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Europe

La vis qui a fait dévisser PSA | Les Echos | Blogs Dominique Seux

 Le groupe PSA a été victime d’un accident industriel sur une pièce minuscule, qui lui a empêché de produire 45.000 voitures. Eloge des ingénieurs. Le marché automobile a légèrement reculé en septembre, avec une contre-performance de ... [Read More]
2011/10/04

Bossard – best six-month result | Fastener+Fixing | #fasteners

 In its semi-annual report Bossard celebrated the best six-month result in the company’s history. All of the Group’s three sales regions achieved double-digit sales growth, although the steep rise in the Swiss franc impacted negatively on ... [Read More]
2011/10/03

Retrospective duty 
demands hitting importers | Fastener+Fixing | #fasteners

 Following the publication of the Malaysian circumvention ruling, European fastener importers are receiving notification from customs authorities of their liabilities to pay 85% anti-dumping duties backdated to the beginning of the investigation. ... [Read More]
2011/09/29

Agrati Vieux-Condé is now the flagship of the group in France | La Voix du Nord | #fasteners #fixation french

 Bazibaza comments : informative article on the investment made by Agrati in the Ex-Acument plants in the north of France - French language     Vieux-Condé, c'est « le navire amiral » du groupe Agrati en France. Et c'est ... [Read More]
2011/09/28

Interview with Haiyan Guangda Hardware Co., Ltd | chinafastener.com | #fasteners

 WTO’s appellate body ruled on July 15th, 2011 that the EU’s antidumping measures against China’s fasteners was in violation of WTO’s rule; China finally won a victory on the fastener trading dispute by utilizing WTO’s rule. This encourag... [Read More]
2011/09/26

dispute settlement DS397 – Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel #Fasteners from China | WTO.org |

 Bazibaza comments : this article is the up-to-date version released by the WTO 21st sept 2011 - time needed for reading : 5 to 10mn ------------------------------------------------ Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel ... [Read More]
2011/09/26

No timescale yet for
 EU action on WTO report | fastener+fixing | #fasteners

 The European Union has confirmed its intentions to implement the recommendations and rulings of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body regarding its anti-dumping measures on fasteners from China, but there is no indication yet of a timescale. [...] via No ... [Read More]
2011/09/26

W.W. Grainger CEO Discusses Fabory Acquisition – Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha | #fasteners

 Bazibaza comments : for those interested in the details of this transaction, Seeking Alpha publishes the complete call transcript. -------------- W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Grainger to Acquire Fabory Group Call August 14, 2011 10:00 AM ... [Read More]
2011/09/23

Problèmes de vis chez PSA : Agrati pas très causant – Equipements | Usine Nouvelle | #fasteners

 La plate-forme logistique Agrati de Vieux-Condé (Nord) a, selon la direction, repris un rythme normal de livraison depuis une petite semaine... « Et nous mettons tout en œuvre pour rattraper le retard accumulé. On a doublé les effectifs en ... [Read More]
2011/09/22

Midest 2011 : Vers une « mieux – traitance » ? – Cetim | #fixation french subcontracting industry

 À quelques semaines de l’ouverture du Midest, Jean Claude Monier, président du salon et dirigeant de Thermi-Lyon ainsi que Jérôme Frantz, président de la FIM et directeur général de Frantz Électrolyse ont fait un état des lieux de leur ... [Read More]
2011/09/22