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Fastener Company Acquisitions Completed During the First Half of 2016 | Fastener News Desk – Link Magazine

In this issue, we will briefly review all the fastener company acquisitions  –  a total of 24 worldwide  –  completed during the first 6 months of 2016.  It is impossible to track every single fastener company transaction because many deals ... [Read More]
2016/10/12

Jobs go as historic firm ceases to trade | Insider Media Ltd

A supplier of industrial fasteners which can trace its history back to 1870 has ceased trading after being hit by the deterioration experienced within the steel industry. Howard Smith and Jonny Marston of KPMG's restructuring practice were ... [Read More]
2016/10/11

wire & Tube China 2016-Fastener Shanghai Special Zone Sees a Great Success | China Fastener .info

wire & Tube China 2016, the Asia's largest event of wire & tube industry opened from 26-29 September at Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The organizers associated with the fastener industry's well-known media "China Fastener Biz", ... [Read More]
2016/10/11

Working in tandem for a successful product development | Fastener + Fixing Technology

10th October 2016 Although generally small in size and individual cost, the unheralded 'fastener' can cause manufacturers a lot of problems including inefficiency, underproduction, lost component availability, downtime and ‘no build’ condit... [Read More]
2016/10/11

Automotive lightweighting, multi-materials and disruptive technologies | Fastener + Fixing Technology

11th October 2016 Lightweighting presented, and continues to present, a huge challenge for the automotive industry,” assessed Thomas Ehrhardt in last issue’s Face2Face interview. This follow up further explores the implications for STANLEY ... [Read More]
2016/10/11

Apex Supply Chain Technologies® launches new smart replenishment solution | Fastener+Fixing

11-Oct-2016 Apex Supply Chain Technologies® Ltd, a provider of intelligent, automated dispensing solutions, has launched a new smart Kanban/VMI system to manage stock and replace the need for manual counting, flags, labels and cards. (...) ... [Read More]
2016/10/11

Fastener Fair Italy complete success | Fastener+Fixing

11-Oct-2016 A total of 2,600 managers, engineers and buyers from a wide cross-section of industry attended the highly successful Fastener Fair Italy, which took place at the MiCo – Milano Congressi on 28th – 29th September. (...) via ... [Read More]
2016/10/11

Tecfi expands site and production processes | Fastener+Fixing

11-Oct-2016 With production processes that include metal sheet stamping, plastic material injection, rubber material injection and wire cold forming, Tecfi SpA has further increased its capabilities with the introduction of a 7,000m2 production ... [Read More]
2016/10/11

U.S. Fastener Distributor Index Growth Slows in September | China Fastener .info

The Fastener Distributor Index FDI for September “remained in growth territory” at 51.1, although results were lower than August’s reading of 53.1. “Despite implications for modest ongoing growth, September sales proved mixed, with just ... [Read More]
2016/10/11

Sales third quarter of 2016 | Bossard Group

October 11, 2016 Bossard reporting continued growth The Bossard Group enjoyed significant growth in the third quarter of 2016. Sales rose year-on-year by 4.8 percent to CHF 169.7 million even though conditions remained challenging in some ... [Read More]
2016/10/11