Aerospace assembly robotic manufacturer KUKA Systems is expanding its facility in Clinton Township, MI. Ground-breaking is expected in early May. The project is the third in a series of investments to expand the R&D, engineering and manufactur...
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-The Industrial Fasteners Institute is conducting a Fly-In to Washington, DC for May 12-13, 2015 meetings with legislators. Managing director Rob Harris said the event includes with Congressional visits and specific industry asks. Web: industrial-...
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Early sales figures indicate strong fastener performance in the opening quarter of 2015. But income results were mixed, with Alcoa reported record fastener segment income and MSC income declining.
Fastenal is expected to release its Q1 results on ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a longstanding trademark dispute between two fastener companies that will likely change the way corporate legal departments handle trademark litigation.
In B&B Hardware vs. Hargis Industries, the high court ...
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Fastener Fair Stuttgart 2015 drew a 4% increase in attendees to top the 11,000 mark, trade show organizer Mack Brooks Exhibitions announced.
There were 833 exhibiting companies from 42 countries, totaling 18,500 sq meters (199,132 sq. ft) or the ...
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The global industrial fasteners market is expected to reach US $104.32 billion by 2020, according to a new report published by Grand View Research.
Increasing demand for fasteners in automotive industry coupled with growing construction spending ...
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Like it or not, social media is becoming increasingly important to your customers, consultant Nanette Gregory told National Fastener Distributors Association members meeting in Charleston, SC.
For fastener distributors, social media is a way to ...
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Brighton-Best International acquired EZ Sockets Inc. in an asset sale. EZ Socket owners Ed Werner and Mildred Werner will retire in two months.
New Jersey-based EZ Sockets supplies domestic and imported socket screw products to distributors...
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Loin des projecteurs, ils ouvrent des usines en France, gagnent des marchés à l’étranger et affichent des croissances supersoniques. De Lisi à Daher et Figeac Aéro, gros plan sur ces fleurons cachés.
Chez eux, pas de "golden hello" pour ...
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For the fourth year in a row a majority of fastener companies participating in the End of 2014 FIN Survey reported solid results, with widespread sales and profits gains and mostly moderate costs increases.
Just under seven in ten businesses ...
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