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By John Wolz
editor@FastenerNews.com
U.S. Commerce Department initiates
antidumping investigation
The U.S. Department of dumping margins for Testing and Materials US$72.3 million in 2007. cost producer, it cannot
Commerce is initiating Chinese rod range from (ASTM) A193 Grade B7, This allowed Chinese compete against "unfairly
an antidumping 36.17% to 659%, ASTM A193 Grade B7M, producers to seize as priced imports from
investigation for imports according to the ASTM A193 Grade B16, or much as two-thirds of the China." Vulcan relied on
of steel threaded rod Commerce Department. ASTM A320 Grade L7; and U.S. market, according to 24 price quotes on three
from China. The products under any threaded rod, bar, or the Vulcan petition. steel threaded rod
The Commerce scrutiny includes steel studs which are threaded China has more than products from China
investigation, signed by threaded rod, bar, or studs only on one or both ends 400 threaded rod offered for sale to the U.S.
David M. Spooner, that are non-headed and and the threading covers producers, according to customer between July 1,
assistant secretary for threaded along greater 25% or less of the total the petition. "Allied" with 2007, and December 31,
Import Administration, than 25% percent of their length. these Chinese producers 2007.
was undertaken after total length. A variety of Filed on March 5, 2008, are almost 300 U.S. It's unclear how importers
Pelham, AL-based Vulcan finishes or coatings may the petition claims that importers of threaded rod, will respond, but the
Threaded Products Inc. be applied. from 2005 to 2007, the petition states. petition may prompt some
filed an antidumping Excluded from the imports of steel threaded Vulcan said that despite to offer threaded rod at
petition against steel investigation are threaded rod from China increased investing "heavily" in prices that cover the
threaded rod from China rod, bar, or studs made to 9.8% by volume and were equipment and minimum duty that may
in March. Estimated American Society for valued at an estimated technology to be a low be imposed.
Burgy, Plomer head North
IFI to launch online fastener
American manufacturers
technical data service
Bryan Burgy of Rockford Fastener Inc. was elected
chair of the Industrial Fasteners Institute and Edward
Plomer Jr. of ITW Shakeproof/Anchor/Medalist is the
This spring the Industrial Fasteners for distributors, importers, end-users and new vice chair.
Institute will launch a subscription- fastener manufacturing sales and Burgy, president of Rockford Fastener, succeeds Steve
based fastener technology service on operations personnel.
Beach of Acument Global Technologies.
its website, IFI technical engineering The product standards module
Burgy started in the fastener industry in 1978 as an
director Joe Greenslade told provides all specifications integrated
engineer at Pioneer Screw & Nut after studying
FastenerNews.com. into a single page: Torque calculator,
engineering technology at Eastern Illinois University. Burgy
The "IFI Technology Connection" web inch/metric conversion, fraction
joined Metalist Champion Screw as engineering manager
service provides material, dimensional or inch/decimal/ millimeter conversion,
in 1982 and moved on to quality manager and plant
performance standards and specifications international raw materials cross
manager. In 1993 Burgy started in sales at Rockford
for inch and metric standard nuts, bolts, references, technical bulletins,
Fastener and became president in 1999. He has been
chair and vice chair of the IFI industrial fastener division.
screws, washers and socket products. mechanical drawing, head & strength
Plomer began his fastener career when he became a
Standards include IFI, ASTM, ASME, ISO marks, dimensional data, thread data,
fastener buyer for the Ford Motor Co. in 1976 after earning
and DIN. grade, hardness, tensile strength, proof
a finance degree. He worked for 19 years as sales director
The service provides single page load, yield strength and single shear.
for OEM supplier Progressive Stamping Co. Plomer joined
summaries, standards tables, parts Future phases will add data, lookup
ITW in 1999 as sales manager for ITW Shakeproof, Anchor,
diagrams and all relevant data. Torque tables for such information as thread
and Medalist brands. Now he serves as ITW vice president
values are added and there are data, grade and property class, tapping
of sales and marketing. In addition, Plomer has served on
conversion and calculation tools. screw mechanical and performance IFI's board of directors, as well as holding chair and vice
The web service has been developed data, drill and tap selection. chair positions with the IFI's automotive division.
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