Richards Heads WAI John Wolz David Richards of RichardsApex, Inc. is the new president of the Wire Association International. Richards is vice president of international administration and materials manager for
January 23
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Barnicle Returns to e-fastener.com John Wolz John Barnicle has returned to handle day-to-day operations at e-fastener.com E-fastener.com was founded by Barnicle and Greg Fields and was sold to Partini.com. After
January 20
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Fastenal 2002 Sales Up 10.7%; Earnings Up 7.7% John Wolz Fastenal Company announced net sales increased 10.7% to $905,438,000 for 2002 and net earnings rose 7.7% to $75,542,000. Net sales
January 20
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GE Q4 Earnings Plummet John Wolz General Electric Co. earnings fell 21% to $3.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2002, despite revenue rising nearly 4% to $35.4 billion. During
January 17
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2003
Porteous Appoints Sawtell Jason Sandefur Porteous Fastener Co. appointed Dick Sawtell to director of mill sales, senior vice president of sales Jay Hebert announced. Sawtell has 37 years of fastener
January 15
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Barnes Acquires Kar Products John Wolz Barnes Group Inc. announced an agreement to acquire MRO distributor Kar Products. Kar will become a part of Barnes Distribution Barnes CEO Edmund Carpenter
January 15
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2003
PCC Sales Drop; Reed-Rico/India Kadimi JV Strong John Wolz The industrial products segment of Precision Castparts Corporation posted a 6.3% sales gain while the parent company reported sales dropped 18.4%
January 14
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Alcoa Not Cutting Fastener Jobs John Wolz Alcoa Inc. added the word “commodity” to narrow the scope of its planned
January 09
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2003
G.L. Huyett Names Bell Jason Sandefur G.L. Huyett promoted Chris Bell to inside sales manager, announced vice president Timothy O�Keeffe.
January 09
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2003
Fastar Acquires Tufts’ Pins Assets John Wolz Fastar Inc. acquired the pin assets of Lawrence Tufts Company In., Fastar president
January 09
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2003
Answer the FIN Survey John Wolz The questionnaire for the annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry is inserted with
January 09
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2003
PERSPECTIVE: 2002 Quips of the Year John Wolz Panelist Jim Reutz was explaining to fellow National Fastener Distributor Association members
January 09
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2003
McCleave: Sell Advantage, Not Just Products John Wolz Consultant Bill McCleave Jr. advised distributors to ask themselves: �Am I selling
January 09
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2003
FASTENERS ON THE INTERNET: Spaenaur Jason Sandefur Spaenaur Inc. launched a new website featuring an electronic catalog with 70,000 products.
January 09
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2003
Trends: More Engineering Coming John Wolz Editor�s Note: The Fastener Industry Trends Breakfast at the National Industrial Fastener Show/West drew
January 09
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2003
SHOW NEWS: European Practical World Scheduled March 9-12 John Wolz Practical World � formerly the International Hardware Fair/DIY Tec �
January 09
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2003
SHOW NEWS: New Orlando Show Adds Booth Space John Wolz Fifty booths have been added to the original 200 at
January 09
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2003
Jason Sandefur Endries Buys Interstate � Fastener Endries International purchased Interstate � Fastener Division, formerly Schlafer Supply Inc., from Interstate
January 09
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2003
STOCKS: Fastenal, Paulin, Textron, Fairchild John Wolz Fastenal Listed on NASDAQ 100Fastenal Company has rejoined the NASDAQ 100 Index. Effective
