Fastener Fair Coventry
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CONTENTS
What is
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NEWS
Europe and World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-22
driving
Russia & CIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-26
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-30
EVENTS CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
fastener
FACE-2-FACE
Koelner on setbacks and successes. . . . . . . . . . . 32-33
prices?
MARKETS
Implications of global trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-37
EXHIBITIONS
Practical World report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-42
Treasure chest of innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-46
Fasttec 2008 report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fastener Fair Coventry Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-81
WIRE Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-98
INSIGHT
Masterfix celebrates 25th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
World's largest clamp manufacturer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
What's in a name?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ANALYSIS
Practical
What is driving fastener prices? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-60
CONSTRUCTION FIXINGS
World 40
CFA wants new code of practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CFA launches Approved Distributor scheme . . . . . . . 66
News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CATALOGUE RACK
UK & Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-91
wire report
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MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Puma is lean and fast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-94
News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-104
MANAGEMENT & SYSTEMS
News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106-108
APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY
News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-112
FOCUS ON
Nylon, plastics and alloys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116
Nailers and power drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128-129
TOOLS
News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118-122
Turning the wheel on product piracy . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adding a cutting edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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INNOVATIONS
Seeing it's torqued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
National’s new Machine
PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132-148
RECRUITMENT & ADVERTISERS INDEX . . . . . . . . . . 150
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