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Applied Industrial Technologies acquires Massachusetts company – Crain’s Cleveland Business

August 04, 2015 Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. Manufacturing By CRAIN'S CLEVELAND BUSINESS Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) of Cleveland is bulking up its distribution capabilities with the acquisition of Atlantic Fasteners, a ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

India—–Hike in Import Duty Sought to Check Flow of Cheap Steel Products – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Hit by flooding of cheap products from China, Korea and CIS nations, the domestic steel industry has upped the ante for another dose of increase in import duty.   Buckling under pressure from Indian manufactures to safeguard their ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Japanese Nagano Products Company to Set up a Production Base in India – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Nagano Products Co., Ltd will set up a wholly-owned production base in India. The India base is planned to start after one or one and a half year producing special nuts supplied to Japanese automotive industry. The company specializes in flare ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

X-Bolt Orthopaedics Could be Snapped up by a Major Player – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Called the X-Bolt, orthopaedic surgeon Brian Thornes' invention has been patented in Europe, trialled in more than 250 patients in the UK, and is expected to secure approval from the US Food and Drug Administration soon. Once this happens, his ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Fastener Metallography Techniques and Interpretation to be Held on Aug. 17-18, 2015 in California – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

This fast paced course "Metallography of Fasteners" organized by ASM International covers proper and efficient sample preparation, interpretation of microstructures of common fastener materials (commercial and aerospace) and imperfections caused by ... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Heat Treat Doctor Daniel Herring to Debut New Book at ASM Heat Treat Conference and Exposition – Fastener World Inc. (Fastener Magazine)

Daniel Herring’s latest book on Atmosphere Heat Treatment, Volume II (available for preorder starting in the August/September timeframe) focuses on furnace atmospheres, quenching practices, testing, safety, conservation, maintenance and specific... [Read More]
2015/08/05

Lindstrom: Metric Intrigue Led to Founding Company – Global Fastener News – USA

The start of his career didn’t involve fasteners.  He got interested in fasteners because he was a young American intrigued by the metric system. After graduating from college with a degree in business and economics, Virgil W. Lindstrom was ... [Read More]
2015/08/04

FCH to Award Fastener Training Institute Scholarship – Fastenerblog.net

The FCH Sourcing Network has teamed up with the Fastener Training Institute for a second year to announce its participation in the promotion and selection of a scholarship candidate who will be awarded full tuition to the Fastener Training Institute ... [Read More]
2015/08/03

From stoves to nuts, ARaymond Tinnerman remains a lock in Brunswick – Jim Mackinnon – Ohio

The Tinnerman family started manufacturing stoves some 139 years ago. It took awhile, but family members finally realized that a tempered metal nut the company developed for its stoves was the real (...) via From stoves to nuts, ARaymond ... [Read More]
2015/08/03

DORMAN PRODUCTS : Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (form 10-Q) | 4-Traders

Certain statements in this document constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While forward-looking statements sometimes are presented with numerical specificity, ... [Read More]
2015/08/03