechanism (TPM) should be reinstated.

 

2000 FIN – Perspective: A Renewed Form of Consolidation?

Ruetz sees an advantage of some form of consolidation as eliminating the cost of redundancies.

 

2012 FIN – NFDA Seeks to Assemble Industry Wide Organization

IFI’s Greenslade: “There is value in all pulling together.” The alternative is “fragmenting resources.”

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