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Alcoa Fastening Systems Launches Aerospace Latch Repair Station – Air&Cosmos

 Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) has recently launched an FAA Repair Station specializing in the repair and overhaul of its RAM® aerospace latch and snubber product lines. The facility, which holds an Organization Authorization Designation (ODA), is ... [Read More]
2011/11/11

quand la sous-traitance part à vau-l’eau | Midest | #fasteners customer cynism in #subcontracting

 Use Google Translate to get most of this important article on bad behavior of customers in subcontracting industry Focus : « quand la sous-traitance part à vau-l’eau »  Tel est le titre de l’article en forme de jeu de mots que ... [Read More]
2011/11/11

Fastener Industry Daily Digest 2011/11/10 | Bazibaza | #fasteners

 Numbers Up For 2011 NIFMSE: Booths, Distributors, Total Attendees And Exhibitors | Global Fastener News | #fasteners  Overall registration up 3.5% and distributor registration jumps 21%. Percentage of international exhibitors ... [Read More]
2011/11/10

Numbers Up for 2011 NIFMSE: Booths, Distributors, Total Attendees and Exhibitors | Global Fastener News | #fasteners

 Overall registration up 3.5% and distributor registration jumps 21%. Percentage of international exhibitors edges up. FIN subscribers may click here for the 2011 NIFMSE numbers. The statistics plus reviews by exhibitors and industry leaders will ... [Read More]
2011/11/10

Alcoa Develops New All-Aluminum Design for New BYD Electric Bus | MarketWatch | #fasteners

 [...] In addition to reducing the weight of the bus body, Alcoa solutions including Alcoa forged wheels and Huck SpinR fasteners reduced the overall bus weight by 1.2 tons in total. [...] via Alcoa Develops New All-Aluminum Design for New BYD ... [Read More]
2011/11/10

First show – but you’d never know it | Fastener+Fixing | #fasteners

 For the first time the Fastener Fair was staged, 8th and 9th November, in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city. The quality and range of stands, though, belonged to a far more established event matched by visitor traffic exceeding expectations on ... [Read More]
2011/11/10

Boeing reaches 1,000th 777 in record time | seattlepi.com | 5000 #fasteners in a day

 [...] A wing spar for the 1,000th Boeing 777 is loaded into a tool that automatically drills, measures and installs more than 5,000 fasteners on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2011 at Boeing's wide-body assembly plant in Everett, Wash.[???] via Boeing reaches ... [Read More]
2011/11/10

Fastener Industry Daily Digest 2011/11/09 | Bazibaza | #fasteners

   Flooding Keeps Fastener Factories In Thailand Closed | Global Fastener News – USA | #fasteners  A month after massive flooding submerged Thailand’s industrial zone, the region remains inundated, forcing drastic measures ... [Read More]
2011/11/09

Flooding Keeps Fastener Factories in Thailand Closed | Global Fastener News – USA | #fasteners

 A month after massive flooding submerged Thailand's industrial zone, the region remains inundated, forcing drastic measures on business owners to protect their investments. "To retrieve important hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener ... [Read More]
2011/11/09

“Sign Fasteners” from Micro Plastics | American Fastener Journal | #fasteners

 Posted Date: 11/09/2011 Micro Plastics, Inc. introduces a new “pin and keeper” quick assembly sign fastening system. This Micro Plastics SIGN FASTENER is designed for rapid assembly and disassembly of a sign or other panel to its support ... [Read More]
2011/11/09