EDITORIAL
Unhappy in retrospect
European importers are feeling the repercussions of the circumvention ruling, in the form of retrospective 85% duties on steel fastener imports from Malaysian exporters that failed to obtain an exemption.
T
he level of duty means the size of the bill facing some importers is substantial, generating quite a lot of emotion. What upsets many importers is the feeling there was no way to avoid the jeopardy in which they now find
themselves, or could again find themselves in the event of further circumvention investigations. Of course, and rightly, back duties will be applied to
companies that knowingly chose to avoid the duty on Chinese fasteners. However, many importers did audit Malaysian factories and took what they saw as reasonable measures to assess the exporter. Some even obtained customs rulings on product origin. The basis on which the investigators would assess individual factories, though, was not clear in advance nor indeed is it now. So importers have to pay significant back duties, in some cases on shipments on the water or already manufactured on the day the circumvention investigation was announced. Did the Commission fail to consider the commercial realities
of fastener importing or consciously choose an indiscriminate weapon that results in the collection of presumably significant sums in back duties, most of which finds its way into central EU income? Whichever way one looks at it, not healthy for the reputation of Trade Defence, which espouses in its mission
statement the qualities of being objective, transparent and providing “an outstanding, timely and trustworthy service to stakeholders”. If retrospective duties are to feature in future circumvention investigations, which all the signs are will be launched, some at least of its stakeholders are likely to feel ill served if they are, as they see it, ambushed again in this way.
Getting a Brazilian outlook One of the many pleasures of visiting São Paulo last
November, in preparation for this year’s Fastener Fair, was to get to know Sérgio Milatias, editor of Revista do Parafuso, Brazil’s fastener industry magazine. I am pleased to say we have now started exchanging news
with Sérgio, which brings a valued additional dimension to our international coverage of the fastener industry. You can read Sérgio’s first column in this issue and further on also see our preview of November’s Fastener Fair Brasil, which with 150 exhibitors is set to be another outstanding Mack Brooks development for the Fastener Fair brand. I’ll be catching up with Sérgio at the show as well as preparing a special report on it for our November issue.
CONTENTS
INDUSTRY NEWS Europe and World ...................................................................10-22 North America........................................................................ 24-30 Asia.......................................................................................... 32-34 Russia + CIS............................................................................ 36-38 Brazil............................................................................................ 40
COVER STORY Two innovative and trusted bolt securing technologies........ 42-43
EXHIBITIONS Events Calendar ........................................................................... 41 News..................................................................................... 44 + 52 National Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo preview......... 46 STAFDA preview........................................................................... 48 Fastener Fair Hannover preview................................................. 50 Fastener Fair Brasil preview................................................ 95-106
FACE2FACE Exclusive interview with Dr Florian Seidl .............................. 54-56
INSIGHT
A benchmark in fastener distribution......................................... 58 Avdel turns 75......................................................................... 60-62 Hexstone offers instant access to market................................... 77 Getting closer to the customer.............................................. 78-80 A rEvolution in quality assurance .......................................... 86-88
CONSTRUCTION FIXINGS News....................................................................................... 64-68 Screws from the anchor producers’ viewpoint........................... 70 News on European Technical Approvals ............................... 72-76 Corrosion properties of drill screws..................................... 82-85 Committed to excellence - not for years but for generations..... 90-92
CATALOGUE RACK Targeting Brazil....................................................................109-111
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY News................................................................................... 112-120 The top of top coats ....................................................................122 DIN 25201 - Important new standard for testing fasteners ..... 124-128
MANAGEMENT + SYSTEMS News....................................................................................130-132 Establishing
you.com......................................................... 134-135 Improving inventory turns.................................................. 136-138
FOCUS ON Socket screws + hexagon bolts.......................................... 145-147
PRODUCT NEWS Application Technology news............................................. 140-144 Tools news........................................................................... 148-150 Products news.................................................................... 154-170
ADVERTISERS INDEX............................................................... 170 8 Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 71 September 2011
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