January 10, 2000 – Fastener Web Search Sites Proliferate The 1998 and 1999 holiday seasons were full of talk about consumers doing their shopping on the Internet, but business-to-business online is a much larger market....
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – “Forget the Toyotas Matushitas and Canons for a moment,” small companies employ 60% of Japan’s labor force, and Takenaka Seisakusho Co. is an example of a small manufacturer making a sudden success, reporter...
Editor’s Note: Articles in Media Spotlight are excerpts from publications or broadcasts which show the industry what the public is reading or hearing about fasteners and fastener companies. July 12, 2000 FIN – “Reinhold Würth is...
October 23, 2000 FIN – George Wasmer and Jeff Ferry, both representing the fourth generation of their families in the fastener industry, are opening www.1stFastener.com as a vertical business-to-business fastener e-marketplace....
September 5, 2000 FIN – Is the future of the fastener industry on the Internet? Two industry veterans who joined major fastener Internet portals in the past few weeks could be indicative of the trend. Harold “Ben” Benson of...
