News from the week of May 5, 2008
Manufacturing productivity increases
Airgas earnings up
47 percent
Interline
Brands reports drop in sales
Emerson reports 12
percent sales gain
Milacron posts loss
News from the week of April 28, 2008
Barnes Distribution
reports slight sales gain
Kaman Industrial
Technologies increases sales
Home Depot
to close 15 stores
Construction
spending drops
Manufactured durable goods orders down
EnPro Industries
posts sales gain
Regal Beloit’s sales
up 28.1 percent
MSA records 18 percent
sales increase
Grainger authorizes
stock repurchase
Husqvarna buys
Sandvik Nora AB
Lawson
reports sales decline
IR revenues up 9.5 percent
Timken posts 12 percent
gain
SPX reports big sales
gain
Jackson Safety buys
Chinese company
APICS moves to Chicago
True Value inks agreement with
Louisville Ladder
BSA elects Durston president
IDG accepts LKCM
offer
Regal Beloit buys Chinese motor maker
Curtiss-Wright’s
sales up 30 percent
News from the week of April 21, 2008
Praxair reports
record sales
Applied
Industrial Technologies posts slight gain
WESCO posts slight increase
B&D sales decline
Stanley’s sales up 3
percent
3M reports 8.9 sales gain
Kennametal hits record
sales
Newell Rubbermaid
reports higher sales
IDG bidding war continues
Apache buys Hose Central
Rockwell
Automation income grows
Bosch Rexroth
posts 8.8 percent gain
WESCO
backs out of IDG bidding war
IDG bidding war continues
Parker posts 14.4
percent sales gain
Snap-On achieves higher
sales and earnings
Rockwell Automation to buy
Incuity Software
Kimberly-Clark reports 9.7
percent sales increase
Survey says recession fears
widespread
News from the week of April 14, 2008
Timken
opens two plants in Asia
HD Supply launches
private brands
Simpson Strong-Tie opens new
facility
Acme United posts 17 percent
sales gain
Praxair announces
price hikes
Wesco offers to buy IDG
Motion
Industries posts 6 percent sales gain
Sandvik to buy Teeness ASA
Simpson subsidiary
buys Leibig companies
Manufacturing index
declines
Danaher posts sales
increase
Textron earnings
rise
Swagelok
buys Coreflex
ITW reports sales
gain
Machine
tool consumption rises
PrimeSource to acquire Coast to Coast Building
Products
Grainger’s sales up
7 percent
Eaton reports 12 percent
sales gain
Veyance begins plant
expansion
News from the week of April 7, 2008
Honeywell to buy Norcross
Safety
PTDA member sales up 11.6
percent
Fastenal reports 15
sales gain
Parker acquires
Vansco
IDG considers unsolicited
acquisition proposals
Lincoln Electric
acquires Electro-Arco
Grainger secures $500
million loan
News from the week of March 31, 2008
Bunting Magnetics acquires Magnet
Applications
Construction spending slips
in February
ProBuild acquires
Khempco Building Supply
Bosch Rexroth to buy
Eppensteiner
No growth for manufacturing
sector
3M completes Aearo
acquisition
Garlock
completes new facility
Ryan to become Grainger
CEO
MAPI predicts manufacturing
rebound in 2009
Pelican buys Australian
distributor
