Posted by Traveling Salesman at 4/21/2013 1:49 PM
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Got a few busy weeks coming up. Next week, I will be joining people from the NCFA, MWFA and NFDA to attend the Nucor Tour. It is good to see the different fastener ...
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They are coming fast and furious. I just wrote how the Elgin Fastener Group had acquired Telefast in my last post. Went on vacation for a week spring break! and come back to read that Elgin has also acquired Vegas Fasteners. After I got over ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 3/24/2013 7:44 PM Categories: uncategorizedHeard about it last week but just read it today. Telefast Industries has been purchased by the Elgin Group. I wrote in previous blog posts how there have been a number ...
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Just read my March 8 issue of the Kiplinger Letter. According to the letter, the sequester will last through at least September (end of the fiscal year) and maybe into 2014. It also suggests that "a short government shutdown later this month ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 2/28/2013 12:21 PM
Mergers and acquisitions. To get right to the point, by the end of the year our industrial landscape is going to look markedly different than it did on January 1. Already, several major ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 2/17/2013 7:52 PM
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Several years ago, maybe even 20 years or so, there was a real push for companies to come up with "Mission Statements". I cannot recall why or when these became partic...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 2/10/2013 11:17 PM
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The Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) hit 56.9 in January! It had been in the mid-40's over the last few months so I was very happy to hear that news. The FDI is a ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 1/27/2013 2:53 PM Categories: uncategorized
Just saw where Columbus Fasteners in Columbus, Ohio was purchased by Bostwick Braun. It is an interesting purchase. Bostwick Braun is an industrial supplier, but not ...
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I have been to several fastener manufacturing plants. A number of them are very memorable to me. Chicago Hardware and their forging hammers. Kerr Lakeside making domestic socket heads. R&D Fasteners and their impress...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 1/5/2013 12:28 PM
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So, we are now officially off and running into 2013. All us crazy salespeople have started making sales calls with the half week we just had. I spoke with my friend ...
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