Asia Pacific

Taiwan Fastener Industry Threatened by Closes of Electroplating Plants | China Fastener .info

The sewage-discharged case of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. recently has negative effects on Taiwan’s fastener industry, causing closes of many local electroplating plants. Taiwan’s output of screws totals NTD 120 billion annuall... [Read More]
2014/03/06

Japanese steelmakers consider building wire rod processing plant in Mexico | Steelorbis

Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with its trading affiliate Shinsho Corporation, Japan companies Metal One Corporation and Osaka Seiko Ltd, and US-based Republic Steel to consider establ... [Read More]
2014/03/06

Baosteel inks cooperation agreement with Nedschroef | Steel Orbis

Major Chinese steelmaker Baosteel has announced that it has signed cooperation contract with Netherlands-based Nedschroef Group. (...) via Baosteel inks cooperation agreement with Nedschroef. [Read More]
2014/03/05

A loose screw cited as cause of massive train delays in Taiwan | China Fastener .com

A Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) investigation of a major disruption in the power supply of Taiwan’s main rail line on February 28 that led to huge delays has found that human error may have been behind the problem. Power on the TRA’s ... [Read More]
2014/03/05

China Steel raises domestic prices for April and May | China Fastener .com

By Camaron Kao , 2014-03-04 Taiwan's China Steel Corp (CSC) yesterday raised its domestic prices for April and May shipments by an average of 0.37 percent compared with March shipments on expectations that demand will rise. 'Although demand in ... [Read More]
2014/03/04

2013 China’s Metal Fastener Output | China Fastener .info

The output of China’ metal fasteners jumped 7.53 percent year-on-year to 6,389,221 tons in 2013. For the month of December, the output rose 19.22 percent to 617,274 tons. The top five provinces were Zhejiang province (2,067,948 tons, up 2.19%), ... [Read More]
2014/03/04

Fastfisher Hardware Co., Ltd Held Opening Ceremony for FASTPLUS Store | China Fastener .com

On March 2nd, 2014, Fastfisher Hardware Co., Ltd held opening ceremony for FASTPLUS store, which was its fifth store. FASTPLUS store locates in Jiulong hardware city, Foshan, Guangdong, China. At present, FASTPLUS store mainly operates hex ... [Read More]
2014/03/04

Kaizen Institute to showcase ARaymond India manufacturing facility (Pune, state of Maharashtra) | ARaymond

Global lean management consultancy full of praise for all aspects of facility The first purpose-built plant in India by ARaymond Network**, one of the worldwide leaders in fastening and assembly solutions, is to be showcased as an example of ... [Read More]
2014/03/03

New Issue ChinaFastener Magazine Available Now | China Fastener .com

After two months’ dedicated preparation, ChinaFastener Magazine (CFM) finally meets its new issue (15th issue) today. Founded in 2007, CFM is the unique professional fastener publication in both English and Chinese in mainland China, published ... [Read More]
2014/02/28

Uprising Demand for Solar Panels to Boost Business Opportunity for Anti-theft Bolts | Fastener World Website

As the solar panel market prospers, the number of stolen solar panels is increasing too. Even though the industry comes up with anti-measures like surveillance cameras or theft insurance, there doesn't seem to be a fundamental solution to this ... [Read More]
2014/02/26