China’s output of metal fasteners reached around 4.9 million tons in 2011. Zhejiang province was the leading fastener producer, totaling 1.83 million tons in 2011. Other substantial fastener producing provinces or regions were Hebei ...
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BECHTELSVILLE - SciCast International recently won a $50 million military contract to engineer weaponry for U. S. Troops. For the next five years the 55-employee Berks County die-casting business will be competing for $50 million in ...
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German plant and machinery orders declined for a fourth month in February, driven by a drop in foreign demand, the VDMA machine-makers'association said. Orders, adjusted for inflation, fell 16 percent from a year earlier after declining an ...
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Metcast Service Tech Resources, New Berlin, Wis., will now represent General Kinematics, Crystal Lake, Ill., in an expanded territory, according to the terms of a new agreement. Shot blast systems and parts supplier Metcast has been a ...
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According to a Reuters calculation based on data released by World Steel Association, the daily rate of global crude steel production rose slightly in February 2012 from a month earlier, helped by a seasonal demand pickup in top producer ...
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Integrated foreign reports. Some days ago, Russian RosMetiz Association published the New Standard of Nuts of STO PM 1-1.003-2011. This standard is pointed at the screw nut of its strength of 8 and the diameter ≤M16. Alexander Semenov, ...
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On March 6, 2012, Canada Border Services Agency announced that an expiry is coming on January 8, 2013 regarding the antidumping (AD) measures on hot-rolled carbon-steel medium plates originating in China, which are taken from January 9, ...
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Taiwan fastener exports slowed down in the second half of 2011 while the export volume and average price of the full year both hit record high. Some experts pointed out that the high record should be attributed to the high anti-dumping ...
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Infrastructure access solutions provider EJ, East Jordan, Mich., announced it has acquired Syracuse Castings Sales Corp., Cicero, N. Y., and Syracuse Castings West Corp., Tooele, Utah. EJ, composed of municipal castings maker East ...
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In the industrial sector there are some drastic differences in how these units work when compared to one another as well as compared to boilers used in the conventional home. In the home the units are generally very simple to operate, even ...
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Emerson Bearing of Boston, providers of bearings and related products for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) global markets has recently launched a new Packaging Division to specifically ...
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After less than two years, The Schaeffler Group has successfully completed the design and build of the world's largest, most powerful test rig for large size bearings. The test rig is now fully operational and was officially opened at ...
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THE EVOLUTION OF VALVE DISTRIBUTION MRC's Gary Ittner outlined the many changes that have occurred in the manufacturing/distribution systems for valves over the years. Back in the 1970s, for example, the industry was much more complex, more ...
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HOW MANUFACTURERS CAN HELP Because distributors are the main buffer between end user and manufacturer, the more information the manufacturers can provide to that buffer, the better the situation. For example, because end users are demanding ...
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Valve and actuator end users are operating with tighter budgets and deadlines than ever before, which means increasing challenges in the distribution channels. The last time a panel of distributors spoke before the Valve Manufacturers ...
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