Worldwide Fastener News, Week Dec 12-18, 2011 Bazibaza

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Worldwide Fastener News, Weekly, Bazibaza

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Material Prices – Costs – Market

 

  • Baosteel Raises Some Main Steel Product Prices For Jan | Chinafastener .info 
    * Baosteel keeps hot-rolled coil price flat for Jan
    * Baosteel raises cold-rolled coil price by 100 yuan/T for Jan
    * Analysts warned steel demand to remain weak in near future (Adds analyst and trader’s quotes)
    SHANGHAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) – China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel said on Monday it would raise prices for some main steel products […]
  • CSC,BaoSteel Jointly Ask Mining Firms To Slash Contract Prices By 23% | Chinafastener .com 
    To offset the impact of the slumping steel market and reduce production costs, Taiwan’s China Steel Corp. (CSC) has joined hand in hand with mainland China’s BaoSteel Corp. to ask the world’s largest mining firms, including Vale do Rio Doce, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, to cut contract prices by 23% to US$140 from US$170 […]

Material Prices index from several Official Sources : Dowjones, Wire price DSV (November), Kitco, Yieh corp…

New Products and Services

  • Adhesives May Predict Structural Failures In Planes | Design News 
    A new class of materials based on nanocomposites may help to detect sources of failure in an aircraft’s primary structures such as cracks and delamination.A research team in the Mechanics and Aerospace Design Lab at the University of Toronto, is working on the development of these self-monitoring adhesives that will join structural elements. The materials […]
  • TimberTech Brings Stainless Steel To TopLoc Fasteners | Home Channel News 
    Wilmington, Ohio-based TimberTech expanded its fastening options by rolling out a stainless steel TopLoc fastener.
    Most coastal regions require stainless steel fasteners to reduce the likelihood of corrosion that leads to rot and failure, according to the company. Stainless steel is able to withstand more inclement weather because it is less brittle than carbon steel. (…)
    via […]
  • The Facts About Stainless Steel « Mountz Torque 
    You’ve probably heard a lot about stainless steel this and that. But what’s the big deal about stainless steel — and when do you need to choose stainless steel fasteners for your project?
    First let’s examine what goes into stainless steel that makes it, well, stainless. Ordinary carbon steel met the world’s steel needs for centuries, […]
  • Fasteners With Unique Float Capability Compensate For Up To 1.52mm Mating Hole Misalignment | EETimes Europe 
    Penn Engineering has designed fasteners with a unique “float” capability that enables easier mating-thread alignment during installation. The family of floating fasteners includes captive panel screws (Types PF11MW and PF12MW) and self-clinching nuts (Types AS, AC, LAS, LAC, A4, and LA4), all install easily and permanently in thin sheets. Floating captive panel screws (Type PF11MW […]
  • Interview With Nancy Tedeschi Inventor Of The Snap-it Screw For Fixing Glasses | Ideas Uploaded 
    My thanks to Nancy Tedeschi from EyeEgo, inventor of Snap-it-Screw for taking the time to do an interview about her experience of bringing her invention idea to market. Nancy contacted me recently to let me know that she has some more great news that has just received an order from Walgreens with several more large […]

Company Purchase & Investment

 

  • Trinity Opens New Distribution Center In Georgia | Industrial Distribution 
    December 14, 2011
    CALHOUN, GA –– Trinity, a leading distributor of industrial fasteners and related supply chain management and logistics services, has opened a new distribution center in Calhoun, Ga.
    Located at 170 Rus Drive SE, the Calhoun location will serve Georgia and the Southeastern United States with an 80,000 sq. ft. warehouse. This addition brings Trinity’s […]

Antidumping

no info this week

Market infos and Statistics

 

  • Top Exporters Of Fasteners To US For Jan-Jun. 2011 | Chinafastener .info 
    According to statistics from Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute, American fastener imports reached around 769,728 tons. The top three exporters of the fasteners to US are China mainland (268,699 tons), China Taiwan (225,199 tons) and UAE (55,793 tons).
    It’s worth mentioning that fastener imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam showed substantial growth that might be attributed to […]
  • An Overview Of India’s Fastener Import And Export | Fastener World Inc. 
    2011-12-12 Class:Fastener
    According to the statistics from Indian Department of Commerce, India’s import value from 2009 to 2010 of fastener (HS code:7318)is USD288.37 billion, while the fastener import value in India from 2010 to 2011 is USD369.76 billion, up 28.23﹪compared with the previous period. Among the fastener import items from 2010 to 2011, other wood screws(threaded)show […]
  • Annual Fastener Production In Wenzhou Reaches RMB14.8 Billion | Fastener World Inc. 
    2011-12-12 Class:Fastener
    The Fastener Industry Association in Wenzhou China indicated in its member conference that in the changing economic environment, the development of Wenzhou fastener industry is turning well. The market share of high end products is increasing, which also helps advance the quality of the brands. As known, the total production of Wenzhou fastener industry […]
  • Market Survey Of The Fastener Industry Taiwanese Companies’ Viewpoints: 50% Not Optimistic, 40% Fair | Fastener World Inc. 
    Exclusive Report- Market Survey of the Fastener IndustryTaiwanese Companies’ Viewpoints: 50% not optimistic, 40% fair
    2011-12-14 Author:by the Editorial Dept., Fastener World Inc. Class:FWRecovering from the financial crisis at the end of 2008, the spring for the fastener industry seems approaching. However, under the influence of the European credit crisis and the slow recovery of U.S. […]
  • Fastener Technology Editors Report 2011/12/13 | Fastener Technology International 
    Field Fastener Grand Opening
    Fully Threaded Radio Episode #36:The Gift
    Tucker Fasteners Shifting Production from UK to Germany & USA
    Hillman Aqcuires OOK Brand Products from Micasa
    Alcoa & Embraer Sign Technology Sharing Agreement
    Filtrona Buys Richco
    SPIROL Receives Nadcap Accreditation for Chemical Processing
    Lawson Products Relocation & New Distribution Center
    Super Committee Disaster
    Trifast Half Year Results
    via Fastener Technology Editors Report.
  • Japan’s Fastener Industry Part Of “Great Relocation” | Chinafastener .info 
    Japan’s core small and medium-sized businesses are moving production to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand at a faster pace than ever before; not especially surprising as the yen appears pegged at historically high levels and economic expansion in the region fuels local demand. However, there is one more major factor in the flight […]

