2000 Pay Raises Average 5.2% John Wolz Pay increases ranged from 2% to 15% during 2000, with the mean average 5.2%, down from a six-year high of 5.6% for 1999.
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Distributors: Inventory Turnovers Up for Third Year John Wolz What percent of your product is metric? 13.8% When a similar question was asked in the End of 1995 FIN Survey,
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Manufacturers: Prices, Supply, Turnovers Stable in 2000 John Wolz Overall 2000 was a stable year for fastener manufacturers. Price increases stabilized in 2000 with the FIN Survey Raw Material Price
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John Wolz More than 82% of fastener companies have had customers reduce the number of fastener suppliers they deal with. Yet a majority of fastener companies have not reduced their
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John Wolz Fastener companies continued the slowdown of spending on capital expenditures that started in 1999. The index was at 3.6 for 1998, dropped to 3.4 for 1999 and went
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John Wolz Confidence in the North American economy dropped a full half point in the index from a year ago to its lowest level since the end of 1996. The
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John Wolz Only one-quarter of the industry reported price increases for 2000, and the increases averaged 4.96%. Of the 12.1% reporting decreases, the average was down 4.98% at a percentage
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John Wolz � Profits � At 3.3 the FIN Survey Profits Index indicates profits will be similar to 2000. � Sales gains were flat for 2000 at 3.6 on the
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John Wolz Sales are up, but confidence is down in the fastener industry. Though the majority of fastener companies participating
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John Wolz Ron Sackheim, Tom Doppke and Richard Malson are the 2001 inductees to the Fastener Hall of Fame.\ Sackheim
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John Wolz SPS Acquires Airbus Supplier Dacar of France SPS Technologies Inc. acquired certain operating assets of Dacar S.A. of
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John Wolz � American Fasteners Inc. opened its third branch. Mike Kelly is the manager for the new St. Louis
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John Wolz The Fastener Engineering & Research Association is changing its publications from printed to a computer-based system. FERA members
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John Wolz Partini Inc. and Pentacon Inc. agreed to jointly develop supply chain software. The Partini Solution brand software will
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John Wolz SPS Technologies Inc. acquired certain operating assets of Dacar S.A. of Auxerre, France, a supplier to Airbus.\ Dacar
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John Wolz Industrial Holdings Inc. is offering its engineered products group The group manufactures fasteners and specialty metal components for
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John Wolz Alan Vidinsky was elected chair of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors at the annual meeting in January in...
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John Wolz Fastenal�s 2000 Sales Up 22.4% � Fastenal Company reported net sales for 2000 increased 22.4% over 1999. Net
