Bossard Sales Down 31.3% in First 6 Months
Profit for the Swiss fasteners distributors fell 70% in a year-over-year-comparison.
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August 2009
George Costanza, Distributors, and the Credit Mess
When the lenders stabilize their own companies they will be back in the inventory lending business, and these same, good cash flow-producing distributors will be top prospects. In the meantime, even great distributors look like bad credit risks to bankers who need to put their glasses back on.
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MDM Launches Web Site Redesign
New design caters to wholesale distribution executives' information needs. Click on this article to take a site tour and to learn more.
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Industry Capacity Utilization Rates: First Quarter 2009
Canadian industries continued to reduce their rate of capacity utilization in the first quarter of 2009, operating at 69.3% of production capacity, down 5.6 percentage points from the previous quarter. It was the first time that industrial capacity use fell below the 70% level since the start of the data series in 1987. In the first quarter, durable goods industries, especially
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Industrial Product and Raw Material Price Indexes: July 2009
The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) and the Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) declined 0.5% and 3.8% respectively in July compared with June, mainly due to falling petroleum prices. July’s decrease in the IPPI followed an increase of 0.5% in June. The index registered its lowest level in the past 18 months. Furthermore, it was down 7.0% from the peak reached
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Canada Wholesale Trade Sales and Inventories: June 2009
Wholesale sales rose for the first time in nine months in June, mainly due to increases in the automotive products and food, beverages and tobacco products sectors.
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Europe Industrial Production: June 2009
Download the pdf below for the latest data on Industrial Production from Eurostat for June 2009. Click Here Download
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Latest Estimate: Second Quarter GDP Declines 1% in 2Q
Profits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) increased in the second quarter.
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Forecast: GDP Will Grow 2.1% in 2010
Latest Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Quarterly Economic Forecast indicates the economy has bottomed and growth will begin in the third quarter 2009.
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Applied Industrial Adds 4,000 Items to Master Catalog
Industrial distributor's master catalog now contains more than 42.000 items.
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Precision Castparts Agrees to Buy Carlton Forge Works
Acquisition of seamless rolled rings manufacturer will fill an existing product gap for Precision Castparts.
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MDM News Digest 3916
Wolseley Cuts Ferguson CEO/President Position ... Gates Buys Hydrolink ... Grainger July Sales Down 14% ... Timken India Signs Agreement with Spearage ... GE and FANUC End Joint Venture ... M&A Continues Decline ... Manufacturing Accounts for Most Mass Layoffs ... U.S./Canadian Manufacturer Sales ... Wholesale Prices Down in July ... Earnings: Avnet, BlueLinx Holdings, Kaman, Applied Industrial Technologies, Beacon Roofing Supply, ERIKS, RBC Bearings, General Bearing, Fluor, Illinois Tool Works, The Home Depot ... USMTC Up 22% from May ... Manufacturing Barometer Shows Less Pessimism
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MDM Interview: Keeping Associations “Relevant”
Phil Hanson, executive vice president of hardware manufacturer C. H. Hanson, Naperville, IL, serves as the president of the Industrial Supply Association. He sat down with MDM as part of a monthly MDM series featuring association presidents. In the following interview, Hanson talks about the role of the ISA and trends in the industry, including the standardization of data, getting younger people involved in associations and attracted to distribution, manufacturer-distributor relationships, and economic conditions.
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