Insitutions-Organizations-Associations

 

  • Annual Fastener Production In Wenzhou Reaches RMB14.8 Billion | Fastener World Inc. 
    2011-12-12 Class:Fastener
    The Fastener Industry Association in Wenzhou China indicated in its member conference that in the changing economic environment, the development of Wenzhou fastener industry is turning well. The market share of high end products is increasing, which also helps advance the quality of the brands. As known, the total production of Wenzhou fastener industry […]

Training-Management

 

  • “In Bolt Security There Is Failure Or No Failure.” | Global Fastener News – USA 
    It is pass/fail, not A,B,C,D&F grades.
    “In bolt security there is failure or no failure,” Nord-Lock International A.B. global research & development director Maxime Thonnerieux told Fastener+Fixing magazine. “There is a lot of unseen engineering behind two apparently simple washers.”
    “They have to allow a perfect tightening process, (…)
    via “In bolt security there is failure or […]

Trade Show – Fair

 

  • Fastener Fair Brazil 2012 | Fastener Technology Editors Report 
    Big success for first Fastener Fair Brazil Next show set to take place in November 2012 The first edition of Fastener Fair Brazil, held from 8-9 November 2011 in São Paulo’s Expo Centre Norte, proved to be a big success. A total of 170 international exhibitors and more than 2,500 visitors participated in this launch […]
  • UK’s Fastener And Adhesives Show Heads North For First Time | Industry Today 
    Fastener & Adhesives Show in Harrogate for 2012 – new ideas, fresh innovations and real cost-saving opportunities for manufacturing professionals.
    Posted via Industry Today. Are you into it? Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday
    Never mind the Spa – for the North of the UK the most refreshing thing about Harrogate next year will be the FAST & […]
  • La Délégation Du MEDEF Prévue à Alger Dynamisera-t-elle La Coopération Algéro-française ? | Algerie-Focus.COM 
    (…) Sur les 200 exposants présents à ce selon organisé par Batimatec Expo, 69 sont des entreprises françaises. Par exemple le responsable export de la société Emile Maurin, M. Jean-Paul Perrouz spécialisé dans l’outillage, la transmission, les produits métallurgiques, la robinetterie inox et les éléments standard mécaniques a eu des contacts fructueux avec Sonatrach et […]

Media – Blog – Audio – Video

 

  • Take A Few Minutes To Participate In The End Of 2011 FIN Survey | Global Fastener News Mobile 
    The 33rd annual FIN Survey of the Fastener Industry is enclosed with this issue. Fill it out and fax or mail back by December 30, 2011.
    • You can also take the FIN Survey online by clicking HERE.
    • The FIN Survey monitors sales, profits, prices, margins, turnovers, inventory, pay raises and other key indicators to […]
  • Fastener Blog Catch Up | Fastenerblog.net 
    I’ve take a fair amount of deserved grief over the fact that I talked about attending the Fastenal trade show and then never wrote about it. Sorry folks. Between work and Christmas shopping and travel I just have not found time to sit still and write. And, not that you asked, but […]
  • The Enlightening Views Of Charlie Accetta | Fastenerblog.net 
    It is, once again, my great pleasure to introduce to you another guest blog from Mr. Charlie Accetta:
    Conflict Minerals and the Fastener Distributor
    A year ago, on December 15th, the Securities and Exchange Commission “voted unanimously to propose measures, as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, which would require new disclosures by reporting issuers concerning conflict minerals […]
  • Visserie Service : Presentation Film | YouTube #manufacturing 
    Bazibaza comments :
    Just enjoy this short video+music, of this SMB manufacturer, showing their complete supply chain, from material, cold forming, thread rolling, packing, storage until shipment. 

    L’entreprise VISSERIE SERVICE étudie, produit, conditionne et assure la logistique de systèmes de fixation et d’ancrage.
    via Visserie Service : Film de présentation – YouTube.

  • The December 2011/January 2012 Digital Edition Is Now AVAILABLE! | Fastener Technology International 
    The December 2011/January 2012 Fastener Technology
    International Magazine’s Digital Edition is now AVAILABLE!
    via Fastener Technology International – International technical magazine for manufacturers, distributors and users of all types of fasteners..

All Company Infos

 

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Week in Review :

Latest edition of Fastener Technology International is out.

Fastener Technology International is very pleasant to read on line and includes many technical articles along with the news in our industry. Mike McNulty brings the news on Fully Threaded Radio as well.

2 blog posts on Fastenerblog.net, one from Charlie Accetta, an inspiring guy for our industry.

Baosteel raises some prices and forms an alliance with CSC to request prices reduction from mining firm.

Interesting statistics on India and china markets.

Taiwanese Entrepreneurs are rather confident for 2012.

Wenzhou region in China produced for over 14 Billion RMB in fasteners, that is more than 1,7 billions € and 2,2 billions US$. Wenzhou is not Haiyan, and is located in the south of Zhejiang province, 5-6 hours south of Shanghai. It is said that Wenzhou people are very special and have a real entrepreneur spirit. 50% of the chinese living in Paris come  from Wenzhou.

Lisi and ITW reviews.

and many other news, as usual.

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