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China Steel Cuts Prices – What Does That Mean? | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

Posted by Traveling Salesman at 11/27/2011 8:34 PM According to a story published on Daniel Rivalin's Bazibaza.com, China Steel will lower prices by 7.08% for January and February due to low demand. It also noted that the lowering of prices was ... [Read More]
2011/11/28

Fastener Observations | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

Posted by Traveling Salesman at 11/21/2011 9:15 PM Categories: uncategorized In the past year or two there have been several interesting acquisitions. Fastenal purchased Holokrom. Fontana purchased Lake Erie. Wurth purchased Cardinal. In two ... [Read More]
2011/11/22

Sanker Returns to Blue Chip Engineered Products | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

[...]Note from T.S.: Several months ago I wrote that a friend of mine was looking to return to the fastener industry after selling his company years ago. It is a privilege and honor to be able post the above announcement. For those of you who ... [Read More]
2011/11/15

A Real Use for Twitter | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

Bazibaza comments : Tweeting 3 to 7 times per day, informations that are simultaneously published in our news section, twitter, facebook, linkedin, viadeo, daily and weekly emailings... we enjoy brand awareness, new contacts on a regular basis, and ... [Read More]
2011/11/05

NIFSW – A Quick Review and a Request for Feedback | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

Posted by Traveling Salesman at 10/29/2011 8:58 PM I have listened to Fully Threaded Radio #34 to hear the review of the Vegas Fastener Show. No, wait...I helped do the review. But Mike McNulty did a re-cap and I suspect the show will also be ... [Read More]
2011/10/30

National Industrial Fastener Show West… | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

....it's here!! Looking forward to this show very much. New venue and a strong list of industry related activities to go with the show. I think the speakers and seminars are as plentiful as with any show in the past and I think this looks like ... [Read More]
2011/10/18

Guest Blog from WIFI Member, Pam Berry | Fastenerblog | #fasteners

Vegas + Fasteners = Connections to remember This will be my fourth visit to Vegas and the big fastener show, or as Eric & Brian of the esteemed "Fully Threaded Radio" call it, "the fastener prom." I am so excited that we will finally be ... [Read More]
2011/10/14

Growth in Capital Spending Mean More Fastener Sales? | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

Bazibaza comments : Again a nice post of Traveling Salesman regarding trends and indicators that would seem to mean that market is going in the right direction despite what we read and watch in the news On October 6, I received via e-mail ... [Read More]
2011/10/11

Heads back? What’s a Cardinal Worth to Wurth? | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

I do not usually write a new post too soon after I post something else. But the Vegas Fastener Show is now just two weeks away and there are interesting news stories that just seem too good to ignore. I read on the Global Fastener News site that ... [Read More]
2011/10/05

Charlie Accetta – “A Voice from Fastener No-Man’s Land” | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

For years, I’ve read stories in the newspapers about people with portable skills, jumping from one company to the next, always seeming to land a bigger, better-paying gig. For a while, it was the IT experts and MBA-types who exhibited the greatest ... [Read More]
2011/10/02