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Hellermann Tyton buys Good Hope building for $3.5 million | JSOnline

Milwaukee manufacturer Hellermann Tyton Corp. has completed its purchase of a 92,300-square-foot building, at 6701 W. Good Hope Road, for $3,475,000, according to documents filed with the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds. Hellermann bought ... [Read More]
2012/07/17

Vacuum Heat Treatment” New Heat Treatment Guide Book | Fastener World Inc.

2012-07-16 Class:Fastener Vacuum Heat Treatment is a new book focused on principles, practices and applications providing the heat-treating industry with its first truly comprehensive resource on the subject of vacuum technology, which is the ... [Read More]
2012/07/16

Fasteners Manufacturers Blog | Fasteners Used in the Sky

The aerospace industry uses hundreds of fasteners for a variety of tasks, from keeping passengers safe inside seat belts to keeping the aircraft together with screws, rivets, and other fasteners. Each aircraft requires the use of a specific kind of ... [Read More]
2012/07/13

Are you getting what the R-value specified and paid for? | Buildings

(...) Another factor to consider when specifying the R-value for a roofing project is the fact that installation of the insulation with a metal fastener (screw) through the entire thickness of the insulation produces a thermal bridge that reduces ... [Read More]
2012/07/13

Fastenal Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results – Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha

Bazibaza comments : 12 pages of transcript   Executives Ellen Trester Willard D. Oberton - Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Director Daniel L. Florness - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, ... [Read More]
2012/07/13

Episode #48 – Do Beavers Have Ears? | Fully Threaded Radio

105:38 Download the MP3 Date: July 12, 2012 By: Fully Threaded Description: Brian and Eric encounter a large mammal swimming across the lake during their latest northwoods adventure. Was it a foreshadowing of softening markets, or of the ... [Read More]
2012/07/13

Guest Blog from a WIFI member | Fastenerblog.net

Posted by Traveling Salesman at 7/12/2012 10:28 PM Categories: uncategorized Ruth Dowling Coffman, formerly of Fastenal and Heads & Threads, is currently employed by Ningbo Jinding, a Chinese fastener manufacturer (www.jindingfstn.com). Ruth ... [Read More]
2012/07/13

Fastenal 2Q profit up, revenue misses Street view | Businessweek

Fastenal Co.'s second-quarter net income climbed 19 percent as it opened more stores, but its revenue performance fell short of analysts' estimates. The company's stock dropped in premarket trading. Fastenal, which sells nuts, bolts and other ... [Read More]
2012/07/12

Alcoa 2Q12 Earnings Presentation | Slideshare

See page 33 for info on fasteners Alcoa 2Q12 Earnings Presentation View more presentations from Alcoa Inc. [Read More]
2012/07/11

Airbus inks multiyear supply pact with Alcoa | MarketWatch

By Andrea Hotter FARNBOROUGH, England (MarketWatch) — U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. has signed new multiyear agreements worth around $1.4 billion with Airbus, to supply products for virtually all the passenger-jet maker’s commercial programs, ... [Read More]
2012/07/11