The European Commission on 6 March announced that it decided to launch an AD mid-term review investigation on steel or iron fastener imports from China. On 28 July 2011, the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO (DSB) adopted the Appellate ...
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WURTH USA announced their new partnership with GM Dealer Equipment and their new Authorized Consumable Aftermarket Program through GMDE. WURTH USA, Inc., (Würth) a leading provider of automotive fasteners, shop supplies, and collision ...
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According to the statistics from Indian Department of Commerce, India’s import value from 2009 to 2010 of fastener (HS code? 7318) reached USD288.37 billion, while the fastener import value in India from 2010 to 2011 reached USD369.77 ...
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TAIPEI – China Steel Corp., Taiwan's largest steel producer by revenue, said Tuesday that it will raise domestic April-May prices by an average of 1.11% compared with March, on the back of a recent recovery in global steel prices, Dow ...
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The fastener exports of Jiaxing city rose 30.90 percent to USD 1023.46 million with the export volume of 715516 tons, up 9.5 percent in 2011 from a year earlier, a mild slowdown from the last year. On the contrary, the price of ...
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According to statistics from ASKCI, the output of China’s metal fasteners reached around 4.6 million tons for January—November, 2011. Source:chinafastener.info
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A shackle, also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. They are used as a connecting link in all manner ...
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A flange finisher particularly well adapted for attachment to a flange of a motor vehicle as a pair of side walls joined by a web portion to form a U-shaped channel. Extending from one side wall into the channel are a plurality of small ...
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A fastener is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Fasteners can also be used to close a container such as a bag, a box, or an envelope; Or they may involve keeping together the sides of an ...
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A screw is a shaft with a helical groove or thread formed on its surface and provision at one end to turn the screw. Its main uses are as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together, and as a simple machine used to translate torque ...
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Most screws have slot heads and are driven with slotted, or standard, screwdrivers. Phillips-head screws have crossed slots and are driven with Phillips screwdrivers. Screws are measured in both length and diameter at the shank, which is ...
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A washer is a thin plate (typically disk-shaped) with a hole (typically in the middle) that is normally used to distribute the load of a threaded fastener, such as a screw or nut. Other uses are as a spacer, spring (belleville washer, wave ...
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Elgin Fastener Group, LLC (EFG) announced the acquisition of the cold heading segment of Landreth Fastener Corp. (Landreth) of Houston, Texas. Established in 1962, Landreth advanced from owning a single piece of cold heading equipment to ...
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On Nov. 16, 2011, in respond to the application by Malaysian manufacturer Andfast Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, the European Union launched a mid-term anticircumvention investigation on the steel/iron fasteners originating from China. The involved ...
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Field Fastener, a leading fastener distributor, announced today that it will acquire Fastening Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Duncan Bolt. The acquisition, to be completed by the end of the November, will extend Fields global footprint and ...
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