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Taiwanese Fasteners Suppliers Make Most of Advantages in Global Market | China Fastener .com

 After more than six decades of development, fastener manufacturing has evolved into one of Taiwan’s few traditional industries that enjoy sustained global competitiveness. Having upgraded from low-end, DIY-caliber fasteners to the higher end of ... [Read More]
2012/04/16

More to Titanic Disaster Than “Faulty Rivets” | Global Fastener News – USA

 A hundred years after the Titanic sank, a new article in Physics World titled "The Perfect Storm" lends credence to research suggesting that "faulty rivets" contributed to the demise of the "unsinkable" steamer. Of course, the idea that some of ... [Read More]
2012/04/12

Ningbo Zhenhai Fastener Industry Sees Fast Development | China Fastener .info

 The output of fasteners in Zhenhai District of Ningbo City has increased to about 4 billion RMB from 200 million RMB in the past decade (2001-2011). The number of fastener companies also has rose to over 130 ones from around 30 ones in 2001, among ... [Read More]
2012/04/12

L’esprit de service peut-il sauver l’économie française ? | Le Cercle Les Echos

 L’esprit de service peut-il sauver l’économie française ? LE CERCLE. La croissance du secteur des services entraine toute une série de questionnements sur la nouvelle approche entre l'entreprise, ses salariés et ses clients. L'esprit de ... [Read More]
2012/04/11

Delhi Metro caught in monopoly vs safety debate | The Times of India | Vossloh

 NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro, widely hailed as an island of excellence, has actually been found to have promoted monopoly over the past 10 years in the procurement of rail fastening systems. It did so by naming a proprietary item, Vossloh 336, rather than ... [Read More]
2012/04/08

Crime in the Fastener Industry | Global Fastener News – USA

 4/6/2012 5:09:00 PM This week it was news about people outside a fastener company taking pension funds from those fastener employees. But in the past some fastener firms have ended up in trouble. In 1994 a federal court judge gave American ... [Read More]
2012/04/07

FIN SURVEY: 2011 A Good Year for Fasteners | China Fastener Info

 Increased sales and profits were on the menu of fastener companies in North America for 2011, the End of 2011 FIN Survey found. Nearly eight in ten businesses — 78% — reported "moderate" to "strong" sales growth during the year, representing ... [Read More]
2012/04/05

California Chamber outlines ways businesses can be sued | Pasadena Star-News

 Operators work at rivet manufacturing machines at Allfast Fastening Systems in Industry on Tuesday Aug. 15, 2006. (Keith Durflinger/Staff Photographer) California businesses are used to grappling with some of the most stringent and complex labor ... [Read More]
2012/04/05

Scientists believe Titanic tragedy was due to the weakness of critical rivets | Irish News | IrishCentral

 Visit our Titanic Centenary Commemoration section here http://www.irishcentral.com/featured/titanic/ Weak rivets used in the construction of the Titanic may have contributed to the sinking of the vessel, according to latest scientific evidence ... [Read More]
2012/04/04

Titanic’s ‘poor build quality’ blamed for sinking | Scotsman.com

 Published on Monday 2 April 2012 01:37 THE Titanic sank because it was badly built, a scientist has claimed. Second-rate rivets that held the hull together were to blame for sending the legendary ship to the bottom of the Atlantic 100 years ... [Read More]
2012/04/02